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BUILD celebrated Juneteenth during our June General Meeting, 6/18, from 9am to noon! Video of the event is now on YouTube! Thank you to the more than 500 people who attended our virtual Juneteenth General Membership Meeting last week! We are so glad you were able to join us for a time of connection, reflection, and celebration. Attached are the meeting minutes with the corresponding slides and documents for the topics presented. The meeting was recorded (not including the breakout sessions) and we are working on editing and uploading the video to our website and social media platforms. We will let you know when the video is ready to view! We are planning to hold our July General Membership Meeting on Thursday, July 16th, from 9:00am to 12:00pm, 100% virtually again through Zoom Business. Attached is an appointment to add to your calendar, and draft agenda to come. You can get involved now by joining a subcommittee! We have several. Attached is information about each and contract information for the subcommittee leads. They would love to hear from you! If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, or if you need an accommodation to fully participate in our meetings or events, email us at [email protected]. Thank you! Megan Matthews, Chair Phil White, Co-Chair Beth Winstead, Admin Liaison Marcus Glasper, Exec Sponsor
MEETING INVITE This will be a 100% VIRTUAL event through Zoom Business Link with Meeting ID: 883 1342 6483 and Password: 277685 OR call in to 253-215-8782. When you call in, you will only be able to hear the meeting, not interact with us – we highly recommend using Zoom if possible. We will continue to meet virtually until we are able to come together again. We have upgraded to a Zoom Business account which is more secure than basic Zoom and more functional than WebEx. Ask your supervisor and/or IT Helpdesk about making sure you’re able to access Zoom. You are also free to download Zoom on your personal device. If you cannot attend the full session, please join us as you are able and where you will most benefit and contribute. If you have trouble opening the attachments, contact your IT department. Please share this information and encourage your colleagues and state-employed family and friends to attend and get involved! We are a formal, enterprise-wide resource group conducting official state business. Participants are not required to take leave to participate. If you experience any challenges to participating, please let us know. If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, or if you need an accommodation to fully participate in our meetings or events, email us at [email protected]. Agenda: 09:00-09:10: Welcome and Leadership Introductions Megan Matthews, Chair, and Phil White, Co-Chair
10:30-10:40: Reflection on Current Events Phil White, Co-Chair 10:40-10:45: Health Awareness Charleen Anderson and Edwina Martin-Arnold 10:45-11:20: facilitated breakout sessions discussing current events 11:20-11:25: Closing Megan Matthews, Chair 11:25-12:00: Subcommittee Meetings
Read about the Governor's Juneteenth proclamation in our blog.   BUILD was there, January 21-22, and very busy. Thank you to all who came to our table! Just one pic to commemorate the day, but we were there!  From the EventBrite event landing page:
The Washington State Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council is hosting the 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Summit January 21-22, 2020. The event begins at 9:30am on January 21st with registration opening at 8am at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center. The summit includes presenters from multiple disciplines to include Washington State leadership. Topics discussed at the event will assist attendees in creating action steps for moving towards a more inclusive and equitable culture. The intended audience includes: Washington State executive leadership, business resource group members, human resource partners, DEI practitioners, and state employees wanting to enter into the discussions and understanding around a multitude of DEI topics. Our goal: The 2020 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summit aims to advance DEI in public service by building community and competency among all levels of state employees and will cover the following: Implicit Bias; Norms/Discomfort/Tension in DEI conversations; Micro-aggressions; Privilege Walk and Understanding Privilege; Bias Blockers; Transforming Othering Through Empathy; First Nations; Developing Teams of Inclusion Practitioners; DEI and Data; Accessibility; History, Barriers and Present Day; Gender Identity; Facilitated discussion breakout rooms and more. With presentations by: The Defamation Experience; Judge Helen Whitener; Professor Julie Kmec; LaShanda Reed-Larry; Dr. Caprice Hollins; Parfait Bassale; Dr. Randal Pinkett; Tim Wise; Ashley McGirt; Melannie Denise-Cunningham; Dr. Kathy Obear; Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell; SheJumps; Ed Gamache and many more. Participants will be inspired, motivated, and will receive support and resources to implement DEI initiatives and practices related to the work they do every day as public servants and global citizens. BUILD, then the BCBRG, was there on January 24, 2020. Only one pic, but we were there!  From the EventBrite event landing page:
Results Washington is partnering with the Black Community Business Resource Group (BC BRG), a Washington State Business Resource Group, for a critical learning and sharing opportunity on what it means to be Black in America and American workspaces in a gathering of A Human Workplace Olympia: The Black Experience. This gathering will be hosted by BC BRG leader Megan Matthews. A huge thank you to Ayanna Colman for her collaboration in planning this event. The BC BRG say this, "Black People have faced and continue to face tremendous and oftentimes violent oppression. This oppression is not isolated to small pockets of American towns and cities, it has been woven throughout American systems. Black People are resilient though, and continue to achieve and accumulate great successes. We are here to share our experience and expand the dialogue to achieve a more human workplace." A Human Workplace works to foster compassionate, caring and thus more effective workplaces. In past gatherings, we've focused on practicing empathy, inclusion, and love in the workplace. This is an opportunity to put these in to practice by opening our hearts and minds to our colleagues, to convey belonging, care, respect, and support of their humanity and dignity. Join us to hear the voices of those who face different kinds of experiences and impacts. Through sensitive sharing, we will hear and learn about the true experiences our colleagues are facing today. We will hear from them what we can do to support them, and we will reflect on what we each can do. |
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