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Next general meeting: 5/19, 9 to noon

5/12/2022

 
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Blacks United In Leadership and Diversity invites you to our May General Membership Meeting! We welcome the Black community and our allies.​

Join us Thursday, May 19th, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm for our May General Membership Meeting! Attached is the calendar appointment with zoom link,  and the agenda will be forthcoming.

Special Guest Speaker: Merritt Long 

Please share this information and encourage your colleagues, 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 in participating, please let us know.

For more information about BUILD, visit our website BUILDwa.org

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 BUILD@ofm.wa.gov.

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SAVE THE DATE, celebrate Juneteenth with BUILD, 6/16/22!

5/10/2022

 
Juneteenth is a state holiday!

BUILD's event includes:
Music, speeches, special guests, food, and more music!

REGISTER
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BUILD Celebrating Women's HERstory Month - March 17th, 9 to noon

3/4/2022

 
Blacks United In Leadership and Diversity invites you to our March General Membership Meeting! We welcome the Black community and our allies.

Key Speakers and Interviews:
9:15 - Women’s Commission Director, Regina Malveaux
10:00 - Found of Libbie Health, Colette Ellis
11:00 - Live interview with Justice G. Helen Whitener
11:15 - Recorded interview with Judge Andrea S. Jarmon

​BUILD welcomes you to our General Membership Meeting Thursday, March 17th, 
from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm! 

Attached is the calendar appointment with zoom link, and agenda is forthcoming. 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 in participating, please let us know.

For more information about BUILD, visit our website BUILDwa.org

​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 BUILD@ofm.wa.gov.

Membership Mingle: Mentoring, 2/23 at noon

2/15/2022

 
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BUILD welcomes you!

Membership Mingle – Mentoring  
Wednesday Feb. 23 at 12pm - Register
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Bobby Humes
Bobby Humes, Director of HR at the State Investment Board will share his mentoring tips and you will have the opportunity to meet mentors in breakout groups on these topics:
  • Achieving work/life balance
  • Interview Tips 
  • Leadership Development
  • Having Difficult Conversations
 
This mingle is hosted by the BUILD Membership and Engagement Sub-committee and the Professional Development Sub-committee

General membership meeting 1/20, 9am-noon

1/12/2022

 
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Thanks to all who attended BUILD’s first General Meeting of 2022!
Highlights from the meeting include:
  • Comments from Tyrone Jordan-Oliver on remembering The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • A video of MLK entitled “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?”
  • Breakout session with the theme, “It starts with me. Shifting priorities to create the Beloved Community.”
  • Health and wellness tips on creating healthy habits
  • Presentation from Tara Smith, DES’ new director
  • Professional development tips
  • A presentation from Jaelynn Scott from the Lavender Rights Project
  • A second breakout session with the theme: “exploring labeled as different or othered.”​
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. monument, Washington DC
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Tara C. Smith, DES Director
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Jaelynn Scott, The Lavender Rights Project
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Membership mingle: what is racism? 1/26 12-1pm

1/11/2022

 
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Join LaToya Holmes-Ware of DCYF as she leads a discussion on how racism is defined.
BUILD welcomes you!

Membership Mingle – January 26, 12pm-1pm

This mingle is hosted by the BUILD Membership and Engagement Sub-committee
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation.
Please save the Zoom link to your Outlook calendar.
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 REGISTER HERE

Membership Mingle: Integrating organization change management into diversity equity and inclusion, 12/15 at noon.

10/29/2021

 
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BUILD Mingle – Integrating organization change management into diversity equity and inclusion.
December 15 at 12pm

TICKETS!

Membership Mingle: what is mentoring? 11/9 at noon

10/29/2021

 
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BUILD Mingle – What is mentoring?
November 9 at 12pm

Tickets!

Next General Membership meeting 10/21, 9am-12

10/4/2021

 
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Check out the agenda.

Join our mailing list and get the calendar invite.

100% virtually again through Zoom Business. Mark your calendar!

You can get involved now by joining a subcommittee! We have several. You may find information about the purpose and goals of each, and who to contact for more information on our website here.
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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 BUILD@ofm.wa.gov.
While October is known for falling leaves, pumpkins, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it's also Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). BUILD invites you to join us for Purple Thursday on Oct. 21 as we:
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  • Collectively remember and honor those who have been taken from us
  • More loudly uplift the voices of those who have survived
  • More energetically educate those around us about Domestic Violence. This year’s DVAM theme is #Every1KnowsSome1 to highlight the fact that domestic violence can happen to anyone and is more prevalent than people realize.
  • Please join us in wearing purple on Thursday, Oct. 21, to represent this commitment to honoring victims, uplifting survivors and educating others. Get the Purple Thursday printables, frames, and more here.
 
If you or someone you know is struggling with a harmful relationship and would like to talk to someone, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE or visit www.thehotline.org to chat with an advocate online and receive information about a program near you.
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Thank you to everyone who wore purple in recognition of the month!
...and thank you to those who sent in pics!

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next Membership mingle, 9/22 at noon

9/14/2021

 
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Membership Mingles are one-hour focused opportunities for BUILD members to network, discuss important cultural issues, and build community outside of the monthly BUILD meetings.
These are hosted by the BUILD Membership and Engagement Committee.

Register by clicking on the hyperlink.
 
Wednesday September 22nd @12pm –Welcome New BUILD Members
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