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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!

general membership meetings resume January, 2022

10/13/2021

 
BUILD honors busy year-end schedules by taking a break from general meetings each November and December.

Other activities may still happen so please watch the events page for BUILD-sponsored events, our blog, and special email announcements.

Subcommittees may still meet through the end of the year and all are welcome to check with each.

Thank you for your continued support of BUILD!

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

next general membership meeting, 9/16

9/13/2021

 
Blacks United in Leadership and Diversity (BUILD) had a great General Membership Meeting on Thursday, September 16th from 9:00 to 12:00pm! 

  • BUILD 09.16.21 GMM Draft Agenda.pdf

Events of the meeting:
  • Return to work initiative presented by Cheryl Sullivan-Colglazier
  • Covid and mental impacts presented by Darrow Brown 
  • Mindful Breathing led by Edwina Martin-Arnold
  • Professional Development tip: A Smarter and Stronger Return to the Workplace  led by Donald Paul
  • Information on African American Health Board provided by Nila Griffin
  • Washington's Basic Income Pilot information was presented by Past Chair, Megan Matthews.

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 BUILD@ofm.wa.gov.
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Thank you!
Sascha Nixon, Chair
Tyrone Jordan-Oliver, Co-Chair
La-Sandra Jones-Owens, Executive Assistant
Yeni Castaneto, Executive Assistant
Megan Matthews, Past Chair
Marcus Glasper, Executive Sponsor

Next general membership meeting, 8/19 9-12

8/13/2021

 
Join us on Thursday, August 19th, from 9:00am to 12:00pm for our August General Membership Meeting! 

Contact us for a calendar invite: 
 BUILD@ofm.wa.gov. We plan to send the agenda out soon.

This will be a 100% VIRTUAL event through Zoom Business Link with Meeting ID: 969 768 274 and Password: 146309 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. 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.
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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.

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.

BUILD's next general meeting is 7/15/21

7/9/2021

 
Join us on Thursday, July 15th, from 9:00am to 12:00pm for our July General Membership Meeting!

We look forward to highlighting:
  • Meeting BUILD's new leadership: Sascha Nixon and Tyrone Jordan-Oliver
  • Health and wellness tips
  • Fredrick Douglass' speech about the 4th of July and discussions in breakout sessions
  • A TED talk about discerning truth and more breakout session discussions

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.

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.

BUILD Mingles May-July, 2021

5/20/2021

 
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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.
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These are hosted by the BUILD Membership and Engagement Committee.

Register by clicking on the hyperlinks.
May 25 @12pm  - 
Welcome to new members
June 22 @12pm  - Win the interview
July 22 @12pm - The Crown Act

Questions or ideas for future membership mingles?
Email BUILD@ofm.wa.gov

BUILD's juneteenth celebration: 6/17/2021

5/20/2021

 
Thank you to all who attended, well over 400 for the day!
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Video of the event

Find the presentation listing all activities and videos.
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Highlights
BUILD's new Chair is Sascha Nixon and Co-Chair is Tyrone Jordan-Oliver.

Video: The Slavery Detective of the South.

Video: Juneteenth dialogue with Charleen Anderson and Megan Matthews.

Video: Bootless in America, an interview with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Video: History and Impact of HBCUs brought by Charleen Anderson, Dionne Dycus, Lesa Gomez, and Thais Marbles.

HBCU interview with Daisha Gomillion – Morgan State University.

​HBCU interview with Rhonda Buck – Texas Southern University.

​Guest speaker Dr. Karen Johnson.

and...
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Juneteenth food recipes!
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