DEI Alliance

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DEI Alliance
The DEI Alliance is a monthly open forum meeting space (typically the third Thursday of the month) for all interested staff and interns where attendees discuss a dialogue topic (often related to the DEI Calendar or current events) and build a DEI learning community with one another.
Past and present co-chairs:
- Anne-Marie Hong, Administration
- Terri Spicer, Employment Services
- Sonia Valenzuela, Family Support Services
- YuFang Chien, Learning Links
- Brittany Ho, Learning Links
- Matt Gonzalez, Independent Living Skills
- Sarah Verity, Administration
- Vivian Galdamez, Family Support Services
- Emaluisa Katoa, Children’s Therapy Services
- Lauren Sullivan, Administration
- Jake Dunbar, Independent Living Skills
- Kirsten Jensen, Camp Via West
- Iris Wen, Family Support Services
- Dario Bernard, Administration
- Keana Aguila Labra, Employment Services
Co-chairs are nominated full-time staff members responsible for supporting content creation and facilitation for each DEI Alliance meeting in partnership with the Chief Operating Officer, HR Director and DEI and Culture Manager. Co-chairs commit to serve for a 6-month term with an opportunity for renewal.
DEI Alliance sub-groups: are monthly or quarterly groups open to all staff and interns that work on niche DEI projects and deliverables. Currently there are 3 sub-groups:
- ERG Leaders Cohort (space for all current, active ERG leaders to share ideas and discuss challenges, meets quarterly)
- DEI Communications (responsible for facilitating internal DEI communications-related projects, like the staff newsletter, DEI Statement, DEI Charter and DEI website, meets quarterly)
Topics to share:
- Heritage months
- Inclusive language
- Intentional inclusion
- Invisible disabilities
- Autism acceptance
- DEI strategic plan
- DEI crisis communications
- Activists
- Lunar new year
- Pan-ethnicity
- Teacher appreciation
- Juneteenth
- Belonging
- Disability Pride Month
- Pronouns
- Access needs
- Participant self-advocacy
- Microaggressions
- LGBTQ+
- COVID-19
- Self-care
- Anti-Blackness
- National disability employee awareness month
- Indigeneity
- Nutrition
- Holiday boundaries

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