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Connecting People and Building Community: A Two-Tier Program to Influence Diversity in the UCB Libraries

• This program will integrate inclusive mentoring and fellowship initiatives into the Library workplace culture with the goal of improving the diversity profile of the Library workforce at all levels. The Library, in partnership with the Affiliated Libraries, will implement a staff development mentoring program to guide our diverse career staff in library career paths and design and develop a librarian diversity fellowship program for a staff member and recent graduate of a library program. The deployment of these initiatives for employees at all levels in 29 on-campus and Affiliated Libraries will establish supportive partnerships among the staff of the campus libraries; attract diverse employees to viable library career paths; and support engagement in diversity for the Library workplace culture by an individual new to the library profession.



• Project Leader: Susan Wong, Director, Library Human Resources Email: swong@library.berkeley.edu

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Disabled Staff Resource Network

• The Disabled Staff Resource Network (DSRN) represents a cutting-edge peer-based network for staff with all types of disabilities. Our mission is to increase the capacity of disabled staff to achieve professional and personal success. To achieve this goal, DSRN will provide a critical venue for disabled staff to share their collective experience, increase the awareness of the campus community on disability, and demonstrate the contributions of disabled staff to the campus pursuit of excellence. We seek to provide our highly-skilled and diverse disabled workforce with practical support that furthers the campus mission, principles of community, and goal of creating an equitable and inclusive workplace environment.



• Project Leaders: Tim Landingham, Assistant Coordinator, Disabled Students Residence Program and Derek Coates, Disability Resolutions Officer, Academic Compliance and Disability Standards. Emails: tland@berkeley.edu and dcoates@berkeley.edu

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1st Annual Native American Diversity Conference & Career Job Fair

• The Native American Staff Council will sponsor the First Annual Native American Diversity Conference and Career Job Fair: Incorporating Traditional ‘Bear Clan’ Values in our Workplace. NASC will partner with various departments and staff organizations to host the conference, which will serve as a catalyst for promoting education in diversity, social justice, access and inclusion. To honor our uniqueness as Native Americans, we will focus our contributions on the “Bear Clan” model which promotes unity and strength of purpose, civility, respect, dignity and community. The conference will highlight dynamic speakers, skilled facilitators to present workshops that will focus on cultural competence, career development, professional and personal growth, assessments and methods to improve diversity initiatives. Departments will showcase exhibits advocating, embracing and providing services related to aspects of diversity.



• Project Leaders: Alex Alday, Associate Director, SLAS/EOP and Jackie Blossom-Garcia, Executive Administrative Analyst, RSSP. Emails: alexaa@berkeley.edu and blossom@berkeley.edu

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Interactive Theater Project

• The Interactive Theater Project (ITP) will address diversity and campus climate issues by combining live performance and audience participation. The ITP’s mission is to collectively engage staff, managers, students and faculty to leave the theater-based workshops with a better understanding of diversity and the importance of equity and inclusion as a campus goal. In these workshops, trained actors perform scenes that illustrate problematic encounters in the workplace. At the close of each scene, the audience asks the actors, who remain in character, about their behavior, feelings, and motivations. Facilitators will assist audience members as they discuss causes, consequences and solutions to the problematic attitudes and behaviors represented in each scene. We hope to provide all participants with concrete behaviors and strategies to improve their work environment. The ITP project is a collaborative effort between the Department of Performance Studies, the Graduate Diversity Program, the Staff Equity and Diversity Services, Campus Climate Compliance, and the Center for Workforce Development.



• Project Leaders: Carla Trujillo, Graduate Diversity Program. Email: carlat@berkeley.edu. Maria Padilla, Campus Climate & Compliance. Email: mlucerop@berkeley.edu. Shannon Jackson, Theater, Dance & Performance Studies. Email: shjacks@berkeley.edu. Edith Ng, Staff Equity & Diversity Service. Email: edithn@berkeley.edu. Michael Mansfield, Theater, Dance & Performance Studies. Email: mikemans@berkeley.edu

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Lavender PAÍS

• The Lavender PAÍS project takes its name from Lavender (symbolic of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer-identified people) + PAÍS (Spanish for country/land and acronym for BILD’s themes of Partnership, Access, Inclusion, Staff development). Staff and faculty affiliated with LavenderCal, a registered organization representative of the thousands of LGBTQ employees throughout, will partner with other staff groups, campus units, and BILD projects to promote the inclusion of LGBTQ issues and the full participation of LGBTQ individuals in campus life at every level. Activities will raise the visibility and focus the energies of the LGBTQ campus community through educational and networking activities; will strengthen the multicultural competencies of LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ employees through active engagement in diversity initiatives; and will support workforce development and succession planning by fostering the professional development of LGBTQ employees, employee services staff, and the campus's administrative and academic leadership.



• Project Leader: Sharon Page-Medrich, Assistant to the Dean, Graduate Division. Email: Sharonpm@berkeley.edu

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Library Bindery Weaves Greater Partnership, Access, Inclusion, and Staff Development into its Future

• Library Binding Services (LBS) will partner with The Center for Workforce Development to kickoff its BILD project. Our highly skilled staff binds books for all UC Campus libraries, faculty, and students. More than half of LBS’s thirty-five culturally diverse staff has limited English proficiency and many lack access to computers. Almost 1000 instructional hours for staff will be coordinated with daily production activities over the next 10 months to achieve these outcomes:
  1. On-site English language instruction for non-native English speakers
  2. Train-the-trainer sessions for experienced staff who perform on-the-job-training
  3. Process analysis and mapping to produce an operations manual.
  4. Four dedicated computer stations and basic computer training so employees can: manage their benefits online; acquire information concerning online training or career opportunities; and access online campus announcements, programs and other venues.
  
  
  
• Project Leader: Michael Foley, Supervisor, Library Bindery. Email: mikefol@berkeley.edu

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Physical Plant-Campus Services Cultural Festival

• Physical Plant-Campus Services will be hosting a Cultural Festival to promote staff development, foster cross-cultural understanding and awareness, provide information on career mobility and educational opportunities, and celebrate our diverse workforce. The Cultural Festival will feature culturally themed booths organized by staff members who represent diverse countries and cultures from around the globe. There will also be cultural games and activities, prizes, live music and catered international foods!



• Project Leader: Trevor Bryant, Communication Specialist, PP-CS. Email: thbryant@berkeley.edu

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Special Training for Employment Program (STEP)

• The School of Optometry's Special Training for Employment Program (STEP) is a four-month internship that will provide individuals interested in working at UC Berkeley the opportunity to become better prepared for entry-level employment by learning basic skills, such as the Berkeley Financial, Human Resources and on-line Payroll systems, and by obtaining on-the-job experience. The internship is open to everyone.



• Project Leader: Myrna Flores, Chief Administrative Officer, OPTM. Email: mflores@spectacle.berkeley.edu

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Staff Talent and Role Sharing (STARS) Program

• The Staff Talent and Role Sharing (STARS) Program will invite School of Public Health (SPH) staff to discover each other's positions and units, cultivate new alliances, and explore career opportunities and aspirations. STARS will match participants to create pairs from diverse units, backgrounds, and classifications. Paired participants will host one another for two hours, during which time host participants will educate his or her guest about the unit, the role host participants play in it, and career goals. Junior-level staff will have the opportunity to interact with and learn from senior-level staff, while senior-level staff can offer motivation and guidance. STARS will strengthen the SPH community by fostering an inclusive environment where staff members have direct access to one another and gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the skills and experience each brings to their units and to the campus.



• Project Leader: Seana Kelly, Program Coordinator, RWJ Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Program. Email: skelly@berkeley.edu

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WebAccess

• The WebAccess BILD project will enhance staff diversity and inclusion by improving the accessibility of campus websites to users with disabilities, providing resources and training for web developers in accessible web development, and providing education on assistive technology to disabled staff and their supervisors. Dianne Walker, Lucy Greco, and Caroline Boyden will build on the work of UC Berkeley's volunteer WebAccess group to bring information and support to a wider cross-section of the campus.



• Project Leader: Dianne Walker, Project Engineer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. Email: dwalker@berkeley.edu

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