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      Vision Statement

      Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Makes Us Stronger!

      As a team on and off the court, we believe that every person deserves to bring their authentic self to work, safely and proudly.

      As an organization we're building bridges that connect our communities and create a space where remarkable resilience, innovation, creativity, and agility can be exemplified by people at every level.

      Our Framework

      To accomplish our overall goal of inclusion we have three areas of focus that allow us to be fully dedicated to understanding how we can be as socially responsible as possible.

      IN OUR WORKFORCE
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      We are creating a space where open and honest dialogue can be exchanged so that we can better understand our challenges and express our efforts and progress around the diversity work that is already in motion.

      IN OUR WORKPLACE
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      Through providing Employee Resource Groups (ERG) that engage people on a variety of issues and creating the DEI Council to develop a unified DEI strategy across departments as well as offering quarterly training sessions, we are working together to make our organization a place to be proud of.

      IN OUR MARKETPLACE
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      We're not only looking at how we work internally, we're looking at who we work with outside of our organization by creating awareness, increasing access to qualified vendors, identifying the highest probability opportunities, and including more qualified diverse suppliers in our supply chain.

      Areas of Focus

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      Employee Resource Groups

      Our ERGs actively encourage professional development and employee engagement by fostering a culture that propels diversity, equity, and inclusion to grow influence, purpose, and revenue while aligning with our company strategy.

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      DEI Council

      Our DEI Council aids in developing a unified DEI strategy that can be championed by our leadership, amplify and complement efforts across departments and articulate our entire DEI story for our internal and external communities.

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      Training & Education

      Our DEI training is crucial to building a safe and equitable workspace for all employees. We believe in its potential to help uncover hidden biases and address unfair hiring and development practices while benefiting company culture and boosting personal and professional growth potential.

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      Supplier Diversity

      Our proactive approach encourages the use of diverse vendors providing equity and inclusion for businesses often left out of the supplier base as well as creating an economic benefit for local socio-economic communities.

      Employee Resource Groups

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      DEI Common Language

      • Diversity: The various differences of social and personal identities that individuals hold that enrich society, organizations, and teams. Social identities are described as age, gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disAbility, etc. Personal identities are values, beliefs, career, job title, physical features, etc.
      • Intersectionality: The interconnectedness of multiple identity markers that all intersect to inform our worldview and shape our experience in the world.
      • Workforce Diversity: Collective social categories and identity groups of an organization’s employee makeup (i.e. job level, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, socioeconomic status, disAbility, geographical location, values, and beliefs).
      • Behavioral Diversity: A range in which employees at an organization behave in the workplace (i.e. beliefs, values, attitudes, goals, job expectations, learning styles, organizational styles, work styles, thinking styles, and communication styles).
      • Structural Diversity: Encompasses the varying differences and similarities across teams, units, groups, functions, and organizational levels that can impact performance, success, and belonging.
      • Inclusion: This is achieved when all employees, regardless of social identity differences, are fully integrated into an organization (groups, activities, meetings, social gatherings) and are respected, valued, treated fairly, and have equal access to an organizations’ resources, opportunities, leadership, and success.
      • Belonging: Acceptance as a natural member/part of a group or place with the feeling of support, security, comfort and welcomed participation.
      • Engagement: The physical, mental, and emotional connection employees feel toward their organization, teams, and the work they do through involvement and participation in the workplace.
      • Equity: Systems that acknowledge and understand the differences of everyone’s access to resources, advancement, opportunities, and treatment and seek to eliminate barriers and provide what people need based on these differences.
      • Equality: Indicates a system that provides the same (or equal) opportunities, resources, and rights for all individuals.
      • Courageous Conversations: Discussions that are often uncomfortable and difficult in which address topics such as differences, conflicts, and social issues that lead to alignment and understanding.
      • Bias: An unreasonable and disproportionate prejudice to the benefit or detriment of an idea, person, or social group that can influence one's actions both positively and negatively.
      • Unconscious Bias: Beliefs, assumptions, and attitudes about different social and identity groups that exist outside an individual's conscious awareness, influenced by one's own prior experiences and perceptions.
      • Ally: An individual who holds certain privileged identities, recognizes their privileges, and uses them to leverage their power and influence to support, champion, and advocate for individuals from marginalized groups.

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