Initiatives
Since completing the DEI Council Charter, the Council has focused on developing a roadmap of efforts to be implemented over its first three years. The council has organized its proposed efforts into three scales of influence: Individual, Organization, and Community. Within each scale, a number of efforts have been proposed, and working groups have been formed to begin implementation of a selection of key efforts beginning in Fiscal Year 2021. Efforts underway are highlighted in bold italics.
Individual
Hiring
- Increase qualified diverse candidate pool and hiring of under-represented staff
- Relaunch the trade skills program
Staff Cultural Competency
- Establish foundational training for Culture & Values
- Establish Culture & Values programs
Retention & Career Advancement
- Establish Facilities mentorship/buddy program
- Create skills and leadership development program
Organization
Education
- Develop Heritage Month Content
- Integrate compliance, unconscious bias, anti-racism, and privelege training
- Integrate inclusive teams, bystander, ally, and fairness training
- Integrate University history training
- Establish learning discussion dialogue series
Organization Improvement & Communication
Relationships
- Establish informal 'it's just coffee' gatherings
- Create networking calendar of events
- Investigate dedicated physical space for Facilities staff
- Establish peer institution DEI best practice sharing
Community
University
- Establish mentor program for diverse students in Facilities-related fields
- Partner with other units to coordinate DEI efforts
- Hire summer interns
- Establish working group to address facilities/space and DEI principles (memorials, space naming)
- Integrate DEI considerations into common space planning
Vendors & Contractors
- Establish vendor/contractor partnerships for procurement initiatives
- Join DEI local and national councils
- Identify and support local small businesses
- Add DEI into preferred/pre-qualified vendor processes, RFP, and contracts
Neighborhood
