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Upcoming FoRG discussion session: Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the data community

Hello Friends!

I'm really excited to announce our upcoming FoRG discussion session on Tuesday September 21 at 10pm GMT / 5pm EST / 2pm PST / 7am AEST: Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the data community (and beyond!).

How can the data community excel in giving everyone, particularly underrepresented groups, the voice, platform and support that they deserve?

Join this FoRG session, featuring panel Q&A with Deepthi Goguri, Kathi Kellenberger, and Chris Voss, to discuss this and more! We'll kick things off with a Q&A from our panellists, then open up the session to give everyone a chance to share their thoughts and experiences.

Add any questions or topics you'd like to discuss during the hour long online session to this forum post: there are a few there already to get the ball rolling!

If you're unable to make the session, it will also be recorded and made available to all FoRGs on demand.

See you there!

Eleanor
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    - What is DE&I, and what does it mean to you?
    - Why is promoting and encouraging DE&I important?
    - What could the data community do more of, or better, to include and support diverse members?
    - What already works well?
    - Allyship – using privilege to make a difference
    - The role of mentoring
    - Increasingly virtual world – pros and cons

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  • robrich
    I click download invite, and it refreshes the page but doesn't download.  Thanks Eleanor.  It's now resolved.
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  • ben_b
    i'm a bit late to the game on this one!  i would have been keen to watch.

    one area that doesn't get talked about enough in DEI efforts imo is the exclusion of people who don't want to have one of the covid vaccinations on offer. 

    companies seem to talk a lot about diversity and inclusion but simultaneously do not accept diversity on this issue and go out of their way to exclude people who make a decision they don't like - and lose talent because of it...  

    has only happened in the care home sector in UK but i think it's more widespread in other places.

    (p.s. sorry to bring up coronavirus as i know it gets talked about so much!)

    the other area of diversity and inclusion that I feel gets forgotten about is that there is a bias towards hiring extroverted people - and this is made worse by some interview formats... I like setting up a small practical exercise so that it's not all talking through competency based questions and being able to think on your feet under pressure. 

    we interviewed someone last week who was getting out of breath and he was struggling to get his words out and my boss basically said, "let me tell you about the team and company" and then did a 5-minute spiel where the interviewee just had to list...he basically had a chance to catch his breath and reset and was so much comfortable when the questions resumed.

    cheers
    Ben
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