Introduction

Purpose
 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committees are a necessary part of the infrastructure for effective strategic diversity planning. Under the guidance of Tangible Development team members, DEI committee members will take an active part in the process of strategic diversity planning efforts at eHealth Technologies.
 
DEI Learning Objectives will focus on: 

I: DEI Foundational Knowledge & Skills
  • Develop a common diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) language
  • Understand where implicit bias and DEI conflict comes from and how it is connected to larger structural issues of inequality, with a particular focus on race and racism
  • Learn how to engage with others in a culture of workplace accountability 
  • Develop and practice skills navigating workplace DEI conflict through dialogue 
  • Enhance skills to create a welcoming and inclusive workplace culture
  • Understand DEI organizational change models and practices

II: Create a working infrastructure for DEI organizational sustainability
  • Learn DEI organizational change methods
    Understand opportunities and threats to organizational DEI work
  • Apply DEI organizational change methods
  • Identify next steps to continue eHealth Technologies’s DEI journey

Structure
  • The DEI Committee will have no more than 20 people and consist of eHealth Technologies staff members across units, organizational level, and social identities.
  • The Committee will be facilitated by Tangible Development.

Committee Requirements

Members of the Committee must:
  • Be passionate about creating opportunities for eHealth Technologies to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive
  • Be open and willing to challenge themselves and learn about others
  • Have the time and ability to attend recurring meetings 
  • Have the time to devote to projects that support the overall strategic diversity planning deliverables
Time commitment: (2) hours twice a month. Days/times to be determined.

Nominee Eligibility
  • Applicants must  be employees in good standing, have no write ups within the last 6 months, and demonstrate and live our core values regularly. 
  • The applicants must notify their immediate manager that an application has been submitted. Any supervisor's concerns about the eligibility of a team members’ participation in this work should be first discussed with Michelle Halloran, Vice President of Human Resources.
  • New employees must have been with the company at least 90 days and meet performance expectations.
  • The applicants must submit a completed application
 
Application Process

Applications are submitted to Tangible Development via SurveyMonkey.

Tangible Development project lead will carefully examine the qualifications of each applicant to determine eligibility and share applications with the eHealth Technologies project leads, Stacey Thomas and Laura DiNatale for review and selection.

Selection criteria will focus on:
  • Responsiveness to application questions
  • Ability to commit to the committee requirements
  • Diversity/inclusivity - the most effective committees are diverse in all ways. To ensure a committee is diverse, we will strive for representation across composition and organizational structure

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