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On Wednesday, March 8, at 1 p.m., the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility and the Women’s Initiative will honor International Women’s Day by hosting a virtual presentation by Alexis Kanda-Olmstead, called “Breaking the Mold: Women’s Leadership in STEM.” Are you leadership material? The answer depends in large part on your identities. Traditional mind models about leaders and leadership skew toward masculinity and other privileged identities, resulting in barriers that hold women back. In this workshop, participants will explore the…

On Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 11 a.m., the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will honor National Mentoring Month by hosting a virtual presentation by Dr. Antentor O Hinton, Jr., and Dr. Haysetta D. Shuler, entitled “How to be an Effective Mentor for Underrepresented STEM Trainees.” The workshop will focus on what good mentoring looks like, including learning how to motivate and support individuals. The presentation will also cover emotional intelligence and cultural competency. To register, please click here (Services…

On  Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m., the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will host a presentation by Dr. Erin Cech, entitled Professional Cultures and Inequality in STEM. The presentation will cover how STEM cultures may reproduce inequality. The professional cultures of STEM, which give each discipline its particular “feel” and unite discipline members under a taken-for-granted system of meanings and values, are not benign. The talk will last about 45 minutes, followed by Q&A. To register, click here…

In honor of LGBTQ+ history month, the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Spectrum will co-host LGBTQ+ Safe Zone Training Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 1-2:30 p.m. CT. An interactive presentation created especially for the Fermilab community by the Spectrum LRG on creating welcoming and inclusive spaces. The focus is placed on using language accepted within the LGBTQ+ community and how we can all foster an environment of understanding, acceptance and equality. Presenters of this workshop are Fermilab employees who…