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2021 Black History Month Banner Raised by AAERG

Dawn Robinson, a steering committee member of the African American Employee Resource Group (AAERG) and Kelly Perce, an IDEA Office program manager, met on Friday, January 29th to hang the Black History Month banner near Blackberry Gate. Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the […]

Black History Month Banner Raised by AAERG

Members of Berkeley Lab’s African American Employee Resource Group (AAERG) met on Friday, January 31st to hang the Black History Month banner near Blackberry Gate. Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history. Since 1976, every U.S. president […]

Lab Launches African-American Employee Resource Group (AAERG)

IDEA Speaker Series

The IDEA Speaker Series is a collaboration between the IDEA Office and our 9 employee resource groups (ERGs), and our purpose is to bring a diverse array of speakers to Berkeley Lab who have deep expertise in issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, often specifically in the workplace and in STEM, and particularly to […]

Monday is the Juneteenth Holiday: A Day to Reflect – Message from Mike Witherell

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased that UC and the Lab are again celebrating Juneteenth by observing the federal holiday on Monday, June 20, 2022. The Lab will be closed on Monday. For many, observing Juneteenth as a holiday is a new tradition, but it has long been established as a day of celebration for Black […]

History of Juneteenth

Juneteenth (a combination of June and nineteenth), also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day, is celebrated annually on the 19th of June to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger’s reading of federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on 19 June 1865, proclaiming all enslaved persons in Texas were free. On […]

Miles Green: A Black History Resilience Journey

The resilience talk by AAERG founder Colette Flood during Black History Month lit a fire of inspiration in Miles Green. He crafted a video weaving his personal journey with heroes of Black history, then presented it to his IT team. It struck a chord and is now available to the Lab community. Watch the recording […]

Employee Resource Group Overview Presentations – February 2021

In February, 2021 each of the ERGs recorded a short overview presentation about the group – their mission, activities and accomplishments. African American ERG All Access ERG             Early Career ERG Lambda ERG LANA ERG Veterans ERG Women Scientists & Engineers Council

Black History Month Virtual Events 2021

Thursday, FEBRUARY 11, at 12 noon on Zoom “Resilience: A Journey of Fortitude and Faith” with Colette Flood Join the AAERG in welcoming guest speaker Colette Flood, Education Director for the DOE Office of Science; Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists programs; Manager of Workforce Development and Education; and founding member of the AAERG. [Zoom Link] […]

Black History Month 2021 – a note from Michael Brandt, Deputy Director of Operations

Dear colleagues, February is Black History Month, in which we acknowledge and celebrate the global achievements and impacts of African Americans. As the executive sponsor of the African American Employee Resource Group (AAERG), I am a proud collaborator in the effort to achieve the AAERG mission, which is to create a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive […]