API Heritage Story: Aditi Chakravarty
To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, members of the API ERG are sharing their personal heritage stories. Aditi Chakravarty, Group Leader and Principal Strategist of the Learning and Organizational Development Office, lives in Oakland, thousands of miles from her family’s roots in South Asia. Her paternal grandparents migrated from what is now Bangladesh to West Bengal […]
Director’s Award Still Resonates for Amanda Krieger
Amanda Krieger was recognized in 2017 with the Director’s Award in Diversity for her work on LGBTQ inclusion at the Lab, including making the Lab a welcoming workplace for all communities and raising awareness of the Lab’s progress in diversity and inclusion. Read what the award has meant to her. Read the full story>>
API Heritage Story: Sandy Roth
To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, members of the API ERG are sharing their personal heritage stories. Sandy Roth, Interim Senior Human Resources Division Partner, is Chinese-Vietnamese-Cambodian-American. She shares the story of her mother whose family faced famine in China and genocide in Cambodia before immigrating to the U.S., and of her experiences growing up in […]
Berkeley Lab’s 10th Open Mic – Wednesday, May 26, 2021
The Open Mic has hit double digits! Join us for our 10th hour of music, poetry, spoken word and, it goes without saying, great community. Date: Wednesday, May 26 (add it to your calendar) Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm Watch a Replay of the Event! As usual we want to welcome back all of our […]
UC Council of Chief Diversity Officer’s Distinguished Scholar Webinar – May 11, 2021
A UC Distinguished Scholars Webinar | May 11 Please join your UC colleagues for the second speaker in the UC Council of Chief Diversity Officer’s Distinguished Scholars webinar. The speaker series features UC scholars who have made significant contributions to the study of racial inequality in their research, teaching, mentorship and publicly engaged scholarship. Professor […]
You can help counter anti-Asian violence – Resources from UC
Over the past year, we’ve seen a huge spike in violence targeting Asian-Americans. Though these increased attacks seem to be tied to racist reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian racism and violence has a long history in the United States. UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center explores why Asian-Americans are being attacked and what can […]
2021 Community & Diversity Outreach Webinar Series
These sessions are for anyone involved in Community & Diversity Outreach efforts representing Berkeley Lab. Attendees will receive course credit and completion of all Outreach workshops (see list below) will result in a Berkeley Lab Outreach certificate from HR. The sessions will be recorded. Session #1 (12 pm PT, Thursday, April 22): Community and Diversity […]
UC Council of Chief Diversity Officer’s Distinguished Scholar Webinar – April 28, 2021
You are cordially invited to the UC Council of Chief Diversity Officer’s Distinguished Scholars Webinar. The speaker series features UC scholars who have made significant contributions to the study of racial inequality in their research, teaching, mentorship and publicly engaged scholarship. Please join us on April 28th, 1-2:00 PM, when Amani M. Allen, Ph.D. M.P.H., […]
The Next 90: All Access Past, Present & Future
Celebrate the Past: All Access Since its founding in 2015, the All Access Employee Resource Group represents members of the disability community and their allies. All Access seeks to advance inclusion and equality for everyone in the Berkeley Lab community. Experience the Present: All Access All Access advocates for a more accessible laboratory […]
The Long History and Present Surge of Anti-Asian Violence – April 1, 2021
The Long History and Present Surge of Anti-Asian Violence An online panel discussion presented as part of the Berkeley Conversations and Matrix on Point Series Thursday, April 1, 2021, 5:00-6:00pm Pacific Watch online: https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/03/29/the-long-history-and-present-surge-of-anti-asian-violence/ You can submit questions to the panel in advance. Please join us for a panel discussion on rising Anti-Asian violence in America. This timely panel […]
