Skyrises的骄傲月倡议促进了意识和包容性 & 持久的改变
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概述
During Pride month our team at Skyrise wanted to do something that would raise awareness not only amongst our team but that we could take away and share with our inner circles away from the workplace.
We wanted to do something that didn’t feel tokenistic and would also genuinely help us on our journey to becoming more aware and respectful of people's choices.
We held various awareness sessions across the month where we learned about all the communities represented within the LGBTQ+ acronym, 骄傲的历史, 代词与性与性别认同的差异.
We held a flag awareness session learning about the many LGBTQ+ flags and what the colours stand for, a couple of quizzes and trivia sessions around what we had learned throughout the month and inclusive language swaps.
We reached out to local charities to find out what great work they do around our area to support LGBTQ+ communities.
你的目标是什么?
我们开始着手完成几件事. To raise awareness and further our learnings through having conversations around the subject. Pride month seemed a great opportunity to start these conversations but we also pledged to carry on these conversations around gender and identity. We have team members who are LGBTQ+ and we wanted to show them that we support and champion their identity and choices and that Skyrise is a safe space to work where our team can be themselves.我们希望每个人都能感受到尊重、权力和归属感.
描述计划是如何运作的
Our approach at Skyrise is organic and homegrown, we want it to feel genuine and not performative. Our monthly awareness sessions are called ‘Coffee and Conversations’ the theme is different every time. ‘Coffee and Conversations’ are very informal, where no subject is taboo. During our session we discussed different sexual and gender identities and the difference between the two. The session built confidence as it’s a subject many of our team were worried about getting something wrong or offending someone, 我们真的提高了我们的意识，学到了很多东西. We had a pronouns 101 session and lots of history around how Pride started, 石墙暴动以及为什么今天仍然非常需要《彩乐园dsn》. We also learned about language swaps and trivia sent in our weekly culture round-ups.
告诉我们具体的步骤
作为景观的多样性, equity and inclusion is continually evolving we wanted to ensure we had the correct up to date information to share with our team. 我接受过一些深潜训练 myGworks工作自豪感, which was a week long global event with 培训, shared lived experiences and awareness sessions. 还有各种各样的培训课程 另一个盒子. These factors have helped me deliver awareness sessions to the team at Skyrise.
We reached out to local charities to find out the great work they do around our area to support LGBTQ+ communities;
- 肯尼迪信托基金: LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity working with young people aged 16 - 25 who are struggling with their housing situation or living in hostile environments after coming out.
- 彩虹的思想: a collaborative service between Mind and Mind in Salford aiming to tackle mental health issues for individuals within the LGBTQ+ community.
- 代表袜子: a local charity who for each pair of socks bought they donate a pair of socks to people in need.
This initiative had no budget apart from some money for a drink or snacks to accompany the session. 我们的确向当地的慈善机构捐款了.
这一举措产生了多么积极的影响啊?
我们的团队对咖啡有很好的反馈和参与 & conversations awareness sessions and the team have felt more confident carrying on conversations outside of the workplace.
你学到了什么可以帮助别人的东西?
All our awareness sessions are optional to attend and these have been gaining in numbers that now over 60% of our Manchester team take time out of their day to attend, 越来越多的人想参加. All information and facts covered from our awareness sessions are saved onto a shared drive where they can be accessed by our team at any point. We also encourage our team to share these with their inner circles, friends and family. We wanted to start a ripple effect that would continue after Pride month was over.
We have learned how to actively listen to each other and more importantly to respect over understanding and a person is not defined by an acronym. 还有很长的路要走, this is forever learning but I feel Skyrise has started the journey to become more inclusive.
你将如何使这一倡议的好处持续下去?
We have carried on the conversations after Pride month has ended especially around gender identity. We’re all more mindful of the language we use and we’re trying to incorporate language swaps updating outdated terms that could offend. Some of our team have incorporated our pronouns in their email signatures, showing that we are safe and living in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.
