Senior Consultant & Global Co-Chair of the LGBTQIA+ Perspectives Group @ TRINITY l Co-Founder @ Emerging Leaders In Life Sciences l Nova SBE Munich Alumni Board Member & CEMS MIM Alumni
🌈 A while back, I did a post about my role as Global Co-chair of the LGBTQIA+ Perspectives Group at Trinity and have received a few messages asking more information about our mission / initiatives, so I thought about sharing more about it 🌈 1 - What is the LGBTQIA+ Perspectives group? At Trinity Life Sciences, there are several employee resource groups that drive initiatives to foster diversity and inclusion in our organization, including Gender, Culture, and LGBTQIA+ Perspectives Groups. Each group has executive sponsors that advocate for our initiatives and respective visibility in our organization, and provide guidance about our events. The LGBTQIA+ group counts with two amazing sponsors: Krista Perry, and Monica Martin de Bustamante. In addition we have two co-chairs, Sarah Schneider and myself. Finally, the group has 20+ employees from all offices worldwide that wish to participate in our initiatives. 2 - Which initiatives do we organize? We organize three types of events: #1 Educational events: we invite guest speakers that share insights / experience / stories related to LGBTQIA+ topics. For example, this year we organized a trans panel event where we invited two doctors, Isabel (Izzy) Lowell, MD, MBA, and Laura Erickson-Schroth who shared the science beyond transitioning. #2 Social events: we promote happy hours, particularly during pride month, to celebrate our community. The picture below was taken in my visit to the London office last year during pride with my fellow colleagues including Phoebe Huzar, Charlotte Carver, Sonia Acosta Luis, Laura Halsey, Supriya Kumar, Salomé Monreal Louly, and many more! #3 Core LGBTQIA+ Discussions: we aim to create a safe space for all employees including allies to feel comfortable to discuss concerns, questions, etc. Therefore, we organize regular meetings to discuss news, or any LGBTQIA+ related topic. These initiatives are only possible with Trinity leadership support that actively incentivizes our events (including giving us designated budget!) Let me know in the comments below if your organization organizes any other initiatives - I do see the value of sharing so that we can all replicate it! The more initiatives all organizations conduct the better 💪🏼 #diversityandinclusion #diversity #inclusionmatters #lgbtq #lgbtqcommunity
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