HERE - Diversity at CERN

Diversity in Action Workshop
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Tuesday, 05 May 2015
Facilitated by Alan Richter
Key Messages and Feedback
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Feedback
„Really enjoyed it!
Concept of unearned
advantage really
interesting!“
„Great
speaker!“
„Great course!
We need to
spread the
message!“
„Very
interesting
and
informative!“
„helped reais awareness,
but: what to do? (maybe
for next workshop?)“
„Great seminar! Thanks!
Will read the view from
nowhere!“
„concepts of unearned
advantage and
unconscious bias“
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What to do?
„Summer camps for
children 50/50% (Science,
etc.) from 8 to 12 years old“
at CERN
„Find common
ground for bias.“
„Focus on Upper
Management
(Group and Section
Leaders)“
„Equal
treatment of
all types of
partnership
(no special
privilege for
heterosexua
l marriage).“
„Promote Diversity events to
leaders.“
„ support from leadership to
participate in such events“
„Try to enagage leaders to
actively bring forward diversity
(yearly programme for units)“
„ Man giving the
seminar, woman
bringing the coffee…
still a long way to
go.“
„Facilitate/Improve return after
career break.“
„Build up a vision or mission
statement how to treat
diversity „requests“
„Proposal Post
Box“ could be
driven by diversity
team“
„Get together with
leaders to unblock good
ideas from diverse
people.“
„Educate leadership to at
least be aware of the
importance of Diversity“
„accept that
everyone is
different“
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