January 2019 – July 2022
Kryshna Aviña credits his parents’ tenaciousness, reverence for their Mexican heritage, and a love of Beatles music and American culture with helping his family thrive in the United States. Aviña, an 18-year Lab veteran with the Information Technologies division, shares his story with Elements. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/building-community/kryshna-avi%C3%B1a
Meet Lauren McCaffrey, Talent Outreach Intern and active participant in East Bay Innovations’ Supported Employment Program. She shares her inspirational and personal story on how she lives and thrives with a disability. Read her full story. https://recruiting.lbl.gov/community-partnerships/
To celebrate the Lab’s 90th anniversary and as the last installment in this series, take a look at a photo story highlighting just a few of the notable and talented women who worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory throughout the 2010s. This story is not meant to be comprehensive. https://photostories.lbl.gov/celebrate-the-pastnbspwomen-in-2010s?source=share-berkeleylab
We kick off Latin American Heritage Month with a few questions for Blake Simmons, Chief Science & Technology Officer of the Lab’s Joint BioEnergy Institute, and executive sponsor of the Latin American and Native American ERG. Expect more profiles this month as we celebrate Latin American Heritage. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/building-community/blake-simmons
The American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Pride Committee is the first affinity group within APS focused on supporting the LGBT+ community and is working towards a scientific community supportive of scientists in the gender and sexual orientation minority communities. Read more. https://engage.aps.org/dpp/programs/plasma-pride
To help celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, the Lab’s LANA employee resource group will host a Zoom kick-off event Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event is an opportunity to take a break, enjoy a “cafecito” together, and discuss community building. Click for a calendar link. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MnRsaTM0a2l0b2Q2YTd1bGl0aXRrcWJvaHQgY191N2tlYnJkYzE5MWNiNWFtb20zY3Vpbzk1Y0Bn&tmsrc=c_u7kebrdc191cb5amom3cuio95c%40group.calendar.google.com
The Lab’s LANA employee resource group kicked off Latin American Heritage Month by raising its banner near Blackberry Gate. Beginning Sept. 15, LANA will host community-building events on Zoom and share personal heritage stories on Elements. For more information click on the link. https://berkeleylab-erg.lbl.gov/latin-american-and-native-american/latin-american-heritage-month
Psychological safety is the shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking. This type of safety affects our ability to fully contribute as a valued team member and impacts engagement, retention, and morale. Find toolkits, articles, and more on the IDEAs in Action website. https://ideas-in-action.lbl.gov/libraries/one-minute-for-idea-library#h.p_tffpmEQaKfrT
The Early Career ERG helps foster a community of inclusion and belonging for those seeking clarity on navigating job growth opportunities. ERG co-chairs Juliane Mueller and Arica Chhay share how they strive to increase accountability to support early-career employees and address their needs. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/imagine-the-future/early-career-erg
Living thousands of miles away from family and friends is never easy. It is more challenging during a pandemic. The co-chairs of the Lab’s gLoBaL ERG, Antoine Wojdyla and Alisa Bettale, share their challenges and what they are doing to make it easier for their fellow international colleagues. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/imagine-the-future/global-erg