Diversity Council News

The Diversity Council is pleased to announce the release of its 2001 Annual Report as well as its 3-year Diversity Strategic Plan (http://diversity.gsfc.nasa.gov/div_council.html). As the Center moves forward with the implementation of the 3-year Plan, the Council announced several new projects for this year. These include:

• Reinstating of the popular Celebrate Goddard Day (scheduled for July 11, 2002)
• Work Team Diversity Project designed to understand the level of diversity on our Center work teams
• Formation of a Center-wide Quality of Work Life (QWL) Working Group
• QWL Survey to assess the needs of employees with respect to balancing work and personal life (to be administered April 10 - 26, 2002, with results reported in May 2002)
• Quarterly directorate reporting on the strategies, goals and objectives outlined in the 3-year Diversity Strategic Plan
• Diversity Dialogue Project Phase B - January through June 2002
• Diversity Dialogue Project Phase C - June through November 2002

The Diversity Council serves as a change agent to promote an inclusive work environment. It provides a forum for discussion of diversity related issues and is the venue through which diversity issues are aired and diverse interests are represented. The diversity Website provides a mechanism for people to identify issues for the Diversity Council to discuss. If you feel there are specific issues that you would like the Council to address, please visit the diversity Website feedback page at http://diversity.gsfc.nasa.gov/feedback.html or contact Sharon Wong at 6-0475 or by email at Sharon.M.Wong.1@gsfc.nasa.gov