Workplace Inclusion and Belonging (WIB)

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To strengthen community connections, TaRO cohort shares experiences, gains new perspectives

April 10th, 2025

By Elizabeth A Moon

On March 19 and 20, colleagues from across UC ANR gathered at the Lawrence Livermore Collaboration Center for Taking Responsibility for One Accord. TaRO was the result of Saoi Sope, previous Staff Assembly Chair and the Workplace Inclusion and Belonging unit collaborating on a proposal to create an…

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Refreshed Principles of Community

January 23rd, 2025

By Elizabeth A Moon

This last town hall I presented the refreshed Principles of Community which took the combined efforts of over 500 UC ANR colleagues and 18 months to finalize.

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Live Nourished

November 26th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Belonging and Inclusion. The meaning embedded in these words are symbols of how we connect as a community. Each of us find we are part of a variety of communities with varying levels of connection. During my recent vacation, I spent time coming into connection and community with my self.

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Have Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts Failed?

October 22nd, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

A recent NYT article joins a handful of other popular news outlets to highlight what they see as the failure of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion efforts. In this particular NYT Magazine article, The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I.

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Help a Colleague: Do you identify as Mixed-Race/Ethnicity?

October 21st, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Devii Rao, San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, requests your help.

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NOMINATIONS DUE: DEI Advisory Council

October 15th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Call for Nominations: UC ANR DEI Advisory Council The UC ANR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Council is accepting nominations to fill open positions and invites passionate colleagues to join us in advancing DEI efforts across UC ANR.

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Healing Circles to Cultivate Meaning and Connection

October 7th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

As we navigate the last few months of 2024 the following opportunity to build deeper connections is available to our UC ANR community through the support of President Drake's system-wide funding for addressing bias and bigotry.

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A Month of Multitudes: Reflections and Opportunities

August 30th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Being in education my whole career, August, the start of a new school year, makes me feel alive like a bee buzzing through a meadow of flowers. It is the excitement of opening my mind to new learning and new ways of thinking and doing. A time of possibilities and reflections.

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Tribal Partnerships

July 7th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Chris McDonald, Inland and Desert Natural Resources advisor, brought together 80 people from various federal, state, county, and university affiliations at the Pala Band of Mission Indian Administrative Building in Pala for the Southern California Tribal Partnerships Workshop.

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PRIDE

May 30th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Every day I feel pride in working for ANR. This organization continually inspires me with the work being done to achieve our vision of serving and supporting every Californian. As a community, we have shown pride through our commitment to the Principles of Community 2.0.

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Award Opportunity & Feedback Request

April 29th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

I love this time of year. The weather is the perfect blend of cold and warm and the gardens are abundant with flowers and possibilities. It is also a time of many celebrations.

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Exploring the why, what and hope in LandBack

March 21st, 2024

This month's together@work blog brings you a special post exploring the background of the why, what, and hope in the LandBack movement in support of our tribal communities from Dr. Adina M. Merenlender and her co-contributor Beth Rose Middleton.

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Creating Transformation: Wrap up of the EDI Summit

February 16th, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Reflecting on the inaugural EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Summit, Creating Transformation, held from January 31 to February 1, 2024, I'm inspired by a profound sense of hope and renewed determination.

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EDI Summit Buzzing

February 1st, 2024

By Elizabeth A Moon

Photo by Saoimanu Sope, Staff Assembly Ambassador Our Inaugural EDI Summit has brought together over thirty ANR colleagues celebrating the work and wins, while also focusing on the challenges to continue creating transformation within our organization.

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Passion. Insight. Community.

December 14th, 2023

By Elizabeth A Moon

Passion. Insight. Community: These three words defined our experience at the inaugural UCOP EDI Conference on December 5.

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1862/1994 Land-Grant Partners Summit Builds Connections to Strengthen Ties with Tribal Colleges

October 17th, 2023

By Elizabeth A Moon

We were thrilled to attend the 2023 Land-Grant Partners Summit [https://landgrantpartners.org/events/land-grant-partners-summit-october-12-13-2023] last week in Denver.

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Why Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion: The Power of Language in Promoting Inclusion and Belonging

September 27th, 2023

By Elizabeth A Moon

Creating and building space for all members of the ANR community is an important tenet for our organization. Strong strides have been made in building out policy and procedures to build out equity and inclusion.

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CURIOSITY

July 29th, 2023

By Elizabeth A Moon

July steeped us in some record high temperatures which led me to do some deep thinking in front of fans and out on the lakes with my kayak. Manzanita Lae Lassen National Forest I have been thinking and starting to research about the impact of curiosity in the workplace.

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Celebrating June

June 13th, 2023

By Elizabeth A Moon

Celebrations abound in June: Graduations- Juneteenth- Pride Month - ANR postcard contest winners! For myself, I look forward to this time to reflect on an academic/fiscal year and the promise of a summer to dive deeper and set the pathways for creating more opportunities to grow.

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Welcome to the Workplace Inclusion & Belonging Blog

May 23rd, 2023

By Elizabeth A Moon

Welcome to the TOGETHER@WORK Blog. This is Elizabeth, UC ANR's director of workplace inclusion and belonging.

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WIB's Work

The Workplace Inclusion & Belonging (WIB) unit acts as a thought leader and partner across UC ANR to operationalize the Principles of Community , and to address issues of equity, diversity and inclusion. As a community, we work together to address the culture of UC ANR with an equity lens, developing initiatives, policies, and training to build a truly diverse and inclusive community in support of UC ANR’s Mission and Vision 2040.