About: Diversity & Inclusion: Indiana University

Mission

The ITLC Diversity & Inclusion Action Team is a group of Indiana University IT staff members who volunteer our time to create positive change where we work. Our mission is to foster a welcoming and accepting professional environment that not only embraces but also encourages the inclusion of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and ideas. Through initiatives and outreach, we actively work to create a sustainable culture of diversity and inclusion for technology professionals on all IU campuses.

Core values

A diverse workplace drives innovation

We welcome all perspectives and encourage the open exchange of ideas and civil discourse. We want all employees to be themselves and contribute through their own experiences. We honor individuality, human dignity, equality, and equity. Together we can empower one another to do our best work.

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A diverse future

We encourage respect and inclusiveness, and welcome members with diverse backgrounds, ideas, and life experiences. Recognizing every employee has unique skills and talents while working to support and coach them to maximize their contribution and personal satisfaction, will help to ensure diversity in the future of the organization.

Inclusion of diverse perspectives

All interactions and conversations require an open mind, offering respect and inherent dignity and worth of all individuals. Employees deserve opportunities for cross-collaboration and rotational assignments to enrich the employee climate, foster diversity of thought, and inspire innovative solutions.

Welcoming and diverse work environments

Respect and civility will be afforded to all individuals regardless of age, disability, educational background, family status, gender, gender identity and expression, nationality, race/ethnicity, religion, position, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic level, or veteran status.

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Outreach and recruitment

We believe hiring strategies must include social media, professional associations, job postings, and publications to maximize recruitment from a diverse pool of applications. Training will be provided on hiring and the impact of unconscious bias in the recruitment process. In addition, we aim to develop and implement an ongoing, comprehensive D&I communications strategy for the IU IT community.

D&I education

We will host workshops, focus groups, and other learning opportunities to educate and promote discussion on topics that impact today’s workplace, such as unconscious bias, generational and cultural differences, and the employment of persons with disabilities. Through a better understanding of diversity and inclusion, we can work towards a pervasively diverse and inclusive work culture.

Change doesn't happen overnight

We strive to ensure employees are engaged and recognized for their diverse contributions to the organization’s success.

But change takes time.

We encourage you to get involved with the D&I initiative, so we can build a diverse and inclusive work culture for the continued betterment of the organization and its employees.

Join the ITLC D&I team!

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Connect on Slack

Another way to connect with the D&I Action Team and keep up to date with what’s going on with the group, is to join our UITS Slack channel. You must be a UITS staff member to access this Slack instance, or, if you are outside of UITS and want to join this Slack channel, you can request single channel access. More information about joining UITS Slack is available here. If you already have UITS Slack access, just click “browse channels” and search for #club-itlc-diversityandinclusion and hit “join”. Whether you want to lurk silently and observe or post regularly and join discussions, you will be welcome in this online community!