Employee Resource Groups

The SFA Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) bring together agency staff who share common aspects of their identity or life experiences. The goal of the ERGs is to promote increased engagement and to foster an inclusive work environment and networks of support related to the recruitment, retention, and professional development of various employees. Employee Resource Groups advance awareness and appreciation for the cultural diversity at SFA. Our employee resource groups help staff build relationships with one another and offer a community for employees to share common interests, aspirations and collaborate together.

Group Name	Facilitator	Agenda	Who Attends
African Diaspora	Desire Haynes	Reading and resource sharing	Staff who identify from the African Diaspora (e.g African American, Black, American African, Caribbean, African, Afo-Latino,
Asian Pacific Islander	Aiko Yano		Staff who identify from Asia or the Pacific Islands
Latin-X	Alicia Barron	Resource sharing and community building	Staff who identify from the colonized Spanish nation in the Americas (e.g. Chicanos, Central Americans, Southern Americans) and/or also native Spanish speakers gather to discuss the intersection of their blended identities.
Learning Functioning	Alex Riley-Sorem	Tools to help manage learning differences on the job	Staff who seek tools and intervention to help manage/organize their work as a result of dyslexia or other executive functioning dynamics that impact work.
Kaleidoscope	Anna Weitzman	Building community	Staff who identify as LGBTQIA can discuss topics related to their identity, create community in the work place, and discuss interventions to support clients/themselves in manners of this intersectionality.
Parenting	Pamella O’Connor	Sharing resources and processing impact of parenthood on working life	Parenting staff, staff who are thinking about parenting, or staff who are interested in caregiving issues.