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About

Staff Engagement & Belonging is a department within People & Culture that provides professional learning opportunities and community engagement for staff employees to increase racial literacy and cultural fluency. We are committed to creating a community where all employees have the capacity, comfort, and agency to be their authentic selves at work every day.

Staff Engagement & Belonging was established at Berkeley in the summer of 2020, amid an ongoing wave of civil unrest and racial reckoning triggered by the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police. To support Berkeley’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist institution, Staff Engagement & Belonging focuses on addressing workplace issues that create disproportionate impact and outcomes among staff employees and managers.

Contact our Department Staff

Name	Title	Contact for
Lasana O. Hotep	Director
Shirley Giraldo, Ed.M.	Employee Engagement Consultant	Contact for Employee Engagement Consulting, Sponsored Staff Organizations, Manager Mastermind Group Sessions, and Staff Appreciation Week
Tim Abdellah Fuson	Staff Affirmative Action Offer & EEO Analyst	Contact for accessing department demographic data and information
Katrina Pantig Naval	Learning and Development Strategist	Contact for the Berkeley Equity Training Series, Critical Voices in DEIB, Assessment and Consultation Services, and the DEIB Events calendar.
Laura E. Pulido, Ph.D.	Training Design Consultant	Contact for inquiries about New Employee Reception & Orientation and institutional research being conducted within the Office of DEIB.
Jesse Arp	HR Metrics and Survey Specialist

You can also Contact HR via this webpage.

Mission

Our mission is engage the campus community in transforming their consciousness, cultivating skills, and providing resources to rid the University of California at Berkeley of all forms of racism and sexism. We do this through providing high-quality professional learning experiences, producing and dissemination of useful tools, consultations and strategy advising, and substantive partnerships.

Review the University of California Board of Regents Policy 4400 to learn more about the UC system-wide commitment to Diversity.

Our Vision

We envision a model workplace, free from historical inequities, where employees from all communities are valued and succeed.

Review the University of California Board of Regents Policy 4400 to learn more about the UC system-wide commitment to Diversity.

Our Framework

A circle with sections flowing into each other titled Equity-Mindedness, Community, Systems, and Education.

Staff Engagement & Belonging’s Role Amongst Collaborators

Staff Engagement & Belonging within People & Culture is one entity among many campus collaborators advancing engagement & belonging efforts at UC Berkeley. Along with our campus collaborators, we work strategically to minimize duplicate efforts and to maximize support for staff. See the following list for the best entity to contact for specific Staff Engagement & Belonging related matters.

Function	SE&B	Campus Collaborator/Owner
Reporting on Staff Demographics	TBD	Cal Answers
SE&B Programming/Experiences	X	Center for Race & Gender \| Othering & Belonging Institute \| Berkeley Staff Assembly (BSA): DEIB Committee
Staff Appreciation Week	X
Staff Organization Sponsorship	X
Diversity Consulting		Division of Equity & Inclusion
Affirmative Action Tracking/Reporting	X
New Employee Orientation & Reception	X
New Employee Onboarding		Berkeley Regional Services
Employee Engagement Survey	X	BSA’s CUCSA
Constituent Board	X
Manager Mastermind Group	X
Initiatives		African American Initiative \| Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)
Campus Climate Tracking		MyVoice Survey \| My Experience Survey
Basic Needs		Basic Needs Center
Trainings	X	Undocually Training \| Multicultural Education Program \|People & Organization Development \| Robertson Center for Intercultural Leadership
Confidential Support		Employee Assistance \| PATH to Care \| Staff Ombuds Office
Disability Access & Compliance		Disability Access & Compliance
Prevention of Harassment & Discrimination		Office for the Prevention of Harassment & Discrimination
OFCCP Audit	X

Did we miss something?

While we do our best to be inclusive, UC Berkeley is a large organization and we may have missed an effort. If you’d like to be included in the list below, please contact us at kpantig@berkeley.edu with:

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