As we all reflect on 2022 and set goals for 2023, one of our goals should be to renew our commitment to WG’s DEI Strategic Plan. Although we all can easily (and quickly) become overwhelmed by never-ending to-do lists and responsibilities related to work, family, friends, and community, the mission of our WG and its Diversity Committee continues. In 2020, many of us recall that people were beginning to critically discuss race and privilege in the United States in an open and honest context. People were listening and having honest conversations that for so long had been treated as divisive and for many non-BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color - used to refer to members of nonwhite communities) individuals, perhaps a sense of embarrassment or guilt. Because many nonBIPOC individuals were becoming aware of the past while working for equality, there was a sense that we were evolving as a country and moving towards a more harmonious future.
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