Connections
A place for white people to learn and develop the tools to be an effective co-conspirator with people from marginalized communities.
What is WAAG or the White Allyship Affinity Group?
By actively attending monthly meetings and possibly working on projects between meetings.
How do you participate in a collective?
To ensure that WSG is effective in serving all people in Washington relevant to the WSG mission and in accordance with WSG values.
What is the goal of WSG For All?
A Google sheet in the WSG Collectives Folder which is in the WSG For All shared drive listing current collectives and their leads.
What is the Current Collectives Sheet?
A group of staff across teams and disciplines that work together to achieve outcomes and goals from the WSG for All initiative.
What is a collective?
A place for LGBTQIA+ people and allies to build community.
What is the Rainbow Reef Affinity Group?
The fourth Monday staff meeting of each month.
When do we have group development and training opportunities?
To design and execute an organizational approach with transparency and accountability to ensure that WSG is for all.
What is objective 1 of WSG For All?
At the top level of the WSG For All Shared Drive.
Where is the WSG For All Structure Document?
Collective that designs best practices for employee retention and communicates them across WSG.
What is the Employee Engagement Collective?
A space for collective healing and empowerment for BIPOC people.
What is the BIPOC Affinity Group?
They play a vital role in ensuring an inclusive workplace where all are valued, included, and empowered to succeed.
How do affinity groups help us meet our WSG For All values?
To foster a welcoming culture for all WSG staff, partners, trainees, and coastal communities.
What is objective 2 of WSG For All?
Slack channel where you can share articles and outside training opportunities.
What is the wsg-culture-n-community Slack channel?
Collective that develops community guidelines for inclusive engagement that reflect our values.
What is the Community & Tribal Engagement collective?
A place to discuss WSG For All needs, projects and plans.
What is the Strategy Team?
Time spent advancing your own learning and applying WSG’s mission, values and vision across their work.
What is individual work?
To create opportunities for learning and professional development to more effectively meet our WSG mission and vision.
What is objective 3 of WSG For All?
In the Development & Training Slides and Recordings Folder.
Where can you find slides and recordings from previous Development and Training Collective learning opportunities?
Collective that creates opportunities to learn together and practice and apply that learning.
What is the Development & Training Collective?
A climate and strategy survey every other year.
How do we gather feedback about WSG For All?
Presentation and implementation.
What is step 5 of collective project implementation?
To map the relationships and evaluate the impact of programs for all Washington coastal communities.
What is objective 4 of WSG For All?
A history of how WSG has changed, learned together and organized to meet our values that is linked in the WSG For All Structure Document.
What is the Timeline of Organizational Work and Training at WSG?
Optional groups that are open to all and meet once a month to build community and give support to people with shared identities.
What is an affinity group?