Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Note: This is a draft of Mozilla's Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

About

"Inclusion and Diversity" is an Official Mozilla Governance Policy. Given our rapid growth over the last three years (diversification of products, people, functions, teams, spaces), we cannot expect our "inclusion and diversity" policy to be implicitly understood, practiced, nor be equivocal about what accountability looks like for this policy. We are at a unique time where we can know more, do more, and do better with our inclusion and diversity practices. An explicit and focused effort to uphold our policy helps us to conserve and evolve those core behaviours that express Mozilla's identity.

• Strategy. The Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (D&I) is a long term solution, supported by tangible, participatory mechanisms like workshops, trainings, tools, coaching, and other collaborative structures. The strategy provides a layer of rigor to uphold and champion our policy by:
  • evolving our practices in light of internal and external D&I research
  • initiating accountability with leadership
  • making visible the inclusion and diversity practices of our global communities
• Goals for 2014
  • Evolve our D&I practices by partnering with expert and innovative vendors. (See [ Partners below]).
  • Leverage Leadership (Execs, Directors, Managers, ReMo Council) to sustain, develop, and scale D&I education opportunities
  • Influence global D&I practices and behaviours by sharing successes and failures
• Accountability
  • A Project Accountability statement with metrics to measure it's success will be announced to the Project first, then placed on this wiki.

Benchmarks

go here.

Partners

• External
  • Ada initiative
  • Aperian Global
  • Diversity Collegium
  • Sexual harassment prevention training by Richard Curiale
• Internal
  • Community Diversity Working Group
  • Education & Culture Working Group

Trainings and Workshops

SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING with Richard Curiale

Target Audience	Date and Time	Location	Description	Sign up/Apply	Materials	Special Notes
Managers	Choose date and time best for you. July 16th @ 9:00-11:00am PT July 31st @ 2:00-4:00pm PT August 7th @ 7:00-9:00pm PT	Air Mozilla Per the requirements of the presenter, these sessions cannot be recorded.	This is a legal training - understanding what constitutes harassment in the eyes of the law.	Mandatory for managers.	none	Managers - if you do not attend, please email Mihca Anderson.
Individual Contributor	Choose date and time best for you. July 16th @ 2:00-3:00pm PT July 31st @ 9:00-10:00am PT August 5th @ 8:00-9:00pm PT	Air Mozilla live streaming, no recording.	This is a legal training - understanding what constitutes harassment in the eyes of the law.	Not mandatory for employees, but encouraged to attend.	none

UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AND INCLUSION with Aperian Global

Target Audience	Description	Date and Time	Location	Join	Materials	Special Notes
Online courses Region/timezone friendly Remotees friendly	Participants develop an understanding of their unconscious biases, and gain practical and positive ways to deal with biases that arise. NOTE: Online courses are 2 part series. Each part is 2 hours.	Americas 19 and 26 August, 1600-1800 UTC Africa+Europe 30 Sept and 7 October, 1100-1300 UTC Asia-Pacific 6 and 13 November, 10-12 Beijing	Aperian uses Adobe Connect Platform	etherpad	Required reading before course: Exploring Unconscious Bias	Aperian uses Adobe Connect Platform for virtual trainings. Please review Adobe's tech specs for compatibility.
Onsite courses Mozilla Execs, Directors, Foundation and People Leads	Similar to Online course, but with a few more practice activities.	SF 3 September, 10-4 PDT Toronto 5 September, 10-4 EST	SF T-Dot	[Reserved]	Required reading before course: Exploring Unconscious Bias	SF course will be co-lead.

SUPPORTING WOMEN IN OPEN SOURCE with Ada Initiative

Learning Opportunity	Description	Date and Time	Location	Join	Materials	Special Notes
AdaCamp	AdaCamps are conferences dedicated to increasing women’s participation in open technology and culture.	Portland: 21-22 June Berlin: 11–12 October Bangalore: 22–23 November	Portland Berlin Bangalore	Portland review Berlin application Bangalore application.	none	AdaCamp is an invite only event.
Ada Initiative Ally Skills Workshop	The Ally Skills Workshop teaches men and women simple, everyday ways to support women in their workplaces and communities.	Group 1: 28 August, 9-11 PDT Group 2: 15 October, 800-1000 UTC Group 3: TBD	Group 1: SF Group 2: Berlin or Paris Group 3: Toronto or Vancouver	etherpad	Allies Curriculum	This course if for men and women who are committed "to speaking up to support women, [and] be more aware of the challenges facing women in their workplaces and communities."
Ada Initiative Leadership Training	A train the trainer workshop for people to spearhead projects supporting gender equality.	TBD (Early November) 10-4 PDT	MTV	etherpad	TBD	This workshop will be limited to no more than 15 people.

Sexual harassment prevention training (more info)

All of us deserve to work in a place where we are respected, have each other's backs, and hold each other accountable for both. To help us all do this better, we have asked Richard Curiale, a California-based employment law attorney, to spend some time with us on the topic of sexual harassment. This is a legal training - understanding what constitutes harassment in the eyes of the law.

Manager training (live in Mountain View, streamed live to all spaces):

• SESSION ONE: July 16th @ 9:00-11:00am PT (https://air.mozilla.org/anti-harassment-manager-training/)
• SESSION TWO: July 31st @ 2:00-4:00pm PT (https://air.mozilla.org/anti-harassment-manager-training-2/)
• SESSION THREE (this will be broadcasted live but not hosted in an office): August 7th @ 7:00-9:00pm PT (https://air.mozilla.org/anti-harassment-manager-training-apac-timezone-friendly)

Managers - if you are absolutely unable to rearrange your schedule to attend the session live in Mountain View or from your local or home office via AirMo, please email Mihca Anderson about how to satisfy the requirement for attending harassment training.

Individual contributor training (live in Mountain View, streamed live to all spaces)

• SESSION ONE: July 16th @ 2:00-3:00pm PT (https://air.mozilla.org/anti-harassment-employee-training/)
• SESSION TWO: July 31st @ 9:00-10:00am PT (https://air.mozilla.org/anti-harassment-employee-training-2/)
• SESSION THREE (this will be broadcasted live but not hosted in an office): August 5th @ 8:00-9:00pm PT (https://air.mozilla.org/anti-harassment-employee-training-apac-timezone-friendly)

We're using the MoCo Vidyo channel for these sessions (same as we use for Monday meetings). You can watch live from AirMo, linked above, or you can join via Vidyo to be able to ask questions (https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/airmo/MoCo+Vidyo+Room+Security). You can also send your question to angelak on IRC.

Per the requirements of the presenter, these sessions cannot be recorded.

Initiatives

• Communication Research Initiatives gather data and feedback from the Project on good communication uses (e.g., ways we can be more inclusive with our communication tools, reduce inefficient and unproductive practices, build upon existing tools and practices that contribute to our community well-being).
  • Yammer Inclusion Research led by Tre Kirkman will gather data and community feedback on how we currently utilize Yammer, so that we can be more inclusive.
  • E-Mail Subject Line Etiquette led by Payam Keshtbod will gather fluid and efficient practices to help streamline and prioritize email communication.
• Mental Health Wellness
  • This project is lead by Dino Anderson and Sylvie Brossard.

Diversity and Inclusion at Mozilla

This section will be a documentation and categorization of Mozilla's Diversity and Inclusion history.

Badges

Currently looking for graphic designers to contribute making badges. Please contact Dino Anderson if you would like to help.