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Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Employees Celebrate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

May 20th, 2022 | 2 min read

Care Source DEI Celebration Newsroom

On April 26th, Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ hosted their first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Celebration for employees to celebrate champions of DEI. The event recognized Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ leaders who help move the DEI strategy forward through employee-led groups including the Equity Council, and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). The event celebrated the passion, efforts, and hard work of founding leaders that helped establish a variety of employee-led groups.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Erhardt Preitauer, encouraged new leaders and executive sponsors to:

"Continue this great work; don’t let it drop. I challenge you to remember the difference is you, but be hyper-aware, it will take our collective efforts to keep moving this great organization forward.”

DEI empowers Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ employees to shape the future of the health care industry and better serve the needs of members, health partners and communities. The goal is to continually guide Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ toward a sustainable, inclusive culture that not only represents employee and member populations, but leverages diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills, viewpoints in order to realize health equity for all members.

“Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ is a special place! Almost a fourth of our employee population have stood up as DEI Champions to help move our strategy forward,” said Patrice Harris, director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ. “Whether as members of one of our employee-led groups or volunteer facilitators of our Healthy Conversations—open dialogue session centered on DEI topics—every Ë¿¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ employee is responsible for creating a sustainable culture of inclusion and belonging for each of us."