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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Framework

Welcome!

The DEI project is focused on increasing the diversity, equity and inclusion at the Sprints and beyond. This project is for all verticals. Everyone is included!

Project Vision

Our vision is that Salesforce and community leaders create diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces. We create community-based, free, and open source tools to identify and remove barriers and empower people from marginalized groups to show up and participate as their full authentic selves.

Our V2MOM (Vision, Values, Methods, Obstacles and Measures) - this is being updated

Brief History

After noticing a lackof diversity in the room at the 2019 Philly Open Source Community Sprint, a group of customers and partners formed a project team to address systemic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion issues within the Salesforce ecosystem/economy. The team set out with the goal to identify, mitigate, and dismantle structural barriers that have barred people from marginalized communities from entry to the Sprint events and the broader Salesforce ecosystem.

Current Priorities

• Gather participant data
• Create a welcoming, safe and effective space
• Minimize barriers to participation
• Conduct inclusive marketing and outreach to raise awareness of the Sprints among under-represented groups
• Provide Salesforce with resources and recommendations to improve commitment to community DEI

What we've been up to

Sprint Log

Roadmap

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Understanding our current reality and key takeaways

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work is long term social change work, and it’s first step is understanding what is the current reality and what challenges need our attention now.

During the March 2020 Virtual Sprint, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Sprint Team developed a survey to understand the experiences of those who participated in the Virtual Sprint. The DEI Team has collated the results to make recommendations to the Salesforce.org Open Source Commons Team on how to increase diverse, equitable, and inclusive participation in Sprints moving forward.

Analysis of Results of March 2020 Survey

Key Takeaways

1. Black Sprint participants did not feel represented.
2. Once Black participants were engaged in the Sprint, their experience tracked similarly to the whole group: positively.
3. There was a significant lack of participants who identify as LGBTQ+ and non-binary, non-gender confirming.
4. Sprint participants were overwhelmingly white and female with 32% of participants identifying as straight, white women.

Recommendations

Our findings show that the most effective ways to increase diverse, equitable, and inclusive participation in Sprints are to:

1. Increase the number of diverse participants at the Sprint
2. Equip and empower diverse participants to get the most out of the Sprint.

We commend the Salesforce.org Open Source Commons Team for the intention and execution of creating a welcoming and inclusive Virtual Sprint, and we look forward to these recommendations being implemented in future Sprints. Thank you!

Current Project Team

• Team Leaders: Charise Van Liew, Grace Kim, Sarah Pilzer, Sindhuja Ram
• Regular subgroup contributors: Akash Mishra, Brie Kramer, Brooke Petit, Christopher Littlefield, Dar Veverka, Eric Steeves, John Sim, Jung Mun, Karmel James, Kristin Medlin, Makeda Keegan, Tasha Rucker, Yvonne Byars
• GitHub Scribes: Karen Fitton, Charise Van Liew
• Founder and Strategic Advisor: Brittany Daley
• Former Team Leaders: Emma Bloksberg-Fireovid (Fall 2019 - Spring 2021), Karene-Sean Hines (Fall 2019 - Spring 2020)
• List of all Contributors: Akash Mishra, Alexa Adams, Amy Bucciferro, Ash Allen, Brit Duhrkoff, Brittany Daley, Cassie Supilowski, Caitlin Thomas, Charise Van Liew, Cheryl Curry, Cori O'Brien, Damian Le Brocque, Deja Newland, Doug Contaoi, Erin Semagin Damio, Emily Gonzales, Emma Bloksberg-Fireovid, Esha Garg, Grace Kim, Jace Bryan, Jon Varese, Joni Bryan, Judi Sohn, Karen Fitton, Karene-Sean Hines, Karuna Tayal, Lucy Middleton, Makeda Keegan, Marisa Lopez, Mary Scotton, Mayank Soni, Melinda Smith, Melissa Hill Dees, Meredith Nabavi, Mica Hashimoto, Micah Adler, Michael Kolodner, Mike Camilleri, Payal Loungani, Quratulain Tariq, Rubin Singh, Ryan Blake, Sara Chieco, Sarah Jo Stern, Sarah Pilzer, Shivanand Totar, Simone Carvalho, Sushil Raj, Tamika Homan-Ricks