BOULDER CITY, Nev.–Mitchell Stankovic announced its upcoming Underground Xchange: Employee Resource Groups will “dig deeper” into the intentions and the realities organizations will face when starting, governing, and evolving ERGs.
The company said PSCU and CUNA Mutual were pioneers in establishing ERGs, “long before DEI became a buzz phrase within the credit union community,” and in recognizing the importance of diversity of thought, the two companies committed to ERGs years ago and “consider the voices of the ERGs a critical component of strategy.”
PSCU has evolved ERGs from human resource best practice into BRGs, business resource groups, Mitchell Stankovic added.
“The Underground is focused on thought leadership and has intentionally given our followers an opportunity to explore the off-stage conversations around issues,” Mitchell, Stankovic & Associates CEO Susan Mitchell explained. “This forum for vulnerable collaboration is a natural place to talk about the realities of DEI and employee resource groups. The Underground Xchange will bring together diverse credit union leaders to share their successes and bumps along the way, so the entire industry can develop their own ideas into action.”
The Agenda
The agenda for the Sept. 14 virtual event, which is scheduled for 2-3 p.m. ET, will include a keynote panel with PSCU Vice President of Talent Acquisition Laura Sehres and CUNA Mutual Senior Diversity & Inclusion Manager Joe Hankey along with a credit union perspective roundtable with contributors from Kinecta FCU, BECU, Michigan State University FCU followed by breakout group networking.
“By elevating ERGs to a strategic level and incorporating that diversity of thought into business practices, credit unions will be better prepared to serve our beautifully diversifying country,” said Merry Pateuk, SVP-industry engagement at PSCU.
Added Gerry Singleton, VP-CU system relations at CUNA Mutual Group, “I am so excited to hear all the different voices raised authentically to collaborate for further personal and credit union diversity, equity and inclusion journeys!”
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