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Inclusion and Belonging

Inclusion and Belonging (I&B) Committee Mission: 

  • Advocate diversity and inclusion initiatives for the Chapter.
  • Promote ideas and events to Chapter members to further the spirit of diversity and inclusion.
  • Support and educate Chapter members in creating and sustaining inclusive communities.
  • Recognize successful diversity and inclusion efforts in the workplace.

Resources for Attracting and Retaining Diverse Talent

This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but is a living collection of ideas from Green Bay SHRM members and companies that applied to the WISHRM Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award. If you have other ideas, please feel free to reach out to add!

  • Build or support Employee Resource Groups that help employee engagement and inclusion.
  • Ensure that suppliers and vendors your company use are diverse.
  • Observe or acknowledge multi-cultural holidays respectfully and use as an opportunity to educate employees and promote cultural        competency.  
  • Focus on hiring a diverse workforce.
  • Ensure benefits packages are inclusive. Example: consider family planning benefits or paid parental leave.
  • Build policies and procedures that ensure equitable pay.
  • Actively hire veterans or current service members and ensure that your organization has benefits that support them.
  • Provide training on neurodiversity and how to support those who are neurodiverse.
  • Provide accommodations and support for Individuals with disabilities.
  • Have required and frequent training on unconscious bias, cultural awareness and other DEI focused topics.
  • Use AI technologies to remove personal information from applications and resumes to encourage fair and consistent hiring practices.
  • Develop metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for DEI initiatives. 

Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce: https://www.greatergbc.org/economic-development/diversity-equity-inclusion

NEW North resources: https://www.thenewnorth.com/diversity-inclusion/

Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, UW-GB: http://www.uwgb.edu/mesa/

Diversity at NWTC: https://www.nwtc.edu/about-nwtc/diversity-equity-inclusion/diversity-and-inclusion-resources

Diversity at St. Norbert College: https://www.snc.edu/diversityaffairs/

Cassandra Voss Center: https://www.snc.edu/cvc/

Oneida community: cultural opportunities, or post a job vacancy at your organization: https://oneida-nsn.gov/kalihwisaks/ and https://exploreoneida.com/

Brown County Veteran’s Service Office: https://www.browncountywi.gov/departments/veterans-services/general-information/

Department of Workforce Development, Office of Veteran’s Employment Services: https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/veterans/

Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) National Military Employment Resource page: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/military-employment-resource-page.aspx

Department of Workforce Development, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation: https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/

Great Lakes ADA Center: https://www.adagreatlakes.org/

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) - The leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues: https://askjan.org/

SHRM Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources: https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/Pages/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.aspx

Inclusion and Belonging Chair:  Stephenie Penterman (stepheniep@hocgb.org) 

2025 Green Bay SHRM Workplace Inclusion & Belonging Award 

Part of Green Bay SHRM Inclusion and Belonging Committee’s mission is to recognize successful inclusion and belonging (I&B) efforts in the workplace. We want to provide an avenue to recognize organizations and/or companies who foster an inclusive work environment in which all employees are inspired to contribute their best through their different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences  

The Workplace Inclusion & Belonging Award, presented by the Green Bay SHRM Inclusion and Belonging Committee, celebrates organizations in the greater Green Bay area that lead by example in fostering inclusive and supportive workplaces. This award recognizes companies of all sizes that actively create environments where employees from diverse backgrounds feel valued and inspired to contribute their best. 

  Through this recognition, we aim to: 

·        Celebrate best practices in inclusion and belonging. 

·        Share innovative ideas with Green Bay SHRM members. 

·        Inspire other organizations to adopt or enhance their own inclusion efforts. 

Two award recipients (one for small organizations and one for large organizations) will be honored at the April 9, 2025 Green Bay SHRM meeting, where all nominees will have the opportunity to connect, learn, and share ideas with local leaders.  All organizations that are nominated for the 2025 Green Bay SHRM Workplace Inclusion & Belonging Award will receive two complimentary registrations to the April meeting. 

  Nomination Deadline: February 21, 2025 

  Who is eligible?  

Organization/company nominated for this award should:  

·        Have displayed diversity in their local community.  

·        Be a role model for others in their advocacy of diversity.  

·        Have demonstrated leadership in championing the cause of racial, cultural, ethnic, disabled, linguistic, and other aspects of diversity within the human resources profession and community.  

·        Be an organization, company or division of an organization/company that is based in the greater Green Bay, Wisconsin area.  

·        Green Bay SHRM membership is encouraged, but not required.   

  Who can nominate?  

An organization is able to self-nominate by submitting the application  

·        If you are nominating an organization other than your own, please work directly with the organization to fill out the nomination form. We want to ensure that the organization has had the opportunity to add initiatives, etc. to the application.  

What is the nomination process?  

Complete the online nomination form at https://s.surveyplanet.com/fenftx1i by February 21, 2025.  

  Questions? Contact: 

Tracy Hood, HR Generalist at City of De Pere – thood@deperewi.gov 

Loretta Bauer, Total Rewards Manager at Pioneer Metal Finishing, LLC – lbauer@pioneermetal.com 

We look forward to hearing your stories of inclusion and celebrating your success! 

  Nominator Guidelines  

The process for nominating candidates for awards will be greatly simplified if the nominator reviews the spirit and intent paragraph under the Criteria and Process section and by considering the following guidelines:  

  ·        You, as the nominator, can significantly influence the selection process by accurately completing the online nomination form, by providing any documentation as appendices, (i.e. policies, metrics, and specific examples of practices that demonstrate organizational impact or culture change) and supplying relevant information in concise and English.  

·        Consider the distinctive features of the award as described.  Embedding inclusion and belonging into a structural/institutional aspect of the organization (e.g., policy, procedure, tradition, vision statement, learning and development activities, etc.)  

·        Nominations will be evaluated for outstanding accomplishments in achieving and sustaining inclusion and belonging within the nominated organization and within the broader community it is located in.  

·        Provide examples of promoting inclusion within the organization through efforts such as visibility, communication and education.  

·        Cite any recruitment and retention efforts that demonstrate efforts to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and promote inclusion within the organization.  

  Previous Award Winners  

2022:  

    • Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC)  
    • gener8tor  

 2023:  

    • Schreiber Foods Inc.   

  2024:  

    • Schneider  
    • InitiativeOne 



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