Affinity/Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

WHOI Affinity Groups are voluntary, employee-led groups formed around a common interest, issue and/or common bond or background that foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive workspace aligned with WHOI’s core values.

Affinity Groups serve to provide community, “safe space”, social support, and peer mentoring to WHOI employees, post-docs and students in under-represented or marginalized groups.

Currently Affinity Groups exist on a WHOI JEDI Slack space (whoimcgurge.slack.com).  While ally support is important and welcome, these groups are intended to serve as safe spaces for members of the various communities.

Affinity Groups on Slack and points of contact to join:

• black-at-whoi
  Gwyneth Packard (gepackard@whoi.edu)
• tech-gems  – Technical Staff who identify as women or gender minorities (an email list also exists)
  Sheri White (swhite@whoi.edu), Gwyneth Packard (gepackard@whoi.edu)
• aapi  –  Asian American and Pacific Islanders
  Adam Subhas (asubhas@whoi.edu), Sarah Hu (sarahhu@whoi.edu)
• latinx
  Mathew Schwartzman (mathew.schwartzman@whoi.edu)
• mental-health
  Mary Lardie Gaylort (mlardie@whoi.edu), Mai Maheigan (mmaheigan@whoi.edu)
• accessibility
  Amy Bower (abower@whoi.edu)
• pride  – LGBTQIA+  (an email list also exists which is open to allies as well, see https://website.whoi.edu/glow/)
  Ben Weiss (bweiss@whoi.edu), Sheri White (swhite@whoi.edu)