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July 2022 GLASS Newsletter

After a long, tiring Pride Month, welcome to the peak summer humidity. GLASS has a number of events set as we head into August recess. We hope to see you there!

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EVENT: A Conversation with Senator Tammy Baldwin

Join CJSA, GLASS, and LGBT CSA on July 28th at 6 pm in S-115 for a Conversation with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI).

Senator Baldwin was elected to the Senate in 2012. She made history as Wisconsin's first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and the first openly gay member elected to the U.S. Senate. After joining the Senate, Senator Baldwin got to work and has worked tirelessly across the aisle to defend working families in Wisconsin and to expand health care access to people with pre-existing conditions. We look forward to learning about Senator Baldwin's experience in the Senate on July 28th.

Due to security constraints, only Hill staff and interns will be able to join us for this event.

EVENT: U.S. Senate Toastmasters - Guest Speaker: Michael Franklin, cofounder of Speechwriters of Colo

Join the U.S. Senate Toastmasters on Friday, July 22 at noon to hear from special guest speaker, Michael Perkins, co-founder of Speechwriters of Color. Michael’s expertise centers around brining people together and helping others tell their stories through coalition building, targeted outreach, and inclusive communications practices.

Learn more about the U.S. Senate Toastmasters here: https://473.toastmastersclubs.org/

Follow them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Senate.Toastmasters

Information about Toastmasters can be found here: https://www.toastmasters.org/

GLASS Board Vacancy: Statements of Interest

GLASS is looking to fill a position on our steering committee (the “Board”). According to GLASS’s bylaws, a vacancy is filled by a majority vote of the current board members. The current Board will review interested candidates and vote. The Board then votes on assigning the vacant positions.

The current vacant Board positions are:

• Co-chair

• Social Director

You must be a current senate staff and a dues paying member of GLASS.

If you haven’t already, pay your 2022 dues ($20) through Venmo (@GLASS-Caucus) or Paypal.

If you are interested, please email [email protected] with your name, office, and brief description of who you are and why you would like to join the GLASS Board by COB Friday, July 22.

NEW: 6th Annual Senate Diversity Initiative Survey Results

• Not only is this the highest percentage of staff identifying as people of color, but we also have more people of color working in the Senate since the survey was first created in 2017.

  • The same is true for each category. More staff identified as African American than ever before; more identified as AAPI, Middle East/North African, Latino, native American, and LGBTQ.

• 14% of staff identify as LGBTQ, an increase over 2020 and 2019.

• This year, 40% of staff identify as nonwhite. In 2021, that number was 38%. That’s a 2% increase.

• 35 Senate Democratic Offices reported an increase in the number of staff who identify as nonwhite.

• More chiefs of staff and communications directors of color than any other time in the survey. Ten Democratic offices have chiefs of staff who are people of color. (2 African-American, 2 AAPI, 1 Native American/Hawaiian native, 5 Latino). That’s the most we’ve had.

• This year, Latinos have their highest percentage than any other time in the survey (14%).

The survey results can be found here: https://www.democrats.senate.gov/about-senate-dems/diversity-initiative/democratic-staff-survey-results-2022

SAVE THE DATE: July Happy Hour

We plan on hosting a July Happy Hour after work on Tuesday, July 26.

Save the date and keep an eye out for more information!

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