Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is eager to work with the media to share our success stories in creating safe and equal workplaces for LGBT people across the country and beyond.
Executive Director Selisse Berry
poses for San Francisco Business Times
photographer as part of a feature story
Much like a bridge, we understand that in order to get our message heard about how to create safe and equal workplaces for LGBT people, we have to forge effective relationships with all media representatives: print, television, radio, internet, and public appearances.
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| Selisse Berry and Randy DeBoer, of Kaiser Permanente's KP Pride, discuss workplace issues on KALV's Out In The Bay on Thursday, September 28, 2006. |
Out & Equal welcomes all opportunities (as evidenced below) to share our vision and work with the media to effect the change we want to see.
To discuss a particular media-related opportunity, please contact Out & Equal Communications Manager Redge Norton at 415.694.6507.
- Windy City Times offered coverage, including photographs, of the 2006 Out & Equal Workplace Summit. The article includes quotes from several participants and Out & Equal representatives.
- San Francisco Business Times published an article June 23, 2006, highlighting an Out & Equal success story with Wal-mart. Executive Director Selisse Berry provides commentary on Wal-mart's past relationship with the LGBT community and how Wal-mart employee Ken Pearson made an in-road with his employer by attending an Out & Equal Summit. With Out & Equal as a resource, Wal-mart has become a top-level sponsor of this year's Workplace Summit. Copies will be available to download.
- The Advocate quoted from the 5th annual Out & Equal Workplace Survey (a joint communication with Harris Interactive and Witeck-Combs Communications) in its July 2, 2006 issue. The publication's Advocate Report called out relevant statistics from the Out & Equal Survey that indicate greater acceptance of out LGBT employees in the workplace. Download the Workplace Survey press release.
- KRON-TV featured Out & Equal Workplace Advocates Executive Director Selisse Berry as part of its Pride coverage in the Bay Area. The segment aired Tuesday, June 20 from 6 - 7pm. The video is available to view by request.
Executive Director Selisse Berry during an interview for KRON-TV.
(This is what viewers see.)
Speaking about how to create workplace equality for LGBT people is just one of the many ways Out & Equal is creating change.
(Here's what the same scene looked like from behind the camera.)
- Bristle-Myers Squib hosted a guest presentation with Executive Director Selisse Berry on June 12, 2006, as part of its Pride Days programming. As part of her speech, Selisse upheld the business case for creating LGBT workplace equality. This presentation will soon be available to view by request.
- Comcast Cable's OUTSpoken w/ Tim Gaskin aired a segment Tuesday, June 6, 2006, featuring Executive Director Selisse Berry and Communications Manager Jim Norrena who shared the Out & Equal vision with viewers, as well as provided solid examples of companies that truly promote LGBT equality in the workplace. The video is available to view by request.
Convenient Out & Equal fact sheets are available for media use and reference:
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