Volunteering, Diversity, and Inclusion!
The majority of the blog posts here are the cross-posting of the YouTube via the No Tan Diario Chronicles Channel https://www.youtube.com/@NoTanDiarioChronicles that is in essence the video version of this blog, except only includes times when there is an associated image, photo, and/or video of various events.
On the description of the videos there will often times be more information about the particular event as most of them don't include narration. Putting together a video will most often commence from just gathering the associated images, photos, and/or videos then adjusting for time, add titles, and lastly some sort of audio. Once complete then I work on what description will be added to it. That description, as previously mentioned, will be description of the video that sometimes includes a bit more story.
There are occasions where I decide to first write what I'd like to include in the description of the event. As I was working on creating a second/updated/redux version of the Target Volunteers at 2008 Phoenix Pride! because I found some additional images, I thought it would be great to decide what to include on the description, specially because that original had mostly just the info of the event.
As I was writing that description, it became clear that it would be good to include a bit of info/background to volunteering, diversity, and inclusion during the time I worked at the Target Financial Services Tempe office. That portion of the description felt like it could also be its own post, therefore, in addition to it being included in that video, I would also blog post it.
Here it is:
Volunteering and D&I are some of the interests I've had for as long as I can remember. It brings me joy to help others. By now you've likely also seen that there are many volunteer and/or D&I events that include Target and that is because during the time that I worked for Target at the Tempe HQ in Tempe, Arizona, I was part of their Volunteer Council as well as their D&I Council for a number of years.
From Apr 2006 - Mar 2020 I was part of the Target Tempe Diversity & Inclusion Business Council. As a member of the Target Tempe Diversity & Inclusion Business Council I provided support in the implementation, creation, communication, leading and co-leading of Diversity & Inclusion events for the Target Tempe Contact Center HQ site.
From Aug 2010 - Apr 2014 Target Tempe Volunteer Council. As a member of the Target Tempe Volunteer Council, I helped create, communicate, lead and co-lead monthly both on-site and off-site volunteer opportunities in which the Target Tempe Contact Center HQ site employees could participate in.
During my time in these councils, I also managed the internal social media platform used for employee engagement.
