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href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/working-at-uc/get-involved/campus-affinity-groups.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/working-at-uc/get-involved/campus-affinity-groups.html">UCnet Campus Affinity Group Information</a></u>page</p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>Participants in <u><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" data-ogsc href="https://diversity.ucr.edu/mei" id="LPlnk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://diversity.ucr.edu/mei">UCR’s Chancellor's Making Excellence Inclusive (MEI) Program</a></u>: Staff and Faculty Diversity Certification have written a white paper on the value of Affinity groups in the workplace and how to start a group. You may benefit from some ideas <u><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" data-ogsc="black" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GIoc7g6HDCiew6Ln-ymMKHizd6YMx9Hv/view?usp=sharing" id="OWAf6fbdfe0-62a0-5903-c469-6b50b2a7c9fe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></u></p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>Select a user friendly group name (we encourage you to keep in mind a catchy acronym)*</p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>An image or photo you would like to include on your webpage* </p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>Consider creating a organizational <u><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" data-ogsc href="https://diversity.ucr.edu/affinity-groups" id="LPlnk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://diversity.ucr.edu/affinity-groups">mission or vision statement</a></u>*  </p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>Select group leader(s) and/or structure and provide contact information for any leaders* (We encourage co-chairs if your group includes both faculty and staff for equity consideration)   </p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>If you have regular meeting times, please share the location and frequency*</p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>Contact information email address for group leader for those interested in joining the affinity group, or if you would like to request a group email address, please <u><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc href="https://its.ucr.edu/support" id="LPlnk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://its.ucr.edu/support">submit a ticket to ITS</a></u> (for a shared email address)* </p> </li> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>Any other information you would like us to post on your webpage </p> </li> </ol> <p><strong>*Please submit this information to Megan Rush, megan.rush@ucr.edu, for your webpage</strong></p> <p> </p> <h4><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Resources</span></strong></h4> <ul> <li data-ogsc="black"> <p>One possible funding source to consider is 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