Satisfaction Month is underway and we at Cloudera are wanting ahead to becoming a member of the worldwide celebration of variety, fairness and the continuing effort for LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning) rights and recognition.
Satisfaction Month serves as a reminder that the struggle for equality and fairness for members of the LGBTQ+ group shouldn’t be over. It’s a name to motion to proceed to help and advocate for the rights of our LGBTQ+ colleagues and associates inside our group and our communities.
We’re proud that Cloudera’s tradition is constructed on a powerful basis of fostering inclusivity and creating an setting the place everybody feels valued, revered, and empowered to convey their genuine selves to work. In previous years, Cloudera staff have hosted occasions, each in-person and just about, to rejoice. Final 12 months, our workforce in Cork, Eire joined these efforts and hosted its first on-site Satisfaction occasion. The occasion introduced collectively over 80 staff to rejoice the thirtieth anniversary of the decriminalization of same-gender loving relationships in Eire. The occasion proved to be a powerful success, however don’t simply take our phrase for it. Right here’s only a sampling of what our Cork workforce needed to say.
“Our Cork Satisfaction occasions have gotten larger and greater with every passing 12 months and we need to surpass that once more this 12 months. We’re very lucky in Cloudera to have the backing of our Management sponsors throughout all areas of the Organisation and with out them, these occasions wouldn’t be attainable.” Charlotte Keating, Senior Operations Analyst
“Being a member of the LGBTQ+ group, I used to be delighted to have the chance to provide Clouderans in Eire the prospect to expertise a colourful pleasure celebration, even folks outdoors of the group ought to expertise a minimum of as soon as of their life!” – Sean Murphy Phelan, Affiliate Enterprise System Analyst
“The rising participation among the many Clouderans each inside and out of doors the group to participate in organising and attending the Satisfaction occasions amplifies the tradition of acceptance, welcome, and celebration that has been created in Cloudera over the earlier years and can proceed to develop by way of their help, participation, and assist.” – Ódhlan Duffy, Cloudera Cork Intern, FSS.
Constructing on that success, the Cork Staff is worked up to announce that this 12 months’s celebration will likely be held on Wednesday, June 26. As soon as once more, they invite Cloudera’s international workforce to affix the festivities which they promise will likely be even larger and bolder this 12 months. The occasion will embrace social gathering video games, a particular efficiency by Cork’s personal drag performer Krystal Queer, and provoking conversations across the triumphs and struggles of the LGBTQ+ group. Attendees can even hear from Cloudera management and members of the EMEA+ ERG Committee about our ongoing efforts in selling Variety, Equality, and Inclusion inside our workforce. Moreover, the Cork Satisfaction Committee will be part of the workforce to share insights into their mission and the importance of Satisfaction in the area people.
The celebration will proceed in August, when Cloudera participates in Cork’s Satisfaction Parade for the second 12 months. This all-out colourful occasion attracts folks from all walks of life to honor the LGBTQ+ group. This 12 months’s theme, ‘Unity in Group,’ is a robust name to motion specializing in inclusivity and acceptance, in addition to the significance of sturdy help methods. We encourage all staff and our broader group to attend and rejoice the LGBTQ+ group, commemorate their LGBTQ+ friends, household, and associates, and to develop their information of the historical past of Satisfaction and the highly effective contributions of the volunteers at Cork Satisfaction in our group.
For extra on Cloudera’s dedication to Variety, Equality and Inclusion, click on right here.
