Employee resource group at NPR hosts Indigenous Affairs Fly-in
Social media senior associate, Sommer Hill, talked with Sam Yellowhorse Kesler, Associate Producer at Planet Money and Sequoia Carrillo, Education Desk Reporter about their experience hosting the first Indigenous Affairs Fly-In conference at NPR HQ.
Why was it important for you to host this Fly-In?
Sequoia
We're a pretty small ERG (employee resource group) and we've been trying to figure out a way to incorporate our Member station colleagues that also identify as Indigenous to feel more invested in and seen by the newsroom at NPR HQ. And so I think that our goal with this fly-in, and we hope that what ended up being the result of it for many of our colleagues who flew in, is that they just feel like a little bit more a part of our community and they feel more comfortable and excited about working with the NPR national brand.
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