ERGs are groups of employees with a shared characteristic or life experience who join together to advocate for themselves. Examples of these groups are African American, early career, and veterans, just to name a few. ERGS ensure that group members have a voice in their respective organizations. 

At Berkeley Lab, our ERGs also allow employees to participate directly with our ongoing IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity, accountability) initiatives and assist in fully integrating IDEA into the Lab's day-to-day business practices through strategic initiatives and policy-related goals.

We meet on the Fourth Tuesday of every month via Zoom.

We also host other events in person and over Zoom, which you can find here.

Anyone can join, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or romantic orientation.

The first way to help is to attend our monthly meetings. That way you can keep track of what we are doing and what we will need volunteers for. Secondly, you can join the leadership team. We are always looking for more people to help out, especially around Pride Month. Please reach out to current leadership if that sounds like it would be something you would be interested in. Lastly, be kind to the people in your life that are a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Although, hopefully you didn't need a website to tell you to do that.