Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) Resources

Resource Sharing: Military and Installations 

• Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) within in the Department of Defense (DoD). ODEI focuses efforts on emerging talent to ensure the DoD successfully attracts, recruits, develops, and retains a highly skilled Total Force capable of meeting current and future mission requirements. Important initiatives include Actions for Improving Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Defense – June 19, 2020 and Immediate Actions to Address Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity in the Military Services – July 14, 2020. These can be found at https://diversity.defense.gov/DoD-Diversity-and-Inclusion-Initiatives/.   Additional reports include the Diversity and Inclusion Board Report and the Diversity and Inclusion Implementation Memo. Other DEI-related documents can be found at https://diversity.defense.gov/Documents/
• Army Diversity Office (ADO) at https://www.armydiversity.army.mil/adoAbout/index.html. Note that many initiatives were codified in September 2020 through a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Annex to the year-old Army People Strategy here https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/the_army_people_strategy_diversity_equity_and_inclusion_annex_2020_09_01_signed_final.pdf
• Navy Diversity at https://www.navy.com/who-we-are/diversity. Task Force One Navy report can be found here https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/26/2002570959/-1/-1/1/TASK%20FORCE%20ONE%20NAVY%20FINAL%20REPORT.PDF. Memo announcing a Navy Strategic Planning Team and development of an action plan to promote DEI in Department-wide policies, programs and operations can be found here https://media.defense.gov/2021/May/17/2002645340/-1/-1/0/DON%20DIVESITY%20EQUITY%20AND%20INCLUSION%20PLANNING%20ACTIONS.PDF/DON%20DIVESITY%20EQUITY%20AND%20INCLUSION%20PLANNING%20ACTIONS.PDF
• U.S. Marine Corps Opportunity, Diversity, and Inclusion (MPE) Branch at https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/webcenter/portal/MPE. This Branch implements and integrates its Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management programs and tracks all related incident reports and talent management and outreach activities in compliance with existing law and policy.    
• Air Force Diversity at https://www.af.mil/Diversity.aspx. A list of resources available for Airmen and Guardians intending to learn about how diversity and inclusion supports the Air Force mission can be found here https://www.af.mil/Portals/1/images/diversity/D-I_Resource_Handout_Aug2021_v2.pdf. These resources can help provide leaders with social context as well as tools for facilitating an inclusive environment.
• Fort Belvoir equal employment opportunity (EEO) program at https://home.army.mil/belvoir/index.php/about/Garrison/equal-employment-opportunity. The EEO program manages workforce diversity and focuses on maintaining a discrimination-free workplace
• Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall equal employment opportunity (EEO) program at https://home.army.mil/jbmhh/index.php/my-fort/all-services/equal-employment-opportunity-program. The primary goal of the EEO program is to manage workforce diversity and to maintain a discrimination-free workplace
• Marine Corps Base Quantico equal opportunity advisor (EOA) at https://www.quantico.marines.mil/Offices-Staff/Equal-Opportunity-Advisor/

Resource Sharing: Communities

• City of Alexandria website ALL Alexandria - Achieving Racial and Social Equity https://www.alexandriava.gov/Equity
• Arlington County website Realizing Arlington’s Commitment to Equity https://topics.arlingtonva.us/equity/
• City of Fairfax connecting Fairfax for All here https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/mayor-city-council/connectingforall and Racial Equity and Social Justice Committee https://www.townoffairfax.org/racial-equity-and-social-justice-committee-2/
• Fairfax County website One Fairfax https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/topics/one-fairfax. There are many past milestones, studies, and initiatives in the journey to develop the One Fairfax. The primary resource for this is Racial Inequities in Fairfax County 2011-2015
• Loudoun County Multicultural Advisory Committee website https://www.loudoun.gov/3913/Multicultural-Advisory-Committee
• Prince William County Office of Equity and Includion website https://www.pwcva.gov/department/office-equity-and-inclusion
• Northern Virginia Regional Resources including the following:

• Mileposts in the Fairfax Journey to Achieve Equity
• One Fairfax Resolution
• Strategic Plan to Facilitate the Economic Success of Fairfax County
• Equitable Growth Profile
• Institutional Analysis on Disproportionality in Juvenile Justice System
• Getting Ahead: The Uneven Opportunity Landscape in Northern Virginia
• Uneven Opportunities: How Conditions for Wellness Vary Across the Metropolitan Washington Region
• Healthy Places Index: A New Resource for Measuring Opportunity in Northern Virginia

• Blue Star Families Racial Equity Initiative website https://bluestarfam.org/racial-equity-initiative/
• Association of Defense Communities One Military, One Community website https://defensecommunities.org/onecommunity/
• EveryMind https://www.every-mind.org/services/military/ 

Resource Sharing: Commonwealth of Virginia