Presented at the All Things Open 2023 Inclusion and Diversity in Open Source Event Presented by Efraim Marquez-Arreaza - Red Hat Title: DEI Challenges and Success Abstract: In today's world, many companies and organizations have Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) communities. Red Hat Unidos is a DEI community focused on advocating for the Hispanic/Latine community. In this talk, we would like to share our challenges and success during the past 4-years and plans for the future. Find more info about All Things Open: On the web: https://www.allthingsopen.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllThingsOpen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/all-things-open/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allthingsopen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllThingsOpen Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@allthingsopen Threads: https://www.threads.net/@allthingsopen 2023 conference: https://2023.allthingsopen.org/

1. DEI Challenges and
Success
All Things Open - Inclusion & Diversity in Open Source
15/Oct/2023 @ Raleigh, NC
Efraim Marquez-Arreaza
Telco Operations Manager & Unidos Leadership

2. Efraim Marquez-Arreaza
Telco Operations Manager & Unidos Leadership team

3. Hispanic Heritage Month
Mes de la Herencia Hispana
15/Sep - 15/Oct
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4. ● Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)
● Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
● Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
● Employee Resource Group (ERG)
● Business Resource Group (BRG)
Acronym

5. ● March 1993: 1-2 people
● March 2023: 20,000+ people
● Headquarters: Raleigh, NC
● World locations:
95+ offices in 35+ countries
● Multiple languages:
English, Español, Português, and
many others

8. ● Red Hat’s Community and Social
Responsibility Report in the US:
○ 4% Hispanic/Latine associates
○ 1% Hispanic/Latine leadership
● DEI communities are
self-organized and
volunteer-run
● No Chief DEI Officer role
2019

9. Unidos Mission focuses on connecting and supporting the Hispanic /
Latine community while promoting recruitment, retention, and growth
opportunities. Also, we strive to increase diversity awareness and help
educate fellow associates on Hispanic/Latine history and culture
Who can join Unidos?
● Associates who identify as Hispanic/Latine in the US
● Associates around the world
● Non Spanish/Portuguese speakers
● Allies
2019

10. 2020
Challenges
● Pandemic / Covid-19
(Mar/2020)
● Associates not self-identifying
as Hispanic/Latine
○ No Hablo (non Spanish
speakers)
● Identity labels
○ Latino vs Latina vs Latinx vs
Latine
● Small volunteer leadership team
● US centric
Success
● Official kick-off with dance lessons
(Feb/2020)
● Cafecito meet-up (ad-hoc)
● Hispanic Heritage Month
○ Internal panel conversation
○ Social media recognition
○ Virtual happy hour
○ Virtual trivia games
○ Virtual cook with me
● Community outreach
○ Code The Dream

11. 2020

12. 2021
Challenges
● Pandemic / Covid-19
● Leadership changes and
reorganizations
● Associates not self-identifying
as Hispanic/Latine
● Small volunteer leadership team
(US centric)
Success
● Cafecito meet-up (monthly)
○ Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil,
Chile, and Argentina
● Hispanic Heritage Month
○ External panel conversation
○ Social media recognition
○ Virtual happy hour & trivia
● Partnership
○ National Hispanic Corporate
Council (NHCC)
● Community outreach
○ Code The Dream
○ Public K-12 schools

13. 2021

14. 2022
Challenges
● Virtual fatigue
● Negative feedback
● Leadership changes and
reorganizations
● Medium volunteer leadership
team (US and LATAM collab)
● Associates not self-identifying
as Hispanic/Latine
● Too many request to collaborate
with other initiatives
● No long-term DEI strategy
Success
● New Chief DEI Officer
● Cafecito meet-up (quarterly)
● Hispanic Heritage Month
○ External panel conversation
○ Social media recognition
○ In-person social & networking
● NHCC partnership continue
● Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers (SHPE) convention
● Community outreach
○ Code The Dream
○ Marbles Kids Code

15. 2022

16. 2023
Challenges
● Workforce reduction
● Budget constraint
● Medium volunteer leadership
team (US and LATAM collab)
● Too many request to collaborate
with other initiatives
● Associates not self-identifying
as Hispanic/Latine
Success
● Cafecito meet-up (quarterly)
● Hispanic Heritage Month
○ External panel conversation
○ Social media recognition
○ In-person social & networking
● NHCC partnership continue
● All Things Open conference
● Community outreach
○ Code The Dream
○ Marbles Kids Code
○ Public K-12 schools
● Long-term DEI strategy

17. 2023

18. 2024
Challenges
● Unknown
● Medium volunteer leadership
team (US and LATAM collab)
● Too many request to collaborate
with other initiatives
● Associates not self-identifying
as Hispanic/Latine
Success
● Cafecito meet-up (quarterly)
● Hispanic Heritage Month
● NHCC partnership
● All Things Open conference
● Community outreach
○ NC State Juntos
● Track long-term DEI strategy

19. Conclusion
2019 (US only)
● 4% Hispanic/Latine associates
● 1% Hispanic/Latine leadership
Efraim's Experience:
● < 4 years at Red Hat
● 3 Hispanic/Latine associates
● 0 Venezuelans around the world
● 0 Volunteer hours
March 2023* (US only)
● 5.7% Hispanic/Latine associates
● 3.6% Hispanic/Latine leadership
Efraim's Experience:
● < 8 years at Red Hat
● 200+ Hispanic/Latine associates
● 50+ Venezuelans around the world
● < 600 Volunteer hours
*Source: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/our-culture/diversity-equity-inclusion

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