LGBTQ Employee Alliance Group (LEAG) – LEAG is made up of allies and LGBTQ individuals who promote Langley Research Center as a safe environment, fully inclusive and free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Inception: 2016
Chair: Steven Holz
Co-Chair: Derek Bramble
Executive Sponsors: Allen Kilgore and Charles Cockrell
Contact: larc-leag@mail.nasa.gov
Mission
- Provide outreach opportunities to connect LaRC employees with organizations involved with LGBTQ community.
- Provide outreach opportunities to the LGBTQ community advocate for a career at NASA.
- Initiate activities and programs to foster relationships and communication among all LaRC employees on LGBTQ issues.
- Provide recommendations on initiatives and changes to policy and procedure that create barriers to advancement or opportunities.
- Work with LaRC Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to provide individual assistance addressing workplace challenges for family and friends of the LGBTQ community.
- Provide support of the goals and objectives of LaRC in promoting education and awareness of the NASA Diversity Policy.
- Facilitate resolution of issues and barriers that affect LGBTQ employees at LaRC.
- Support and advocate for other Centers’ LGBTQ groups and the Agency’s ERG movement to ensure Agency-wide awareness of the LGBTQ community.
Objectives
- Provide outreach opportunities to connect LaRC employees with organizations involved with LGBTQ community.
- Initiate activities and programs to foster relationships and communication among all LaRC employees on LGBTQ issues.
- Support and advocate for other Centers’ LGBTQ groups and the Agency’s ERG movement to ensure Agency-wide awareness of the LGBTQ community.
- Provide recommendations on initiatives and changes to policy and procedure that create barriers to advancement or opportunities.
- Work with LaRC Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to provide individual assistance addressing workplace challenges for family and friends of the LGBTQ community.