Day Off from Work - Diversity Day
May. 21st, 2021 10:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerI've got the day off from work today. No, this isn't part of my blogging about our Inland Northwest weekend trip; I'm taking a short pause on the writing backlog from last weekend to write about today.
What's today? On my company calendar it's "Be Diverse" Day. Don't feel bad if your first reaction is Whuh? Mine was, too. With a bit of web searching, though, I found it's the United Nations' World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
If you're still like, Whuh?, I understand. This is a holiday that almost nobody's heard of. My company's new Diversity & Inclusion program picked it... though they did a poor job communicating what & why. They said nothing about how it's aligned with a UN program, leaving us to figure it out for ourselves. Try a web search on "Diversity Day" and you'll likely find most of the top hits[*] are about an episode of the TV show The Office that satirizes corporate Diversity & Inclusion programs. Hmm, there could be an ironic lesson there.... Broaden your search to something like "May 21 holiday" and you'll find top matches for today include National Memo Day, National Pizza Party Day, and National Strawberries and Cream Day.
So, what am I doing with my day off from work and three-day weekend? Well, nothing, frankly. Hawk doesn't have the day off, so it's just me here at home. Most of my colleagues are in a similar situation. Could we have done our weekend trip to Spokane this weekend instead of last? Yes, and I did seriously consider it. But next weekend is Memorial Day, a major holiday, and I didn't want to travel two weekends in a row. Going to Spokane last weekend spaces things out a bit better. Plus, we needed the break last week. Now maybe I can use my quiet, at-home day today to catch up on last weekend's trip!
[*] Footnote: Yes, I am aware that search engines prioritize results based on a user's search history. I don't watch The Office and I have never searched for it. Hits on The Office are what a neutral search matched. Subsequent to researching UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, Google now returns matches on that when I use the same search terms. What does a search for "Diversity Day" match for you?
What's today? On my company calendar it's "Be Diverse" Day. Don't feel bad if your first reaction is Whuh? Mine was, too. With a bit of web searching, though, I found it's the United Nations' World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
If you're still like, Whuh?, I understand. This is a holiday that almost nobody's heard of. My company's new Diversity & Inclusion program picked it... though they did a poor job communicating what & why. They said nothing about how it's aligned with a UN program, leaving us to figure it out for ourselves. Try a web search on "Diversity Day" and you'll likely find most of the top hits[*] are about an episode of the TV show The Office that satirizes corporate Diversity & Inclusion programs. Hmm, there could be an ironic lesson there.... Broaden your search to something like "May 21 holiday" and you'll find top matches for today include National Memo Day, National Pizza Party Day, and National Strawberries and Cream Day.
So, what am I doing with my day off from work and three-day weekend? Well, nothing, frankly. Hawk doesn't have the day off, so it's just me here at home. Most of my colleagues are in a similar situation. Could we have done our weekend trip to Spokane this weekend instead of last? Yes, and I did seriously consider it. But next weekend is Memorial Day, a major holiday, and I didn't want to travel two weekends in a row. Going to Spokane last weekend spaces things out a bit better. Plus, we needed the break last week. Now maybe I can use my quiet, at-home day today to catch up on last weekend's trip!
[*] Footnote: Yes, I am aware that search engines prioritize results based on a user's search history. I don't watch The Office and I have never searched for it. Hits on The Office are what a neutral search matched. Subsequent to researching UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, Google now returns matches on that when I use the same search terms. What does a search for "Diversity Day" match for you?
