View from the Tower By Christina Calvert, President, Professional Women Controllers, Inc.
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BOOK CLUB: ello PWC members,
If you want to get a head start on this year’s book club selection, you can purchase The Diversity Code by I hope you are all as well as can be expected Michelle Johnson on Amazon. A donation is made to our given we are still in a pandemic situation. I recscholarship fund for each purchase made through Amazon ognize this may be a difficult time for many of Smile/PWC scholarship. Our book club quarter is Decemyou. One of the challenges I see some of you facing is deber-February. Author Michelle Johnson will be facilitating ciding whether to put your child in school this year or keep a discussion with readers in January. them home. Some of you may even choose to home school. Some of you may have no choice in the matter. I am grateful my children are now young adults and I don’t As we interact with others, keep in have to deal with these tough decisions but I do empamind we are each dealing with current thize with you. As we interact with others, keep in mind issues individually. Kindness and we are each dealing with current issues individually. Kindappreciation go a long way. ness and appreciation go a long way. FAA Administrator, Steve Dickson, recently said, “Just like safety is a journey, so is diversity and inclusion. It’s not an end in itself. It needs to be part of our being.” Recognizing we can do even more as an organization, PWC will be focusing on the importance of diversity, inclusion, and raising awareness of implicit biases. We also aim to increase the number of women of color in the air traffic control field. If you have any suggestions or would like to help with this important mission, please reach out to me.
One of our board meeting agenda items is discussing the 2022 conference. We were waiting to understand more about the effects of the pandemic before we solicited nominations for 2022. It is time for us to make a decision on this so please think about nominating a location (nominees are automatically conference chairperson).
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Christina
Take care,
September 2nd: PWC social event on Zoom. We miss you all and would love to see your faces! Look for an email with login information. 2000 EDT.
September 10th: “Rethinking Diversity”. PWC will be hosting this training session delivered by the FAA Office of Civil Rights. 1400-1600 EDT. September 10th-11th: PWC Board of Directors quarterly meeting (virtual). We are working with Penn State to develop PWC-specific training on diversity and biases. Look for this session in the fall. We will keep you updated!
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