Mission: Recruit, promote and inspire African American employees to connect and succeed through education and charitable causes to accomplish County initiatives and unifying goals that result in improved career opportunities and cultural awareness and community partnerships.

Members: 69

APACE is dedicated to building a sense of community and belonging through celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander culture; ensuring diversity and serving as a strategic partner to the County of San Diego; and providing opportunities for professional growth so that new ideas and leaders can flourish.

Members: 105

Mission: To empower, inspire, and excite our members by creating sustainable opportunities and promoting a contributing and thriving community.

CSDFEA is committed in creating inclusive spaces and improving the motivation and engagement of our diverse workforce, both in the workplace and community at large. Our dedication to EDI trickles from our leadership down to our members, as our Board represents different races, generational cohorts from Gen Z to Gen X, sexual identities, and learning disabilities. We are incredibly passionate about our diverse representation at all classification levels and have made it our focus to debunk stereotypes and provide professional workshops that address neurodiversity and help our members overcome the status quo and “imposter syndrome” at work and beyond.

Members: 158

The mission of the DiverseAbility ERG is to advance awareness and inclusion for people with disabilities in the County of San Diego. In doing so, we hope to provide a safe and welcoming environment for people with disabilities and their allies to share their stories, be heard, understood, and supported.

Members: 60

EWA is about bringing everyone together. Our mission is to bridge generational gaps through education, enhancement of work culture, and networking opportunities while promoting County initiatives.

Members: 208

The Indigenous Sovereign Nations Employee Resource Group's vision is to engage and reimagine cultures by empowering others to embrace diversity and change. We aim to help promote and contribute to the healing, visibility and education of, for and with our indigenous populations. We represent many tribes, but we all operate as one, one people now included in this diversified community sharing. It is our hope to bring honor to our ancestors through hard work and dedication and to keep sovereignty, culture, health and well-being for future generations.

Launched: 8/9/22

Mission: To advance awareness of the cultural diversity unique to LGBTQ communities, provide and promote professional development and leadership opportunities, and advocate for inclusiveness in and support of County initiatives.

The LGBTQ&A ERG has been at the forefront of issues surrounding Diversity and Inclusion for many years. The County continues to make significant strides towards ensuring a more equitable and inclusive workplace. This includes close coordination with our ERG on the adoption of a Pronoun Policy, which supports employees who wish to be addressed by their expressed pronoun and name. Our group is also regularly asked to review training materials from a gender Equality/Inclusivity lens. Lastly, we align with the LiveWell initiative by providing activities such as hikes, we collaborate with various departments to provide LGBTQ+ cultural education at meetings and on discussion panels, and we create opportunities for members to network with County employees across all departments at our FABULOUS mixers.

Members: 109

We are the Middle Eastern Employee Resource Group, and we strive to enhance Middle Eastern cultural awareness; to share the Middle East’s rich and diverse history and cultural contributions to the world, and to contribute to principles of cross-cultural dialogue and understanding.

Members: 25

This past September, the Pacific Islander Festival Association (PIFA) continued to host the longest running event attracting the largest NHPI audience in the US. The annual event aims to promote community projects, provide educational and cultural resources, and enlighten all attendees on the diverse cultures of the indigenous people of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. This year, members of the Pacific Islander Society of County Employees (PISCE) served various and essential roles in support of PIFA. From planning and coordinating logistics, tabling to share about our traditions and values, or simply attending the event with family and friends as viewers and supporters. PISCE is committed to the intentional engagement of the pacific islander community and will continue to support the success of PIFA. We look forward to seeing you there next year!

Members: 86

San Diego County Latino Association, an employee resource group committed to promote professional excellence, leadership, cultural awareness, while promoting county initiatives. As County employees, we live and breathe “The noblest motive is the public good,” and we stand together with the opportunity to change lives for the better. Our success cannot just be measured by the number of members that we have, but, more importantly, by the lives that we impact and improve both in our roles as County employees and in the service to our community. 

Upcoming projects include more arts and recreation into our upcoming year. We have partnered with Sew Loka in Barrio Logan to bring a new event in embroidery showcasing Latin inspired art to our members. We have recently met with the San Diego Opera where they are beginning to include more Latino Inspired productions at the San Diego Civic Center. Art and music are ways we can break that barrier for Diversity and Inclusion and SDCLA is excited to embark in this.

Members: 278

VALOR instills trust, accountability, integrity and teamwork as their core values. They drive and support organization and individual growth through a network of colleagues levering their collective range of skills, talents, and diverse perspectives while being a resource to veterans, the County of San Diego, their dependents and military supporters.

Members: 20