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Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)

4th Quarter FY 2019

(July – September)

Quarterly Highlights

Stennis Space Center

Summary

Office of Diversity & Equal Opportunity

Demonstrated Leadership Commitment

Continuous D&I Education, Awareness, and Skills Development

Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Employee Engagement & Effective Communication

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Presentations

725 15

Activities Reached

Small Business Outreach

Engagement Activities Participants

44 430

Career Development D&I Education Activities

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Participants

D&I Topics Employees Mentored

47 5

Employees Orgs

4th Quarter FY 2019 (July - September)

Community Outreach Education Outreach

5,174

Reached

12,638

Reached

133 1

Events Attendees

Special Emphasis Observances

Office of the Center Director

Stennis Space Center

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D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Office of the Center Director

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.1 – Senior Staff Quarterly Reports Strategy 1.3 – Mentoring Engagement Principle 2: Employee Engagement Strategy 2.2 – Actively seek Employee Engagement Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement

Quarterly Highlights

• (All Orgs) The 3rd Quarter FY2019 D&I accomplishments were presented by Senior Managers at Senior Staff meeting in July. (1.1)
• (AA) The Center Director mentored two employees on a monthly basis. (1.3)
• (AA) The Center Director and Deputy Director welcomed new employees with an introduction to the Director’s Office staff. (2.2)
• (AA) Deputy Director attended a Brown Bag Luncheon with NASA interns and gave a welcome speech to the Step 2 Cohort Face-to-Face
• group. (2.2)
• (AA) Deputy Director attended a meet-and-greet with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Manager from HQ ODEO. (3.1)
• (AA) Center Director hosted a meeting with Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith who was the guest speaker for the Women’s Equality Day
• Program. (4.2)
• (AA) Deputy Director was the guest speaker at “Re-Entry Mississippi – A Delta Reunion” at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi.

This was a reunion of the Chinese workforce that assisted with the Apollo Program. (4.2)

• (AA) Deputy Director met with staffers from the offices of Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith. (4.2)
• (AA) Deputy Director attended the Pearl River Community College outreach program/football game in Poplarville, MS. He was a guest

speaker and highlighted the Artemis program, history of SSC, and Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education. (4.2)

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Office of the Center Director

Principle 2: Employee Engagement Strategy 2.2 – Actively seek Employee Engagement Principle 3: Continuous D&I Education, Awareness, and Skills Development Strategy 3.1 – Heighten D&I Awareness Principle 5: Shared Accountability & Responsibility for D&I Strategy 5.2 – Employee Engagement in the SSC D&I Plan

Quarterly Highlights

• (AA/ODEO) The Deputy Director held three Management Directive 715 (MD-715) Working Group meetings with managers and employees

from various organizations. The group provided input into FY 2019 MD-715 accomplishments and addressed each of the challenges, strategies, and actions outlined in the SSC EEO Plan (2.2)

• (ODEO) Special Emphasis Program observance event was held in observance of Women’s Equality Day in August. The first female U.S.

Senator in Mississippi history, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, was the guest speaker. Total attendance: 133 (2.2)

• (ODEO) Discussed multiple EO topics, processes, and the D&I Program with new employees as part of New Employee Orientation. (2.2)
• (ODEO) Completed monthly D&I related Lagniappe articles: "Stennis/NSSC roll out Special Emphasis Program" in July; "Workplace Retaliation-

How an Ombudsman Can Help" in August; and "Honoring Hispanic Americans: Essential to the Blueprint of our Nation" in September. (3.1)

• (ODEO) HQ provided two sessions of “Cognitive and Unconscious Biases in Decision Making” training at SSC and NSSC as a pilot for other
• Centers. This course used case studies to enable participants to identify the role that poor communication and cognitive and unconscious

biases can play in decision making. Total SSC attendance: 28 (3.1)

• (ODEO) The SSC/NSSC D&I Joint Board met on July 23 and was attended by HQ ODEO Diversity & Data Analysis Director and Deputy Director.

Topics of discussion included the NASA Unity Campaign, a presentation by ODEO interns, and a presentation on the results of the EVS New IQ Index according to RNO, Gender, and Disability. (3.1)

• (ODEO) Posted 3rd Quarter FY2019 D&I Accomplishments on the ODEO webpage. (5.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)

Stennis Space Center

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Office of Chief Financial Officer

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.2 – Monthly D&I Topic Discussions Principle 2: Employee Engagement Strategy 2.1 – Focus on Career Development Strategy 2.2 – Actively seek Employee Engagement Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• OCFO discussed Sr. Staff D&I topics "All People are Different" and "Power of Diversity for Innovation.” (29 CFO employees and 14

contractors participated.) (1.2)

• An employee was selected as the Special Emphasis Program Manager (SEPM) for the Federal Women’s Program and attended a 3-day

SEP certification training class. The employee also gave a presentation on the SEP to OCFO staff. (2.1)

• Two employees were competitively selected for detail assignments; one to the NSSC and one to the NASA Exchange. (2.1)
• Women's Program SEPM coordinated, documented, supported, and provided an after-action report for the Women's Equality Day
• Program. Another employee volunteered during the program. (2.2)
• OCFO held an employee team building event with activities focused on stress management and working together as a team. Employee

feedback was very positive. Comradery and team dynamics were improved. (29 employees and 14 contractors participated) (2.2)

• An employee supported the Apollo 50th Anniversary outreach event at Infinity Science Center. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC)

Stennis Space Center

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Office of the Chief Counsel

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.3 – Monthly D&I Topic Discussions Principle 2: Employee Engagement and Effective Communication Strategy 2.2– Actively seek Employee Engagement Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• Employees discussed the topic “Age Diversity in the Workplace” during a staff meeting. (1.3)
• Employees attended the Women’s Equality Day event. (2.2)
• Met with HQ ODEO Diversity & Data Analysis Director and Deputy Director to discuss MAP process and ODEO. (3.1)
• Employees attended “Cognitive and Unconscious Bias in Decision Making” training. (3.1)
• Employee participated in the Girls Excited about Math and Science (G.E.M.S.) event for local high school girls. (4.2)
• Participated with Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at the Tom Joiner Family Reunion, Orlando, Florida outreach event. Shared the NASA

Artemis Program and assisted attendees with a propulsion/lifting exercise and demonstrated the effects of ultraviolent rays on the human skin. (4.2)

• Chief Counsel attended the San Antonio Black Lawyers Association event and accepted the Legend Award. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Office of Procurement (OP)

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Office of Procurement

Principle 2: Employee Engagement Strategy 2.1 - Focus on Career Development Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.1 – Small Business Goals to expand diversity Quarterly Highlights

• An African American female was selected as the SACOM Administration Office Lead. (2.1)
• OP employees supported the Woman’s Equality Day Program. (2.2)
• Conducted roundtable meetings with QuantiTech, a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and SAITECH, a WOSB and a Small

Disadvantaged Business (SDB) on “Doing Business with NASA.” (4.1)

• Issued call and coordinated responses to develop SSC's FY 2020 Acquisition Forecast. This was done to provide an accurate

representation of upcoming requirements and to assist small businesses with planning for future competition. (4.1)

• Small Business Specialist (SBS) supported the Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Expo “Connecting the DOTS” event at

Xavier University, Louisiana. Provided an exhibit with 20 exhibitors including federal and state agencies, 67 registered, made contact with 32 vendors. (4.1)

• Supported the Dual Administrative Support Services (DASS) Procurement Industry Day at JSC. Held ~40 one-on-one meetings with

potential vendors after the presentation. (4.1)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Engineering & Test Directorate (ETD)

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Engineering & Test Directorate

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.3 – Mentoring Engagement Principle 2: Employee Engagement and Effective Communication Strategy 2.1 – Focus on Career Development Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• ETD Supervisors informally mentored 25 employees. Supervisors were encouraged to mentor employees in and out of their direct
• supervision. (1.3)
• The Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) personnel mentored 5 college students. (1.3)
• Employees were encouraged to join working groups and participate in Center initiatives at staff meetings and during performance

planning/reviews. (2.1)

• Two teams of students, from Oklahoma State University and University of Michigan, won competitions to work with SSC's ASL to

enhance the design of user interfaces for hybrid crew-autonomous systems. (4.2)

• Five ETD employees supported the Pearl River Community College outreach event, engaging with event participants and sharing

information on Artemis, SSC, and NASA. (4.2)

• Participated in numerous test stand tours with various groups (students, visitors, etc.) (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Office of Communications (OCOMM)

Stennis Space Center

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Office of Communications

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.2 – Monthly D&I Topic Discussions Principle 2: Employee Engagement and Effective Communication Strategy 2.1 – Focus on Career Development Strategy 2.2 – Actively Seek Employee Engagement Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• Staff discussed D&I Topics and shared views on cognitive thinking training. (1.2)
• Completed coaching pilot and successfully coached 5 employees through problem solving, plans of action, and resolutions. (2.1)
• Conducted three Supervisory Café meetings with supervisors. Topics included “Change Management,” “Artemis,” and “Organizational

Conflict vs. Productivity.” The Supervisory Café is available to all levels of supervisors including NSSC supervisors. (2.2)

• Two employees attended the Women’s Equality Day Program and shared learnings with the broader team. (2.2)
• Conversed with Comms Advisory Group (CAG) on receiving information from their employees’ viewpoints and providing them with

information for dissemination. (2.2)

• Hosted G.E.M.S. Program and provided various hands-on activities for high school seniors focusing on STEM. Provided language

accommodation for a group of students who did not speak English. (4.2)

• Supported Deputy Director at “Re-Entry, MS” Apollo 50th Anniversary celebration at Delta State University. The event included a panel
• f former NASA employees of Asian descent who worked on the Apollo program. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)

Stennis Space Center

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Office of Chief Human Capital Officer

Principle 2: Employee Engagement and Effective Communication Strategy 2.1 - Focus on Career Development Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.1 – Small Business Goals to help expand diversity Strategy 4.2 - Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• A HQ detail assignment nomination call was distributed to all employees. A minority male was nominated at the Center level and

selected at the Agency level to participate in a HQ Detail. Call sent to 270 employees. (2.1)

• In partnership with JSC, attended Industry Day for the Dual Acquisition for Administrative Clerical Contract. Gave oral presentation to

group and participated in approximately 40 one-on-one interviews with interested companies. Attendance: 90. (4.1)

• Small Business Fair attendance and engagement with vendors. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Safety & Mission Assurance Directorate (SMA)

Stennis Space Center

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Safety & Mission Assurance Directorate

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.3 – Mentoring Engagement Principle 2: Employee Engagement and Effective Communication Strategy 2.2 – Actively Seek Employee Engagement Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• As part of the SMA STEP 2 Cohort event held at SSC, SMA employees presented information regarding their projects and engaged with

SMA personnel from across the Agency. Mentoring was also provided for the event. (1.3)

• Two SMA employees (QA10 and QA20) presented the results of their process improvement activity to Center Operations Management

for the System Engineering and Project Management Leadership Development Program. (1.3)

• Two QA10 employees attended the ODEO “Cognitive and Unconscious Biases in Decision Making” training. (3.1)
• Two QA10 employees assisted in distributing approximately 200 NASA bags at the New Orleans Baby Cakes baseball game celebrating

Apollo’s 50th Anniversary. (4.2)

• Two QA10 employees participated in G.E.M.S. activities including speed mentoring and the fashion show. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Center Operations Directorate (COD)

Stennis Space Center

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Center Operations Directorate

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.2 – Monthly D&I Topic Discussions Strategy 1.3 – Mentoring Engagement Principle 2: Employee Engagement and Effective Communication Strategy 2.2 – Actively Seek Employee Engagement Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• As part of the monthly Safety meeting, COD engaged directorate staff with a focused D&I discussion. The topic is led by a different staff

member each month. (1.2)

• COD Director mentored employees from the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), OCFO, and from OP. (1.3)
• The Occupational Health Officer served as a mentor to one of the fifty NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS). (4.2)
• COD hosted a luncheon in recognition of the Labor Day Holiday to show appreciation for the hard work and dedication of employees.

OCHCO was invited to participate and an employee from RA30 gave an informative presentation about the history of Labor Day. (2.2)

• COD Director gave the opening welcome at the Women’s Equality Day Program. Several COD employees also attended the event. (2.2)
• COD held a “Taco Tuesday” luncheon to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. COD employees with a Hispanic heritage were recognized

and the Director gave a presentation on Hispanic Heritage. (2.2)

• The Senior Environmental Specialist provided an Artemis presentation to twenty-five representatives from community churches. (4.2)
• Employee supported Gulfport High School’s First Robotics Team Fusion 364 with their off-season robotics event. (4.2)
• Staff participated in the G.E.M.S. Dress for Success fashion show. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Rocket Propulsion Test Office (RPT)

Stennis Space Center

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Rocket Propulsion Test Office

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.2 – Monthly D&I Topic Discussions Strategy 1.3 – Mentoring Engagement Principle 2: Employee Engagement Strategy 2.1 – Focus on Career Development Strategy 2.2 – Actively seek Employee Engagement Principle 3: Continuous D&I Education, Awareness, and Skills Development Strategy 3.1 – Heighten D&I Awareness Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• An RPT employee helped plan the Women's Equality Day Program which celebrates the passage of the 19th Amendment giving

American women the right to vote. (3.1)

• An employee participated as a mentor in the Speed Mentoring activity during the G.E.M.S event. The employee spoke to high school

girls about her background and gave advice about internships and preparing for a future career in a STEM field. (4.2)

• An employee sponsored two middle school students to participate in Take Our Children to Work Day where the students participated in

different NASA related activities to inspire them to pursue STEM related careers. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM)

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Office of STEM Engagement

Principle 1: Demonstrated Leadership Commitment Strategy 1.2 – Monthly D&I Topic Discussions Principle 2: Employee Engagement and Effective Communication Strategy 2.2 – Actively Seek Employee Engagement Principle 4: Demonstrated Commitment to Community Partnerships Strategy 4.2 – Education involvement to promote ongoing education

Quarterly Highlights

• OSTEM D&I representative submitted the July D&I monthly topic "How to Prioritize Your Work/Life Balance" to all staff. (1.2)
• OSTEM provided a mentor orientation to five senior staff members and COD employees who will mentor fall interns. (2.2)
• OSTEM shared location of digital phone book and explained how to use free phone services for employees or guests with speech and hearing
• disabilities. The numbers are 228-688-2409 in English and 800-582-2233 in Spanish. (2.2)
• Employees attended the Women’s Equality Day Program. (2.2)
• The July Safety Topic “Reasonable Accommodations” was presented to OSTEM employees. (2.2)
• OSTEM held a Summer STEM Showcase for 60 minority 9th and 10th grade students from 13 Louisiana high schools. (4.2)
• OSTEM held an Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) Webinar at Grambling State University. (4.2)
• OSTEM attended a space-themed event at the Boys & Girls Club Central in Jackson, Mississippi and presented a live mobile planetarium. (4.2)
• SSC and MAF supported a “backpack giveaway” STEM event for K-6 grade students at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. (4.2)
• OSTEM participated in a Back-to-School Expo Giveaway at Hispanic Apostolate School where 187 families were provided 383 school kits and

engaged in STEM activities. (4.2)

• OSTEM participated in a two-day “Girl's Rock” Symposium at Hinds Community College Utica Campus. (4.2)

D&I Accomplishments July - September 2019

Tentative Schedule

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November

November 25 D&I Topic presented at Senior Staff (DA)

December

December 16 D&I Topic presented at Senior Staff (EA)

January 2020

January 15 1st Quarter FY2020 D&I Reports due January 27 4th Quarter FY2019 Report presented at Senior Staff