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6/23/09

Honoring Gay & Lesbian Month

On June 2, 2000, former President William J. Clinton designated the month of June as Gay and Lesbian Pride month, encouraging Americans to recognize the joys and sorrows that the gay and lesbian movement has witnessed and the work that remains to be done. Observing Gay and Lesbian Pride Month is one step to understanding our differences and creating a truly inclusive society where gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and all Americans, are afforded equal rights.

In honor of Gay & Lesbian Federal Heritage Month we invited Joe Hoffman, Director of Information Systems for Sodexo and Chair of Sodexo's Network Group, People Respecting Individuality, Diversity and Equality (PRIDE) to write about his career at Sodexo. Joe decided to get creative on us and submit a video instead!

Click on video below.


Employee Network Groups are organized by Sodexo employees based on their shared experiences. Employees join together to provide a positive forum for professional development, and share input and ideas to support the success of our diversity efforts. Networks are organized around a common dimension of diversity and are created by employees who want to raise awareness in Sodexo of their identity groups.

The vision of the PRIDE Network Group is a commitment to dignity, respect, and equal recognition of all individuals. The mission of PRIDE is to strategically align Sodexo's organizational structure to embrace all diversity, inclusive of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees, so that value is added to Sodexo.
View PRIDE video here.


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Joe Hoffman, Director of Information Systems for Sodexo, resides in Phoenix Arizona. Joe supports the higher education market vertical and manages a team of technology experts who provide tomorrows solutions today. Joe has a B.S. in Agribusiness from Arizona State University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. Outside of work, Joe's interests include travel, home improvement (his home is under constant remodeling), his workplace equality efforts with Pride and supporting the local community.

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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great video Joe. Thanks for sharing your career with Sodexo.