Twitter Releases Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Report for Q2 2022

Twitter released its Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Report for the second quarter of 2022 Thursday and detailed the open-sourcing of its #UntilWeAllBelong Toolkit, making its courses publicly available to anyone. Vice president of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility James Loduca said in a blog post introducing the report, “In every journey, headwinds are inevitable. We’ve experienced our fair share at Twitter––and across our industry—and yet our focus remains steady. Along the way, we’ve experienced a global pandemic, war outbreaks, waves of inequity and unfair treatment and violence toward historically excluded communities and ongoing global uncertainty. Each new challenge adds more urgency to our work ––to do even more and keep showing up for our ‘Tweeps’ around the world when and where they need us most.” He continued, “While the global macro-economic environment has triggered a slowdown in hiring across the industry, we’re still making progress against our 2025 ‘Tweepforce’ representation goals, just not as fast or evenly as before. As we navigate the challenges, our new reality also presents an opportunity for us to double down on inclusion. In fact, during times of macro-economic uncertainty, investments in the principles of inclusion and allyship improve outcomes for everyone.” The 2025 goals Loduca referred to are having women account for 50% of its global workforce and having people from underrepresented populations make up 25%of its workforce in the U.S. Twitter said that as of June 30, women made up 45.8% of its global workforce, and in the U.S., the breakdown of non-whites was: Asian 31.3%, Black 9.6%, Latinx 8.5%, multiracial 4.3% and Indigenous at less than 1%. Also in the U.S., LGBTQIA+ people made up 13.5% of its workforce, while military veterans accounted for 7.3% and 3.3% of its workforce was made up of people with disabilities. As for the #UntilWeAllBelong Toolkit. Twitter said it released the first iteration of its inclusion and diversity trainings in 2019, with the coursework fitting into three learning modules: Allyship 101: A deep dive into the company’s four principles (learn, ask, show up, speak up).Words Matter: Unlearning microaggressions.Healthy Conversations: Skills and practices that make everyday conversations on tough topics healthy and straightforward. Those initial trainings evolved into the #UntilWeAllBelong Toolkit, a portfolio of self-paced e-learnings, and it has been available to all employees since day one. It was expanded to five topics based on those most frequently requested by employees: Allyship 101: An introduction to Twitter's four principles of allyship and ways to practice allyship.Anti-Racism 101: Begin to understand and practice anti-racism as a mindset and learn how to apply it to everyday work.Breaking Down Bias: Having biases is a normal part of the human brain function, but we all need to work to recognize, unpack and interrupt those biases to maintain a more inclusive and diverse workplace.Inclusive Leadership: Anyone—regardless of level of seniority, role or tenure—can be a part of creating an inclusive workplace.Words Matter: Microaggressions communicate messages of exclusion, based on someone's identity. They are not always intentional or obvious, so it's important to be aware of them and how they impact people. Loduca wrote, “The courses in the #UntilWeAllBelong Toolkit were designed for Tweeps, with our unique culture and needs in mind. But the coursework covers important topics that are timely and relevant beyond the walls of Twitter––many companies and communities grapple with the same themes. And because this work takes all of us, we’re pleased to share the courses from Twitter’s #UntilWeAllBelong Toolkit publicly here today for anyone to take.”

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Twitter Releases Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Report for Q2 2022

Its #UntilWeAllBelong Toolkit is now available publicly to everyone

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