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Happy Monday V Team, on today’s edition of Up To Speed Live, host Raquel Wilson shared a full news rundown.
Hurricane Ian Update
As residents of Southwest Florida continue to recover, Verizon is extending its support for counties most impacted by Hurricane Ian. Consumer and small business customers* in the following counties will continue to receive unlimited calling, texting and mobile data through October 31, 2022:
- Charlotte
- Collier
- Desoto
- Hardee
- Lee
- Sarasota
For the latest on our efforts, check out our blog for updates, you can access it by clicking here.
International Day of the Girl
October 11th is International Day of the Girl. For the past 10 years, this day has been celebrated to promote girls’ empowerment and shine a light on challenges girls face worldwide.
You can empower a young girl with a volunteer event on our Citizen Verizon Volunteers Portal. You can provide personal career advice and encouragement to students on Career Village, click here to sign up.
Linkedin Live CoLab Conversation
Raquel shared that she will be speaking to Tara Orlando, Director of Talent Attraction & Emerging Talent Pipeline, for a LinkedIn Live CoLab Conversation today at 1pm ET. Tara will be offering career advice to young women in college, close to graduation or beginning in their career journey.
Looking back at the Women's CoLab Fall Summit
And speaking of empowerment, Women’s CoLab recently held its Women's CoLab Fall Summit. It was a day filled with inspiring women speakers including our very own leaders, Verizon Consumer Group CEO Manon Brouillete, Chief Human Resources Officer Sam Hammock and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Consumer Group Krista Bourne. Attendees had opportunities to learn new skills and meet and grow networks.
In the spirit of International Day of the Girl, we shared a clip in which Krista Bourne shared her thoughts on mentorship. If you haven’t had a chance to watch the full replay you can do so by clicking here.
Follow Women’s CoLab on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up to date on more great events and content.
Hispanic Heritage Month teacher appreciation
This week, Verizon is highlighting 5 of its outstanding Hispanic Teachers as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Here’s the list:
- Jose Gonzalez, Davis Middle School (Compton, CA)
- Francisco Vargas, Austin Community College (Austin, TX)
- Marie Moreno, Former founding principal of Las Americas Newcomer School in Houston, Texas, TIME and Verizon Innovative Learning Teacher (Houston, TX)
- Mia DeLaRosa, Sevilla West Elementary (Phoenix, AZ)
- Roberto Padron, Ruben Dario Middle School (Miami, FL)
Did you know that Hispanic / Latinx Students represent nearly 25% of the overall public student population, while only 9% of their teachers identify as Hispanic?
Verizon Innovative Learning is proud to serve our diverse communities with nearly 50% of our VIL K-12 students identifying as Hispanic. Representation in our classrooms is important and we want to shine a light on those teachers that are encouraging students to dream big in the Hispanic community.
World Mental Health Day
Today is also World Mental Health Day – a day to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world. The need for good mental health care is a reality for people worldwide and it’s why Verizon provides V Teamers with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you when life gets hard or you need someone to listen to you and offer support, not judgment. This benefit is here for you and can be extended to your household family members.
And this year, you can join “Find Your Anchor” on our Citizen Verizon Volunteers Portal. A grassroots movement for suicide prevention, awareness, and education, by writing notes of support and encouragement. V Teamers have already helped more than 9,000 individuals through Find Your Anchor by showing the world the power of strangers who care.
HBCU Homecoming
It’s October so you know what that means! Yes, we’re all excited for Halloween but many universities across the country are coming together for homecoming, including HBCUs, which stands for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Homecoming at an HBCU is like none other and starting next week Monday, October 17, employee resource group, BOLD, is sharing the experience with a line up of great events like an HBCU Alumni Mixer, a Meet & Greet with Talent Acquisition, a financial literacy session and so much more. More information on all of the events can be found here.
7th Annual Accessibility Summit
There’s so many great events happening this week, including our 7th Annual Accessibility Summit hosted by our Global Accessibility Team. The event is from October 12-13 and V Teamers are encouraged to join during the segments of most interest to them.
On Day 2, be sure to check out Verizon Business CEO Sampath Sowmyanarayan’s kickoff message, SVP of Talent & Diversity Christina Schelling’s keynote presentation, and SVP of Platforms & Ecosystems, VCG Brian Danfield’s fireside chat with Fred Moltz of our Accessibility Team.
If you have any questions, email them to live@verizon.com.
