Equity and Inclusion

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Our people and culture

We want all who engage with us — patients, families, employees, vendors and community partners — to feel valued, respected and supported. This means having a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that reflects the rich backgrounds of the communities we serve.

James Burroughs, senior vice president, government and community relations, chief equity and inclusion officer

At Children’s Minnesota, we embed equity and inclusion in everything we do. 

That means delivering equitable and inclusive care to families, ensuring everyone has what they need, as individuals, to thrive, building a team that reflects and understands the communities we serve and ensuring every employee feels valued and included so they can reach their full potential.

Equity and inclusion is part of our strategic plan and we measure our progress. Why? Because everyone who walks through our doors deserves to feel genuinely welcome, respected and supported.   

James Burroughs 
Senior vice president, government and community relations 
Chief equity and inclusion officer 
Children’s Minnesota 

CURRENT INITIATIVES

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Business partner diversity

Children’s Minnesota is committed to investing in the communities it serves, and is implementing a supplier diversity strategy focused on identifying diverse businesses and creating opportunities for those companies to work with Children’s. Minnesota We are also a member of the North Central Minority Supplier Developmental Council, the Women’s Business Development Center and Quorum. By investing in community businesses, we will grow and develop the economy of those communities.
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Equity action

Children’s Minnesota CEO Dr. Marc Gorelick has joined more than 750 CEOs from across the country in a call to action to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and share best practices as part of the CEO Action Network. Children’s Minnesota also hired its first vice president, chief equity and inclusion officer, James C. Burroughs II, who has a breadth of experience around equity and inclusion and its strategic implementation in both the public and private sector.
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Equity and inclusion scorecard

​​​​​​In an effort to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and helps us cultivate a more inclusive and equitable environment, we are providing our leaders with a comprehensive scorecard that allows for the opportunity to review, analyze and track their overall performance on specific equity and inclusion metrics. Those metrics will focus on the representation of our staff, retention and turnover rates, as well as supplier diversity and health equity metrics.
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Career Development

​​​​​​​​​​​​​We’ve established employee resource groups (ERGs) designed to promote recruiting, retention and professional development for Children’s Minnesota employees. Children’s Minnesota has also partnered with leading Minnesota companies to create networks of ERG leaders to enhance inclusion and equity efforts, and promote community enrichment and development throughout the metro area.

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Our employee networks

Asian Employee Resource Group
Black Employee Empowerment Network (BEEN)
Disability Advocacy Employee Resource Group
Military and Veteran Employee Resource Group
Muslim Employee Resource Group
Nurses of Color Employee Resource Group
People Respecting Individual Differences Equally (PRIDE)
Voces Employee Resource Group

In the community

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an interpreter stands and has a conversation with two people who are seated.
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