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Ford Sites and Publications
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Ford
Motor Company worldwide home page, plus links to specific
contact information: Customer
Assistance Center, Investor
Information, Career
Center and Ford
Equal Opportunity Policy. |
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Ford
of Europe Sponsors the Christopher Street Day Parade (FCN,
July 11, 2001  ) |
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Ford
Sponsors London Mardi Gras, and Ford
Employees Parade for Diversity (FCN, June 19 & July 4,
2001 ) |
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Ford
Delivers Food to Neighbors with AIDS (FCN, May 17, 2001 ) |
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Jaguar
Sponsors GLAAD Media Awards (FCN, April 18, 2001 ) |
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Ford
Motor Company Embraces Diversity (FCN, February 27, 2001 ) |
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Employee
Resource Groups are Finding Support in Executive Diversity
Council (FCN, February 19, 2001 ) |
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Ford's first glbt-friendly recruiting
ad (2.2 MB)
in a national magazine appeared full-page in the Dec. 2000/Jan.
2001 issue of Diversity Careers in Engineering and IT in
conjunction with their article
on glbt engineers. |
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Ford
Motor Company Recognized for Diversity in 2000 (FCN,
December 21, 2000 )
Ford received 13 awards, including 3 awards for gay-friendly
policies. |
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Gay
in 2K: Celebrating our history, building our future (FCN,
October 30, 2000 )
Ford Increasing Efforts in Gay And Lesbian Community. |
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Come
OUT and Laugh! (FCN, October 11, 2000 )
Ford is the major corporate sponsor of this fall fundraiser for Affirmations
in Southeast Michigan. |
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Ford company
benefits include health care insurance for same-sex domestic
partners in the U.S. (August, 2000) |
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London
Mardi Gras (FCN, June 20 & July 7, 2000 )
Ford Paves the Way for Big Companies to Participate in London
Mardi Gras Festival. |
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Understanding
Prejudice
(By Bob Burrell, Ford Michigan Truck Plant Navigator newsletter,
July 2000 ) |
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Be
Yourself
(By Bob Burrell, Ford Michigan Truck Plant Navigator newsletter,
Winter 2000 ) |
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Gay
History and Culture Diversity Display Educates Employees
(By Cindy Clardy, Between the Treads, December 1999 ) |
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Consultant
Stresses Importance of Diversity (FCN, December 8, 1999 )
Economics is the driving force behind including everyone in the
workplace, no matter what their sexual orientation, nationally
known diversity consultant Liz Winfeld said recently to Ford
employees. |
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GLOBE
Members Greet Gilmour (By Marti Benedetti, Ford World,
October 1999 )
Ford Motor Company will find a talented work force if it readily
accepts people no matter what their race or sexual orientation,
former Ford Vice Chairman Allan Gilmour said to more than 200
Ford employees recently. |
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Diversity
Efforts Recognized (Jac Nasser, Ford Motor Company,
July 23, 1999 )
Jac Nasser announces: "Ford is the first and only
U.S. auto company to be listed on the 1999 Gay and Lesbian
Values Index of top 100 companies on gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender issues..." |
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Ford
Recognized by Gay & Lesbian Index of the Top 100 Companies
(FCN, July 13, 1999 )
Ford Motor Company is the first and only U.S. automotive company
to be listed on the annual Gay & Lesbian Values Index of top
100 companies on gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender (glbt)
issues. |
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Ford
GLOBE Supports Gay Pride Events in the U.S. and Germany (FCN,
July 7, 1999 )
Several members of Ford Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees (Ford
GLOBE) represented the company at the Christopher Street Day
Parade in Cologne, Germany |
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Ford
GLOBE Is "On The Books" Supporting Shareholder Value
(FCN, June 22, 1998 ) |
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Open
Atmosphere in the Workplace (German Ford Report, May 7, 1998
) |
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Diversity:
Now is the time for action (Ford World, November, 1997 ),
What is Diversity? (Ford
Diversity Training Definition), and list
of Employee Resource Groups at Ford. |
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Gay
group promotes tolerance (Ford World, March 1997 )
This article on Ford GLOBE appeared in the North American
employee newspaper. |
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Ford
GLOBE supports Ford
sponsorship of the annual Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the CureŽ
Detroit-area event by sending a contingent to participate. |
Employee Groups
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People
Of Diversity of DaimlerChrysler |
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GM PLUS (People Like Us), the
gay/lesbian/bisexual employee resource group at General Motors:
GM PLUS, P.O. Box 446, Royal Oak, MI 48068.
Email:GMPLUS@aol.com Voice
Mail: +1-248-358-9818 |
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Michigan
Pride at Work
Out and Organizing: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Labor |
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Yahoo!
list of lesbian, gay and bisexual organizations contains
links to many sites, such as those formed by employees of Chevron,
IBM, Intel,
Lucent Technologies, and Xerox. |
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Rainbow Query's On
The Job site contains links to many organizations and
includes gay workplace issues. |
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Business,
corporate,
federal
government, and umbrella
organizations from a site maintained by Sharon Silverstein. |
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National
Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical
Professionals |
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How to Start a GLB
Employee Resource Group
Ford GLOBE receives numerous
requests for information on how to start a gay, lesbian and
bisexual employee resource group. Below are some online
resources for organizing around gay, lesbian, and bisexual
workplace issues.
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Automotive
Workplace Issues
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Every
company should be gay-friendly (By Deb Price, The Detroit
News, August 19, 2002)
Includes interview of Ford GLOBE co-founder Alice McKeage. |
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DaimlerChrysler
and Ford Give Gay Market A Test Drive (By Michael Wilke,
Commercial Closet, July 29, 2002) |
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Gay
Ride; Targeted ads and promotional efforts reap results for
automakers (By Jean Halliday, Advertising Age, February 25,
2002) |
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A
Welcome Mat for Gay Customers (By Cliff Rothman, New York
Time, August 17, 2001) |
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Subaru
Speaks to Gays, Lesbians, with Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles (By
Linda Bean, DiversityInc.com, May 1, 2001) |
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The
Most Powerful & Gay-Friendly Public Companies in Corporate
America (By gfn.com,
April 24, 2001)
Ford Motor Company has been ranked as 18th on this year's list
of the gfn.com 50, a list of the Most Powerful &
Gay-Friendly Public Companies in Corporate America. General
Motors is ranked 29th. This is the first time either auto
company has been listed. |
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Looking
for the best (By Sarah Mieras, Between the Lines News,
February 1, 2001 )
Ford leads as companies woo lgbt employees. |
General
Workplace Issues
Conferences
and Workshops
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The
5th Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender MBA Conference
April, 2003
New York, NY |
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UCLA
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Leadership Institute
Executive Education Program, The Anderson School at UCLA
March 17 - 21, 2003
Los Angeles, CA |
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Creating
Change Conference
Nov 10-14, 2004
St. Louis |
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Out
and Equal 2002 Workplace Summit
Sep 13-15, 2002
Orlando, FL |
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Midwest
Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference
2002
Michigan State University
March 15-17, 2002
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