Our Mission
Our mission is to advise, educate, and nurture accountability around company-wide DE&I values so that:
All employees can come to work as their most authentic selves and can do their best work.
DE&I principles, including psychological safety, are intentionally embedded in every structure, system, and process in the company and with external stakeholders, including patients.
Employees at every level and in every function play an active role in advancing DE&I
Human connection, which advances DE&I progress, is prioritized throughout the organization.
Resources
Shields is working to educate and create a long-lasting diversity, equality, and inclusion culture. We hope to provide interesting resources and content for employees to use as a tool for education.
Celebrate Black History Month with events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts. The 2025 theme is "African Americans and Labor" with a focus on the various and profound ways that work of all kinds intersects with the collective experiences of Black people.
Did you know?
- - This Little-Known Civil Rights Activist Refused to Give Up His Bus Seat Four Years Before Rosa Parks Did
- - The Black Explorer Who May Have Reached the North Pole First
Resources
- - Smithsonian- Black History Month
- - Celebrating 10 African- American Medical Pioneers
- - Events & Activities During Black History Month
- - Support a Black-owned Business
- - Boston Found Podcast - Phillis Wheatley 250: An Icon Endures
- - Boston Public Library- Black Is....2025: 75 Books for Children, Teens & Adults
- - Museum of African American History- Boston Events
- - 20 Best Black History Podcasts
- - Invisible Changemakers of Industry
Want to learn more?
For questions about the DEI committee or DEI topics, please reach out to DEIcommittee@shields.com
