ERGs/Affinity Groups

ERGs at J-PAL North America

• Currently, J-PAL North America has two employee resource groups (ERGs), a Parents ERG and a Women of Color ERG

• Please contact Fatima Vakil if you're interested in the WOC ERG and Cat Darrow if interested in the Parents ERG

• Please reach out to Audrey Cabral if you have interest in any of the below ERGs: 

  • African, Black, American, Caribbean (ABAC) ERG

  • Asian Pacific American (APA) ERG

  • Individuals with Disabilities ERG

  • LGBTQ+ ERG 

    • These four ERGs are not yet active as they do not have a group coordinator. 

  • Being the group coordinator is very minimal time commitment. It involves "owning" the calendar invite, coordinating meeting times, and being the point of contact responsible for requesting DEIWG ERG funding for your group if needed (for example, if you wanted to bring in a speaker or buy lunch.) ERGs are free to be as formal or casual as they'd like, so there is no external pressure here. Please consider serving as a coordinator if you are interested in any of the above groups.

ERGs at MIT

• If you are interested in joining a larger ERG, there are institute wide groups as well, more information can be found on the MIT ICEO (Institute Community & Equity Office) website:

  • https://iceo.mit.edu/employee-resource-groups/