| <font face="Arial"><font size="2">The <span style="color:navyblue;"><b>Defence Team Black Employees Network</b></span> <b>(DTBEN)</b> is a grassroots network focused on serving the well-being of the Black civilian and military members within the Defence Team. Our efforts are in large part dedicated to providing peer support by bringing Black employees and members together to share their experiences, explore, discuss and create meaningful actions to support the dismantling of persistent anti-Black racism in the Defence Team, and to build a vibrant community of Black DT members, and amplify Black employment equity. | | <font face="Arial"><font size="2">The <span style="color:navyblue;"><b>Defence Team Black Employees Network</b></span> <b>(DTBEN)</b> is a grassroots network focused on serving the well-being of the Black civilian and military members within the Defence Team. Our efforts are in large part dedicated to providing peer support by bringing Black employees and members together to share their experiences, explore, discuss and create meaningful actions to support the dismantling of persistent anti-Black racism in the Defence Team, and to build a vibrant community of Black DT members, and amplify Black employment equity. |
| <br>While respecting the perspectives and needs of other marginalized groups and segments, DTBEN is in itself a diverse and representative network fully committed to work with Senior Leaders, Functional Authorities and all Defence Advisory Groups (DAGs) to contributing to mitigating within the DND and CAF, systemic racism and discrimination, including anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism, gender bias, prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirited people and others (LGBTQ2+), and white supremacy.</br></blockquote></font></font> | | <br>While respecting the perspectives and needs of other marginalized groups and segments, DTBEN is in itself a diverse and representative network fully committed to work with Senior Leaders, Functional Authorities and all Defence Advisory Groups (DAGs) to contributing to mitigating within the DND and CAF, systemic racism and discrimination, including anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism, gender bias, prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirited people and others (LGBTQ2+), and white supremacy.</br></blockquote></font></font> |