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I'm a millennial and a contractor for the government.
My beliefs and values might differ from your own.
Can you appreciate that?
I'm a woman, and I'm working next to you.
I'm also a single parent.
Does that change the way you treat me?
I'm also a single parent.
Does that change the way you manage me?
My husband and I have three children and I'm a senior leader.
Could the size of my family affect my job performance?
Absolutely not.
I have an interracial family, including a child with special needs.
Do you know what my needs are?
I am a program manager, but my competency to perform
my job is unrelated to my legal blindness.
I'm a female and I'm your senior leader.
Would you be okay with that?
If not, why not?
I'm an individual with a disability and I require reasonable accommodations
to do my job.
Does your organization hire individuals like me?
I'm Wiccan.
Do you know what that means?
If I am your colleague, it'd be good for you to know.
Or at least have some idea.
And I'm a Buddhist.
So what if our faith is different than yours?
I'm a respected professional in my field, and I happen to be gay.
Do you have a problem with that?
I just want to be treated equally, just like everyone else.
Chances are that I came from a country and a culture quite different from yours.
But that doesn't make a difference in how I do my job.
I want to make a contribution.
Same as everybody else.
I am a patriot.
I served my country as the United States Army for 23 years.
My contributions are as important as yours.
My Latino heritage is very important to me.
I would like to share the history of my people.
Do you see value in that?
My DNA is on file.
Mine is not.
Would you use my genetic information against me?
I’m in the Coast Guard.
I may be in a position to save your life one day.
Would the fact that I'm a white male matter to you?
Did you know I'm a new mom?
Would getting food for my baby affect the way you supervise me?
People. We're all different.
Different shapes, different beliefs, and different needs. Yet all similar.
We all want to be treated with infinite dignity and worth.
We've all got friends, families, and loved ones.
We all face the same challenges and problems in our lives.
We are members of the Department of Defense,
the U.S. Coast Guard, family members of those serving and civil servants.
We are a reflection of the society and the world that we live in.
We have a lot to learn from each other and about each other.
Look inside yourself.
How do you behave at the moment?
What do you need to learn?
There are many different ways of dealing with many different people.
Meeting individual needs, respecting others values, and sharing what you know.
But to do this, you must begin with one person.
You.