Sacramento LGBT Community Center hosting job fair

Koby Rodriguez, the chief program officer at the center, joined Sonseeahray to speak about the opportunity and ways that employers can remedy environments that may make some on staff feel isolated or targeted.

ABOUT A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS.A BEAUTIFUL LOOK OUT THEWINDOW RIGHT NOW JUST BEFORENOON ON YOUR THURSDAY OF OURTHAT WAS LIT UP WITH RAINBOWLIGHTS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WHYBECAUSE IT'S PRIDE MONTH AND20% OF LGBTQ AMERICANS HAVEEXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATIONBASED ON ORIENTATION, GENDERIDENTITY WHEN APPLYING FORJOBS, ACCORDING TO RESEARCHDONE BY CATALYST DOT ORG TOISSUES SACRAMENTO'S LGBTCENTER IS HOSTING ITS FIRSTJOB FAIR THIS AFTERNOON TOCONNECT PEOPLE WITH EMPLOYERSWHO SUPPORT AND WELCOMEWORKERS WHO MAY BE ORTRANSGENDER OR BUY HERE TOTALK WITH US ABOUT THATOPPORTUNITY IN WAYS EMPLOYERSCAN REMEDY ENVIRONMENTS THATMAY MAKE SOME ON STAFF FEELISOLATED OR TARGET IS THECHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER OVER ATTHE SEC LGBT CENTER.

KOBERODRIGUEZ GOOD MORNING TO YOU.GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FORHAVING ME DEFINITELY NOWEVERYBODY OUT THERE GET YOURPEN AND PAPER READY BECAUSEDETAILS ABOUT THE JOB FAIR INJUST A MOMENT, BUT KOBE LET'STALK ABOUT WAYS THAT ANYWORKPLACE CAN BE MOREWELCOMING THAT'S DEFINITELYGOING TO BE A FACTOR IN PEOPLESTAYING IN THE JOB ANDACCORDING AGAIN THE CATALYSTDOT ORG 46% OF LGBTQ AMERICANSARE CLOSETED IT WORK ANDTHAT'S SOMETHING THAT RESEARCHSHOWS PRODUCES A LOT OFSTRESS.THEY BE ACCEPTED IF THEY PUT APICTURE OF THEIR FAMILY ONTHEIR GAS OR TALKED ABOUTTHEIR FAMILY VACATION BECAUSETHEIR FAMILY MAY INCLUDE 2MOMS OR 2 DADS RATE.HEAD.

IT IS SUPER IMPORTANTFOR COMPANIES ANDORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURETHAT THEY'RE CREATINGAFFIRMING SPACES FOR THE LGBTPREFERRED NAMES USING PRONOUNSALLOWING FOLKS TO USEBATHROOMS THAT'S REALLYRESONATE WITH THEIR GENDERIDENTITY AND OF THEIR CHOOSINGAND THE WAY THAT WE CAN DOBETTER BY PROVIDING TRAININGPROVIDING MOMENTS FOR FOLKS TOLEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUTTHE COMMUNITY BEYOND IT'SGREAT TO SEE RAMOS AND FOLKSLOGOS.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TOSPACES FOR FOLKS WORK HERE INTHE GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA.ALL OF THINGS MISS BECAUSEEMPLOYERS TRYING TO DISCOURAGEANY SHARING.

THEY JUST MAY NOTFLYERS THAT THEY PUT UP FORWORK FAMILY MAN ONLY SHOWHETEROSEXUAL MARRIED COUPLESARE TRADITIONAL FAMILIES.ABSOLUTELY SO WHEN YOUTHINK ABOUT SPACE AND THENWHAT FEELS COMFORTABLEOFTENTIMES SOME OF THE MOSTUNCOMFORTABLE SPACES TO BE INOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICES.

SO WHENWE THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE CLEARUP THOSE STATES AS WE THINKABOUT OR WE THINK ABOUTRESOURCES WE THINK ABOUTMAKING REFERRALS TOORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERMS OF SOME PEOPLE WANT TOSEE THEMSELVES THEY REALLYWANT TO BE IDENTIFIED AND HAVEREPRESENTATION THE SPACESWHERE IT TAKES A LOT OFVULNERABILITY TO THE OUT.SO THIS AFTERNOON STARTINGAT 3 ALREADY HAVE A 100 PEOPLEBE WELCOMING EVEN MORE PEOPLETO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FIRSTEVER JOB FOR TO REALLY PROMOTETO HAVE PEOPLE KNOW THATTHEY'RE GOING TO SOME PLACETHAT IS ALREADY SINKINGPEOPLE NEED TO NOW IF THEYWANT TO PARTICIPATE TONIGHT.YEAH, ABSOLUTELY SO UPBETWEEN 3 6 O'CLOCK HERE ATTHE LGBT CENTER IN MIDTOWN1015 20TH STREET AND IF YOUWANT TO SHOW UP A LITTLE BITWE HAVE CLOTHING SO IF THERE'SI'M A NEED FOR CLOTHING SOTHAT YOU CAN INTERVIEW ON THESPOT WE WILL PROVIDE THAT ANDI MUST SAY THAT FROM THE 2 TO3 O'CLOCK TIME FRAME ALL OFTHE ORGANIZATIONS ANDBUSINESSES THAT WILL BEOFFERING EMPLOYMENT INAROUND CULTURAL HUMILITY AHEADOF TIME TO ENSURE THAT FOLKSIN PARTICIPANTS HAVE A REALLYSAFE SPACE TO TO PARTICIPATE.AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WEWANT PEOPLE TO FEEL WELCOMEDAND TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT JOBTHAT THEY'VE BEEN DREAMINGABOUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FORCOMING IN THIS MORNING TO TELLUS ABOUT THIS AGAIN WE WANT TOREMIND EVERYBODY THAT STACKLGBT CENTER'S JOB FAIR RUNSFROM 3 TO 6 THIS EVENING ATTHE CENTER.

YOU CAN FILL OUTAN ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM TOPARTICIPATE AND WE HAVE A LINKTO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE AND