Dear BIG Members:
Thank you for visiting our Website today. Below,
I have provided a little history of our organization and a list of goals
during my term in office.
BIG’s Mission
is to promote excellence, equity, and opportunities for African Americans
through advocacy, professional development and empowerment at all levels of
the government.
BIG’s Vision
is to be recognized as a member focused,
world-class enterprise (business like), with supporting infrastructures that
are competitive and centered around excellence.
BIG’s Purpose
is to a pro-active national organization operating with the federal sector
governments to educate and promote equal employment opportunities in the
areas of recruitment, hiring, training, work assignments, promotions, career
and professional development, upward mobility and other work related
concerns.
The BIG NIH Chapter was chartered on September 4,
1982 and is one of 300 Chapters across the country and abroad. Chapters
serve as the operating arm of the organization, carrying out a variety of
programs and activities to meet the local needs and concerns of African
American employees at the NIH. The BIG NIH Chapter has one of the the
largest memberships in this region.
The BIG NIH Chapter
will focus its energies on what it will take to make BIG an efficient and
cohesive organization. We maintain that we are a professional organization
that serves its members, encourages and inspires excellence in others,
advocate for equity in medical research, educational opportunities,
workforce recruitment, and career development. We strive to truly be the
employee assistance organization we proclaim to be.
My Vision for this
administration is very simple:
1.
We will Re-Build the NIH Chapter by using every available tool
necessary to challenge management and to become stronger advocates for our
membership. We will focus on training our leaders and our members to build
BIG’s KSAs (Knowledge, Skills & Accomplishments).
2.
We will Organize our goals and re-set priorities to determine
what’s important and relevant to the BIG NIH Chapter that impact our
membership.
3.
We will develop resources to increase our member-participation. We
will maximize excellence, equity and opportunities, promote and advertise
BIG through every media at NIH, and we will engage our members to see the
BIG Picture, its benefits and services through relevant programs, workshops
and guest speakers.
As we accomplish these
goals, the BIG NIH Chapter will be recognized as a member focused
organization centered around excellence and equity.
If you are not a member
yet, please make the commitment to be apart of something BIG. If you are a
member but not an active participate, please step and be apart of the
solution.
Thank For You For
Thinking BIG, Supporting BIG, and Being BIG!
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The NIH Chapter meets
every 4th Thursday at 11:30am.