Diversity Action Teams Honor Civility, Humanitarianism
Sometimes in emergency situations, or just in the crush of work, civility can go out the window.
But not if Texas Health’s Diversity Action teams can help it. For the month of August, the teams are honoring National Civility Month and World Humanitarian Day.
While the dictionary definition of “civility” mentions politeness and courtesy, Texas Health is urging employees to expand on these principles, said Andrea LaFreniere, employee relations specialist, Strategic Employee Relations. The campaign was created to “encourage the importance of practicing kindness, dignity, respect, appreciation, selflessness and courage by promoting civility and helping others.”
Sounds a lot like Our Texas Health Promise: Individuals Caring For Individuals, Together.
The Texas Health DAT activities include making civility trees with sticky-note “leaves” on which employees write acts of kindness they’ve received. The DAT teams have also created specially designed Applause ecards and encourage employees to use Applause to demonstrate kindness and gratitude by recognizing the contributions and efforts of others.
Systemwide Observances
Entity Diversity Action teams will also be observing moments of silence to recognize the month. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen had its moment of silence Aug. 1.
The schedule for others:
Aug. 17
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, 2 p.m., south atrium
Aug. 19 (World Humanitarian Day)
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, 12:30 p.m., Chapel and also via Teams
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne, 2 p.m., overhead announcement
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, noon, Main Chapel
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton, 11:30 a.m., Healing Garden
Texas Health Hospital Frisco, noon, Chapel
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, 11 a.m., Harris Floor Chapel
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford, 11:05 a.m., front lobby
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman, noon, overhead announcement
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, 11 a.m., overhead announcement
Texas Health Physicians Group, noon.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville, 10 a.m., Atrium
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth, noon, Chapel
Texas Health System Services’ DAT plans to ask each department to host a moment of silence during staff meetings. This will be communicated in a weekly System Services email.
Texas Health Breeze Urgent Care, 1 p.m., email
Published August 9, 2022
