As more public sector agencies seek systemic solutions to address racial and social disparities, administrators are looking for responsive, agile solutions from their peers. Public Consulting Group (PCG) is here to spotlight real clients, real solutions, and real tools developed for actionable change as part of the PCG Public Health Connect series.

A new and unique internal initiative is underway at Public Consulting Group (PCG) aimed at increasing engagement in organizational efforts to empower those in our community who are affiliated with the military, including military spouses, their families, and the people managers who supervise them. PCG’s Military Network (MilNet) Employee Resource Group (ERG) is leading the effort.

At Public Consulting Group (PCG), we firmly believe that fostering growth and providing opportunities are fundamental drivers of innovation and excellence. These principles are ingrained in the work we do every day creating solutions that matter to the communities we serve, as is the understanding that to do this work effectively—to help our clients solve their most complex problems so they can better serve their constituents—our workforce must reflect those communities. As such, we are intentionally building and embracing an inclusive workforce culture...

PCG’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Sophia Thwaites, recently launched a new internal initiative to increase awareness of and engagement in organizational efforts to advance a diverse, inclusive, and engaged workforce culture. Marking Our DEI Journey is a new quarterly letter of reflection to employees that Sophia introduced earlier this quarter to encourage a dialogue around the Office of DEI’s key strategic priority areas, like Disability Workplace Inclusion, which was the focus of her first letter to the PCG community. Our Corporate Communications team connected with Sophia at the beginning of March—which also happens to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month—to learn more about Disability Workplace Inclusion.