Volunteer with a senior center, hospital or animal shelter.

Volunteer with a community initiative or task force that is controversial.

Volunteer to work on a university DEI event or committee.

Volunteer to take a leadership role in a local professional or community organization that overlaps with your unit's mission and the interests of the university.

Volunteer to perform a process that you must learn in order to deliver the service or product of a group you are volunteering with outside of your job.

Volunteer to onboard a new hire or intern.

Volunteer to join the leadership of an organization trying to improve poor customer service, employee moral or undergoing a major change initiative.

Volunteer to help another team develop a strategic plan.

Volunteer in a leadership capacity for a non-profit organization.

Visit teams within your unit to communicate goals and the reasoning behind them. Invite questions, either at that time or via email, so that the goals are understood by all.