Asians Coming Together (ACT) was established in 1999 in California by a small group of Xerox Asian employees who saw a need for a single unified voice of Asian representation within the Xerox community. ACT became a formally recognized and supported by Xerox Corporation on June 24, 1999.
Mission Statement
ACT provides a voice and forum for education, professional development and interaction; to improve awareness and advocate equitable recognition and advancement opportunities for Asian employees within Xerox.
Key Objectives
- Enable Asian employees to remain relevant to Xerox and continually enhance their skills through career development and planning
- Increase ACT participation through local activities hosted by ACT Chapters. Goal of local events are that they be accessible, fun, engaging, educational, and provide a networking opportunity
- Schedule consistent and shared communications across all ACT Chapters to promote understanding of Xerox Diversity performance, networking, and sharing of best practices
- Provide learning opportunities to improve communication skills
ACT National Leadership Priorities
- Create a stronger support network amongst our executive level (Band 00A) Asian employees
- Mentor and coach 00B ACT leaders (feeder base for executive positions)
- Improve communications to Corporate Management
- Update / document core ACT processes
- By-laws
- Officer roles and responsibilities
- Board nomination and election process
- Regional Chapter support
- Communications
- Introduce and establish professional and personal development activities for ACT constituents in Rochester Area
- Re-energize the local ACT Rochester Chapter
- Network events with Asian groups at Kodak and B&L
- Leadership and Board skills
- Assertiveness training and public speaking