December President's Newsletter

President's

December Newsletter

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”

― Søren Kierkegaard

This hasn’t been my favorite year; I’m sure you feel the same. I’ve said more goodbyes than I’ve ever cared to before. I’ve listened to your plights, trying to provide solace and focus on only positive things. Still, this December feels bleaker than those of the past.

As Søren Kierkegaard says, we must live life forward, Ability is focusing on our 2024 plans. We are setting up three new support groups: Parkinson’s, Cancer, and Caregivers. All calendar invites can be found on our Ability SharePoint site: https://att.sharepoint.com/sites/AbilityERG.

Now, more than ever, you need to follow our SharePoint site and Microsoft Teams channels to receive our newsletters. AT&T’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion team will no longer allow us to email communications to your AT&T email address after the first of the year.

This means you must provide us with your personal email address (send to g10677@att.com with the subject line “Newsletters”) to continue to receive Ability-specific newsletters via email.

What you will begin receiving is an email from the All In at AT&T Council, advertising Ability, Professionals 50 Forward, and oxyGEN together.

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Two final thoughts before we end our year.

Ability’s election cycle begins in February. Please consider running for an open position.
AT&T’s Chief Accessibility Office now awards quarterly the Accessibility in Action award. Nominate a colleague for the 4th quarter before you leave for the holidays. More information can be found here: Accessibility in Action Award (att.com)

Wishing you a restful start to the new year,