{"id":83,"date":"2020-06-10T23:40:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T23:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/diversity\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:42:36","slug":"affinity-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/diversity\/building-connections\/affinity-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Affinity groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uwhr-child-pages\"><div class=\"uwhr-child-page\"><h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/diversity\/building-connections\/affinity-groups\/affinity-groups-overview\/\">Affinity groups overview<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><p>Faculty and staff affinity groups provide networking opportunities and build community.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"uwhr-child-page\"><h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/diversity\/building-connections\/affinity-groups\/sfva\/\">Staff and Faculty Veterans Association (SFVA)<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><p>The Staff and Faculty Veterans Association (SFVA) is an employee affinity group committed to honoring military service, fostering continued civic and University engagement, and advancing a veteran-ready culture at UW. <\/p><\/div><div class=\"uwhr-child-page\"><h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/policies\/affinitygroups\/\">Employee affinity groups<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4><p>The Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D) and UW Human Resources (UWHR) partner to support employee affinity groups at the University of Washington.<\/p><\/div><div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty and staff affinity groups provide networking opportunities and build community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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