Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center episode 46,

Stories of Unity. I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your co-host today,

along with Adam Khalil, chair of the Asian Succeeding in Innovation and Aerospace Employee Resource Group,

conveniently spelling out Asia.

Here on site, Adam, thanks for coming on.

Oh, thanks, Gary.

Glad to be here.

So we've had some employee resource groups on the podcast before and we've had the African American

resource group and the women's resource groups.

So what are the goals of the one that you chair, Asia?

Okay. Employee resource groups are established to foster an inclusive workplace like all other nine ERG's.

Asia ERG goal is faster, collaborative and inclusive workplace to bring about innovative solutions to NASA's mission.

Second, influence hiring and employee retention to gain and retain talent and bring new perspectives

through active engagement. Three, raise awareness of JSC policies and processes.

Fourth, it serves as a cultural ambassadors

to fuel better engagement to the management team.

Fifth is transform employees into think tanks

and build a talent pipeline, increasing representation and inclusiveness.

All right, really hitting it all.

So Adam, May, is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

So what is the significant of this month to you?

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