# DEI in Sustain: Understanding the universal perspectives

**URL:** <https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/dei-in-sustain-understanding-the-universal-perspectives/1310>\
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**Created:** [July 1, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/dei-in-sustain-understanding-the-universal-perspectives/1310 "2023-07-01T10:18:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/dei-in-sustain-understanding-the-universal-perspectives/1310/11 "2023-10-16T22:44:03Z")

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After seeing how much engagement this topic got, I took the initiative to reboot the DEI working group. This way, we can lead discussion topics and efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion that will potentially be helpful to open-source communities.

I would like to get your thoughts on this.

> [@Diversity Equity and Inclusion WG: Reboot](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-wg-reboot/1381):
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> Hey everyone, After much deliberation and input received from others in our meetings and [this discussion topic,](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/dei-in-sustain-understanding-the-universal-perspectives/1310/10) I want to get the DEI Working Group up and running again. There are a few things I would initially like to look into scoping out work for: Developing resources, templates, and guides on DEI best practices that can be easily shared with FOSS communities Outlining ways open source communities can apply DEI principles in practice to foster community health in FOSS Spotlighting DEI initi…

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