Listed below are Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Diversity themed
videos that may be borrowed from the NESDIS EEO and Diversity Office.
Some videos are in VHS format while some are DVD formats; newer videos
are captioned while older videos may not be captioned. Average running
time for these videos is about 15-20 minutes with some being shorter and
some being longer. Videos #1-5 are between 60-80 minutes in length as
they are documentaries with diversity themes.

The videos may be used in a variety of settings within NESDIS -- during
staff meetings, at "brown bag" lunch time sessions, at specific times
set as training sessions for your employees or in other ways. If you'd
like Rosemary Pettis to lead a discussion after a video is shown in the
Washington, D.C. area, please contact her; contact information is found
below.

As new videos become available, they will be added to the list. To
borrow a video for a 2-week period, please send an email to:
<Rosemary.Pettis@noaa.gov> and provide your name, complete mailing
address, phone number, and name of video. Rosemary will ship the video
to you via Fed Ex. You would then return the video to Rosemary, also via
Fed Ex, within 2 weeks of the date you received it. Rosemary's mailing
address is:

Rosemary Pettis, EEO and Diversity Manager

NOAA Satellite and Information Service

1335 East West Hwy. SSMC1 Room 7232

Silver Spring, MD 20910

\(301\) 713-0329 ext.243

Please contact Rosemary at the number above with any questions you may
have.

**[VIDEOS]{.underline}**

1\. "Maya Lin: A Strong, Clear Vision" -- this film won the 1995 Academy
Award for Best Documentary. Maya Lin designed the Vietnam War memorial
in Washington, D.C. There was much controversy surrounding this design
and the designer herself.

DVD -- 80 minutes.

2\. "The Broken Rainbow" -- this Academy Award-winning documentary tells
of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland
in Arizona that began in the 1970s.

DVD -- 70 minutes.

3\. "Who are the DeBolts?" -- When Dorothy DeBolt\'s first husband died,
she was left a widow with seven children, two of who were adopted from
Korea. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1969 and adopted two
Vietnamese boys who had been made paraplegics by the war. She then met
and married Bob DeBolt, who had a daughter from his previous marriage.
The DeBolts went on to adopt ten more children, nine of who were
disabled. This Academy Award-winning documentary shows us this
remarkable family and, not only how they function each day, but how they
meet the many challenges posed by their particular situations.

DVD -- 70 minutes.

4\. "Lost Boys of Sudan" -- Documentary about two young Dinka tribesmen
who must flee a vicious civil war in their homeland of Sudan and risk
thirst, starvation, and animal attack to reach refugee camps thousands
of miles away in Kenya. Once there, the \"lost boys\'\" journey begins
again, as they are resettled in Houston, Texas, and must start new lives
in a completely alien country.

DVD -- 85 minutes.

5\. "Unfinished Business" -- an Oscar-nominated film, it was one of the
first documentaries to focus on the relocation of Japanese-Americans
during World War II. It traces the effects of Executive Order 9066,
which decreed, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, that Japanese-American
citizens living on the U.S. west coast should be placed in relocation
camps. In particular, we hear the stories of three men who separately
defied the order and were arrested and jailed.

DVD -- 58 minutes.

6\. "Diversity: Food for Thought" -- is set in a diner where
conversations between the owner and his customers emphasize the
importance of understanding and accepting individual differences. Listen
in on their exchanges and see how your organization can reduce
discrimination, increase harmony and tap the power of diversity!

DVD -- 20 minutes.

7\. "Between You and Me: Resolving Conflict" - During several vignettes,
viewers see how two employees are willing to resolve their conflicts,
step-by-step, to ensure a better working relationship. The goal in
resolving conflicts is to keep communication open and honest, to get
both sides of the story, and to listen without judging.

DVD -- 28 minutes.

8\. "All Ways Welcome" (1994) -- captioned video about disability
etiquette.

VHS -- 14 minutes.

9\. "Promoting a Respectful Workplace" (2000) -- captioned video about
creating a harassment-free workplace

VHS -- 18 minutes

10\. "Gay Issues in the Workplace" (1993) -- non-captioned video in
which gay, lesbian and bisexual employees speak for themselves about
their life experiences.

VHS -- 23 minutes

11\. "Gay/Straight: Can We Talk?" (1997) -- non-captioned video that
involves a discussion and dialogue with a studio audience on issues
relevant to the gay community and the non-gay community.

VHS -- 57 minutes.

5\. "The 10 Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities"
(1994) -- \*\*captioned and audio described video about persons with
disabilities in every day settings.

\*\* The video, "The 10 Commandments of Communicating with People with
Disabilities" is actually on the VHS tape twice. The first offering
shows the entire video without captions or audio descriptors. If you
have a hearing impaired or sight impaired employee who wants to view the
video, then they may want to watch the 2^nd^ offering of the same video
(a little later on the same tape) that is captioned and audio described.

VHS -- 26 minutes.