Mission and Vision

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is a non-partisan and non-legislative support office with the U.S. House of Representatives (USHR or House). The mission of ODI is to help employing offices create and cultivate a congressional workforce within USHR that is reflective of the American people. The office envisions to serve as an essential resource in helping to advance representation in the congressional workforce by delivering optimal services to the House community. The office’s mission and vision is reflected in its overall strategic goal, which is to “put the people in the people’s house.”

In addition to maintaining capabilities for communications, operations, and financial management, ODI provides five key service offerings, to include candidate services, member services, research and data analytics, programming, and professional development. The office achieves its mission, vision, strategic goal, and service offerings through the tenets of service, collaboration, integrity, commitment, and belonging as core values.

SERVICE OFFERINGS

• Candidate Services: ODI serves as a trusted service that connects a representative pipeline of qualified candidates to careers in Congress.

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• Member Services: ODI serves as a trusted service that advises employing offices on available resources to help drive representation in the House workforce.

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• Research and Data Analytics: ODI examines the state of representation across the House workforce.

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• Programming: ODI enhances access to recognition and resources that help amplify the importance of representation across the House community.

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• Professional Development: ODI enhances access to learning opportunities that help educate on the role of representation across the House workforce.

CORE VALUES

• Service: ODI serves with excellence to ensure that the House community is representative of the nation.

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• Collaboration: ODI collaborates with all to be a trusted resource within the House community and beyond.

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• Integrity: ODI dedicates itself to modeling its core values with integrity in all its actions with the House workforce.

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• Commitment: ODI demonstrates an unwavering commitment to advancing representation across the House workforce by staying true to its mission and vision.

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• Belonging: ODI champions the importance of representation by helping to foster a sense of belonging across the House community.