BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In
anticipation of the United Nations' World Day for Cultural
Diversity for Dialogue and Development, Level 3 Communications
(NYSE: LVLT) is hosting its own weeklong celebration recognizing
the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Level
3's Diversity and Inclusion Week is set to the theme of "Minds Wide
Open" and runs May 15-19. The week
will feature a variety of speakers, stories highlighting employee
diversity and how that diversity has affected employees for the
better, and the distribution of Level 3's second annual Diversity
and Inclusion Report.
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Key Facts:
- Level 3's Diversity and Inclusion Week is a precursor to the
United Nations' World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and
Development, which takes place Sunday, May
21.
- Level 3 will host three separate global events for
employees:
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- "Gender Identity and Transgender Diversity in the Workplace,"
delivered by Ryan Sallans, a
world-renowned public speaker, diversity trainer, consultant, and
author specializing in health care, campus inclusion and workplace
issues impacting the transgender community, and the Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ)
community.
- "Veteran Panel Discussion," sponsored by Level 3's Veterans
Employee Resource Group (VERG) that will feature former military
personnel discussing their experiences when joining the service,
what they learned while there, issues they faced when they left and
the transition to a corporate environment.
- "Unconscious (or Implicit) Bias Discussion," a workshop aimed
at helping Level 3 employees understand their personal biases that
can have negative consequences in the workplace.
- Level 3 released its second annual Diversity and Inclusion
Report, which provides an inside look at the company's efforts to
advance diversity and inclusion principles.
- Level 3 employs nearly 13,000 employees across six
continents.
- More than 24 percent of Level 3 employees take part in Employee
Resource Groups, where members can connect and share with their
colleagues who may have similar interests and challenges. Groups
include: Women, Veterans, Millennial Minds, LGBT, Latinos, Friends
(employees with disabilities/illness/chronic pain), Global
Community, Predictive Analytics and Decision Science and People
Managers.
Key Quote:
Mary Beth
McGrath, Senior Vice President of Global Talent Management,
Level 3
"Level 3 is committed to embracing different
cultures and perspectives. This year, our theme for Diversity and
Inclusion Week is "Minds Wide Open," where we also focus on being
broad-minded in hearing others' views, thinking beyond our borders,
whether geographic, mental or otherwise, and by inspecting our
biases as they pertain to race, gender, sexual preference and the
like."
Additional Resources:
- View Level 3's Diversity and Inclusion Report
- Watch Mary Beth McGrath, SVP of Global Talent Management,
discuss Level 3's Diversity and Inclusion Week.
For more information on Level 3's advanced network and service
offerings, visit www.level3.com.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications,
Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local,
national and global communications services to enterprise,
government and carrier customers. Level 3's comprehensive portfolio
of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure
solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area
Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and
cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500
markets in over 60 countries across a global services platform
anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected
by extensive undersea facilities. For more information, please
visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
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Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements
made in this press release are forward-looking in nature and are
based on management's current expectations or beliefs. These
forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and
are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside Level 3's control, which could cause actual
events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
statements. Important factors that could prevent Level 3 from
achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to, the
company's ability to: increase revenue from its services to realize
its targets for financial and operating performance; develop and
maintain effective business support systems; manage system and
network failures or disruptions; avert the breach of its network
and computer system security measures; develop new services that
meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; manage the
future expansion or adaptation of its network to remain
competitive; defend intellectual property and proprietary rights;
manage risks associated with continued uncertainty in the global
economy; manage continued or accelerated decreases in market
pricing for communications services; obtain capacity for its
network from other providers and interconnect its network with
other networks on favorable terms; successfully integrate future
acquisitions; effectively manage political, legal, regulatory,
foreign currency and other risks it is exposed to due to its
substantial international operations; mitigate its exposure to
contingent liabilities; and meet all of the terms and conditions of
its debt obligations. Additional information concerning these and
other important factors can be found within Level 3's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this press
release should be evaluated in light of these important factors.
Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such
obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
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