AiM: Abilities in Motion
Providing networking, education, and resources for individuals who live with or care for someone with physical, neurological, or mental health challenged.
Ignite is an interactive career exploration program designed to develop and advance diverse talent into more senior roles at the bank. Each Ignite participant is provided with a Certified Career Coach and also an Executive Sponsor to introduce the participant to key decision makers and coordinate interviews for career advancement, where applicable.
Bank of the West collaborated with Women Back to Work to launch a new “Women Back to Work Returnship.” The Returnship program encourages the return of women professionals back into the workforce after having experienced gaps in their employment. The first cohort kicked-off with a small group of “Returners” beginning their 4 month journey, with the goal of all returners converting to full-time employment with the Bank. Learn more.
In a “Shecession to Shecovery” panel session, senior Bank leaders discussed the personal impact of a global pandemic, and covered how the situation has affected mothers, senior-level female leaders, and women of color most drastically. Panelists shared specific actions companies and leaders can take to recover lost ground caused by the more than 2.5 million women who left the workforce in 2020 and 2021.
At Bank of the West we celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride year round. Our PRIDE Resource Group and marketing team support local Pride celebrations in communities including San Francisco, Long Beach, Merced, Denver, Omaha, Phoenix, Portland, Fargo, Sheridan, and Tulsa. Additionally, in San Francisco, the Bank is a long-time sponsor of the Frameline Film Festival, the longest-running, largest, and most widely recognized queer film exhibition event in the world.
We teamed up with one of the leading microfinance organizations in the United States—Grameen America. The Bank, along with BNP Paribas, invests in Grameen America's programs in New York and California to offer micro-loans to low-income women operating over 12,000 businesses. In 2019, we became the first corporation to help Grameen launch a micro-lending branch in Fresno, California.
Bank of the West is the only bank to collaborate with NASDAQ’s Entrepreneurial Center. Through this relationship, we not only support the full community with participation in their Learn-Ins, but we also sponsor women entrepreneurs in the Milestone Makers program, who have run companies ranging from Fintech to fashion.
Bank of the West and Ulule, an impact crowdfunding platform, are helping women entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successes. In 2019 and 2020, entrepreneurs applied for the Act for Impact program to receive business coaching. Through a series of business pitch competitions, a jury of business leaders, including Bank of the West executives listened and selected winners for a grant to help entrepreneurs achieve their dream.
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