Rocket Inclusion & Diversity

Rocket supports veteran team members through communities designed to make the transition from military service into the workplace more welcoming and connected. Programs such as Team Paladin and the Veteran Network can give veterans access to colleagues with shared experiences and a sense of community from their first day.

“I'd be lying if I said I wasn't expecting to have to rebuild something from scratch. Most of us do coming out of the service. You prepare yourself to translate, to explain, to smooth the edges of 20 years so you fit somewhere new. That preparation turned out to be mostly unnecessary. The community was there. Team Paladin and the Veteran Network made sure of that on day one.”

Rocket’s TMRN Perspective community creates resources and programming designed to strengthen LGBTQ+ inclusion while recognizing that employees’ identities and experiences can overlap in different ways. Its efforts include workplace “coming out” resources for employees and leaders, ally education and events that elevate transgender, nonbinary, Black LGBTQ+ and other perspectives.

“In the past year, TMRN Perspective has dedicated a particular focus to promoting and exploring the ways that intersectionality relates to our community and how intersectionality can benefit our team and our company. For those who don’t know, intersectionality is the way oppression and discrimination impacts various overlapping identities (like race, sexuality, gender, etc.). We’ve created guidebooks with educational and policy resources for team members ‘coming out’ at work as well as for leaders to help them support LGBTQ+ team members.

We also hold educational events to raise awareness and sensitivity for issues affecting different facets of our community and for allies to add to their toolkit of resources to support their LGBTQ+ friends.

Some of my personal favorite events from the past year include:

• Our annual ‘coming out’ celebration.
• A joint event with TMRN United! to explore the intersectionality of the Black and LGBTQ+ experience.
• 2 great panel events:
  • 1 uplifting transgender and nonbinary voices.
  • Another focused on hearing from forerunners and trailblazers in the LGBTQ+ community.”