Start Here: Your ERG Roadmap
This roadmap helps you move from curiosity to confident action in a steady, manageable way. You build clarity each week, practice a few core skills, and set your ERG up for civic success.
Week 1: Build Understanding
Your Goal
1
Understand the basics and feel clear about what civics means in a workplace setting.
Steps to Take
2
Complete the Build Your Civic Foundation module.
Focus on:
• What civics means
• Why civics matters at work
• How this work strengthens your ERGNote the top three insights that stood out to you.
This step helps you form your personal message as a leader.Review your company’s existing policies.
Look at employee communications guidelines, voting leave expectations, and any political neutrality guidance.Draft a simple purpose statement for your ERG’s civic work.
Example: “Our ERG supports employees with clear, nonpartisan information so they feel confident and calm during election season.”
End of the Week Feeling
3
You feel clear, steady, and aligned with your company’s expectations.
Week 2: Align with the Right Partners
Your Goal
1
Build a small circle of internal partners who keep your work safe, supported, and successful.
Steps to Take
2
Share your purpose statement with your ERG co-leads.
Invite feedback so everyone feels included.Send a short alignment note to HR, Legal, or your ERG executive sponsor.
Keep it simple: what you plan to do, how it supports culture, and how you will keep everything nonpartisan.Ask for any guidance or existing language they prefer you use.
This reduces risk and builds trust.Decide together what “success” looks like.
Example: more calm conversations, clearer information, or fewer employee questions about voting logistics.
End of the Week Feeling
3
You feel supported and know who to loop in when you have questions.
Week 3: Prepare Your Tools and Communications
Your Goal
1
Gather the materials you need so you can communicate with confidence and avoid last-minute work.
Steps to Take
2
Complete the Use Tools that Make Your Work Easier module.
Pay attention to:
• Share Messages with Ease
• Use a Simple Calendar for Election Month
• Use Templates that Support Learning and ConnectionPull the messages you want to use.
Choose the ones that feel natural for your ERG.Create your ERG’s Election Month calendar.
Keep it simple. One activity per week is enough.Prepare your “first touch” message.
Something warm, calm, and clear, such as:
“Our ERG will share simple, nonpartisan resources this month to help you feel informed and supported. No debates. No pressure. Just clarity.”Review resources and add any that your company already trusts.
End of the Week Feeling
3
You feel organized and ready to communicate in a steady, consistent way.
Week 4: Begin Leading Conversations and Support Your Group
Your Goal
1
Build confidence in facilitating calm dialogue and managing stress or tension when it appears.
Steps to Take
2
Complete the Lead Conversations that Build Trust module.
Focus on:
• How to keep conversations calm
• Ground rules that help people feel comfortable
• How to navigate discomfort
• How to support employees during political stressChoose two to three phrases that feel natural to you.
These become your go-to responses when conversations drift.Use the Parking Lot Method in one upcoming meeting.
Practice redirecting without shutting anyone down.Host one light touch activation.
Ideas:
• A five minute “Here is how to find your polling place” moment
• A short Slack post with three trusted resources
• A simple Q and A using verified linksTrack your early impact.
Capture small signals: attendance, engagement, questions, and feedback.
End of the Week Feeling
3
You feel awesome! Your ERG has clarity, calm energy, and a plan that works with real workplace demands.
30 Day Outcomes
By the end of your first month, you will have:
A clear purpose for your civic work
A small internal support network
A simple calendar and message plan
Ready to use tools and trusted resources
Conversation skills that keep your group grounded and comfortable
Early indicators of impact
