The WTS Connecticut Diversity Committee supports diversity throughout the Chapter by working with other committees and membership to develop an environment that welcomes and supports all.  We believe that embracing the differences and similarities in our members including ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, & profession benefits both our members and the world at large. If you have ideas that you believe can help with our mission or are interested in being a part of the WTS CT Diversity Committee, please contact Kelley Kelly at [email protected].

WTS-CT Celebrates Pride Month

Pride Month is a month-long observance dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ culture, history, and visibility. Held every June, it serves as a way to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City, promote civil rights and equality, and remember those lost to hate crimes and the AIDS epidemic. 

This month, we present some resources that help us to build a better community and workplace by learning from and honoring the experiences of our LGBTQ+ colleagues. 

• Women in Transport’s podcast episode guests speak about their experiences, allyship, hopes and tell stories about how far the workplace has come.  The podcast episode may be accessed through spotify or apple podcasts here:
  • https://open.spotify.com/episode/02L9IvMbPPFM8kF73pCbLF
  • https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pride/id1729267198?i=1000644276872\

•  On our highways, the trucking industry is being creative to promote visibility – more in this article: https://urbanworldwide.com/pride-in-transportation/
•  On the rails in Chicago, visibility on their rapid transit network can be seen here: https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/02/cta-unveils-new-pride-train-design-celebration-lgbtq-pride-month

•  WTS member Eileen Della Volle, Vice President with KS Engineers, was chosen to head up a NJ Governor’s Transportation & Infrastructure Innovation Transition Team. Learn more about Eileen (and meet a few other cool leaders) here:
  • https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ks-engineers_kudos-to-our-own-eileen-della-volle-vice-activity-7399497785818980352-IGGp
  • https://www.wtsinternational.org/news/understanding-lgbtqia-history-workplace-experiences-and-allyship-transportation-industry

We’ll leave you with some tips on a simple way to respect everyone – this WTS Boston article which helps foster a more inclusive workplace: https://www.wtsinternational.org/news/dei-motion-pride-month-and-pronouns

For past resources, please see our link archive here!