It is critical to look at the baseline on diversity, how people's attitudes and values are centered around diversity issues. Leslie Dare, Assistant Officer of Equal Opportunity Leslie Dare shared two program opportunities. This opportunity is sponsored by the Wake County YWCA and the League of Women Voters. People in the community sign up to participate and are matched with other people. A group of 8-10 people will meet once a week for 5 weeks for about 2 hours.
Participants look at race and ethnic issues with people from the community.
The next scheduled Study Circle will be held some time in September. There are weekend and evening hours to accommodate most work schedules. This is a joint effort between the Office of Equal Opportunity, Human Resources and the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Services. This is a year long program. The Institute is designed to give participants more detailed understanding of equal opportunity issues in the areas of harassment, diversity, cultures, protected classes, etc.