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Chair:
Clinton Young Jr.
Committee Members:
Jose Alvarado;
Lois Bronz;
George Oros;
Vito Pinto
Staff:
Brian Bochow
The goal of the Committee on Cultural and Ethnic Diversity is to cultivate the worth of every individual within the County, develop mechanisms to combat all forms of discrimination and promote mutual understanding and harmony among the County’s myriad racial, ethnic and religious groups.
The Committee works to help ensure that minority communities enjoy equal access to County services and other offerings of County Government. The Committee
exercises significant oversight responsibility in the implementation of the Human Rights Commission. Specific Committee functions may include:
- Identifying and addressing the needs of emerging communities, especially those growing at a particularly rapid rate (for example, the Latino population) or those that will emerge in greater strength over the next decade;
- Determining how well County Government communicates program/services to various minority populations;
- Creating a better relationship between municipalities and migrant day workers;
- Working with the Committee on County Officers and Departments to review the composition of Boards and Commissions to determine and ensure diversity of representation;
- Creating a Subcommittee on Educational Outreach to help instill self-worth concepts in Westchester’s minority youth;
- Working with the administration on a discrimination sensitivity training program for employees and with the Committee on Health to determine how well the health needs of minorities are being addressed;
- Monitoring County Government bidding, contracts and sub-contracts in relation to minority/women-owned businesses with respect to compliance; studying minority loan policies and practices.
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