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Meeting of August 22, 2022 - Advancing Racial and Economic Justice in the Workplace

 

Panel 1

  • Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., Director, Center for Urban Studies, University at Buffalo
  • Zeneta Everhart, Community Advocate & Mother of Tops Shooting Victim
  • Garnell Whitfield, Jr. , Community Advocate & Son of Tops Shooting Victim
  • Kimberly Hayward, Hospital Worker & Lead Plaintiff in Race Discrimination Suit
  • Maureen Kielt, Director, EEOC Buffalo Local Office

Panel 2

  • Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, President and CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
  • John Somers, President and CEO, Harmac Medical Products, Inc.
  • Trina Burruss, Chief Operating Officer, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County
  • Brendan R. Mehaffy, Executive Director, City of Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning
  • Kelly Hernandez, Member of the Board of Directors, Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York

Panel 3

  • Rolanda Ward, Associate Professor and Endowed Faculty Director of the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity, and Mission, Niagara University
  • Mark Blue, President, NAACP-Buffalo
  • Thomas Beauford, Jr., President and CEO, Buffalo Urban League
  • Cindi McEachon, CEO, Peaceprints of WNY