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