Team
Mission The mission of the CCE Diversity and Inclusion Professional
Development Team is to assist the CCE system in meeting local, statewide,
and national diversity goals related to: workforce diversity, diversification
of audiences and program delivery, and full and influential participation
of diverse constituents. We do this through developing and/or accessing
professional development opportunities that promote greater understanding
of differences and increase diversity management skills in support
of current CCE diversity initiatives.
Values The
work of the CCE Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development
Team is guided by the following
shared
values
and beliefs of our members:
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Diversity
initiatives are key to the future success of CCE in carrying
out its mission.
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CCE
has an important leadership role modeling equitable practices
throughout
the organization to help New York communities move toward
pluralism.
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All
individuals have the right to mutual respect and acceptance by
others without biases based on differences of any
kind.
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Full
and meaningful participation of diverse persons among our current
and potential staff, volunteers, stakeholders
and participants
is essential.
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Efforts
to promote respect, dignity, fairness, equality, and self-esteem
and equitable treatment are needed in order to
eliminate discrimination in all its forms at all organizational levels, throughout
all programs.
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Increased
self-awareness, understanding of self, and continuous growth
are key building blocks for diversity initiatives.
Vision The vision of the CCE Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development
Team is to be a valued, essential resource to the CCE system in supporting
and sustaining efforts that establish the system as a productive,
effective, and relevant organization serving as a role model for
a pluralistic society. It is our aim to assist CCE in becoming an
employer of choice that offers essential programs for diverse constituents
through genuine partnerships.
Methods A variety of strategies will be used to address the likely
broad range of professional development needs that emerge.
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Serving as a resource to CCE ad hoc diversity-related implementation
teams through direct membership or consultation (such as
the current “Welcoming
Environments” pilot program team).
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Actively
networking with diversity-related groups on campus and elsewhere
to
identify common interests and available resources.
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Monitoring
and communicating professional development resources and
opportunities through maintenance of a current website
and occasional system announcements and communications.
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Identifying
and recommending external professional development opportunities
for funding support
by Extension Administration.
(Current examples are “Opening Doors” and the apprenticeship
program of the NYS Migrant Program.)
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Initiating
targeted professional development opportunities in support
of CCE initiatives.
Membership The
team is an “affinity group” formed under advisement
of the CCE Diversity Specialist and numbering about 12 persons from
on and off campus within CCE and among our collaborators. Current
members include:
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Lynette
Chappell-Williams, Director, Cornell Office of Office of Workforce
Diversity, Equity & Life Quality lc75@cornell.edu
- Audrey
Cooper, Extension Educator, CCE Tompkins County ajc39@cornell.edu
- Gwendolyn
Alden Dean, Coordinator, Cornell LGBT Resource Center gd35@cornell.edu
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Mike
Duttweiler,
CCE Assistant Director, Program and Professional Development mwd1@cornell.edu
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Deborah
Grantham, CCE
Assistant Director, Environment and Natural Resources
and Sr. Extension Associate, Crop and Soil Sciences
dgg3@cornell.edu
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- Pillar
Parra, Research Associate, Division of Nutritional Sciences pap2@cornell.edu
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