A Newsletter for Tompkins County County Employees and Retirees
June 2007 Volume 19, Number 2 Corridors http://www.tompkins-co.org/countycorridors
Tompkins County Celebrates Diversity Celebration Launches Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Program
O n Thursday, June 14th, Tompkins County legislators, administrators and staff gathered for a noontime celebration on the Ithaca Commons to celebrate the County’s commitment to workforce diversity and inclusion.
At the event, sponsored by the county’s Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Committee (WDIC), the county’s diversity statement, unanimously adopted by the Legislature last year, was formally announced to the public, and Legislature Chair Tim Joseph presented department heads with framed copies of the diversity statement to post at county worksites. County officials served ice cream, with Legislator Mike Koplinka-Loehr the “primary scooper.”
Committing the county to action, the diversity statement, adopted by the Legislature, begins: “Tompkins County government is committed to creating a diverse and fully inclusive workplace that strengthens our organization and enhances our ability to adapt to change.” It pledges that county government will develop and maintain: