LCB DEI Updates

• Dr. Tema Okun’s ‘White Supremacy Culture – Still Here’ discussions:
• LCB Diversity Council + LCB PEAR Team, Spring ‘22
• LCB Management Team, Fall ‘22
• Merritt D. Long’s ‘My View from the Back of the Bus’
• DEIB-related resources and mini-trainings.
• LCB Education & Enforcement Annual Training, Fall ‘22

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• LCB Diversity Council Strategic Planning, Fall ‘22
• LCB Agency Strategic Planning, November ‘22
• LCB PEAR Team…

LCB PEAR Team Members:

• Rick Garza, Agency & PEAR Team Leader
• Anita Bingham, HR
• Michelle Coleman, IT
• Samantha Guter, Communications
• Kathy Hoffman, Policy & Rules
• Doug Gibb, Licensing
• Ray McQuillion, IT
• Letty Mendez, E&E, Diversity Council
• Mary Segawa, Public Health Education
• Jim Vollendroff, Board
• Jim Weatherly, DEIB
• Tribal Liaison, VACANT
• Community Stakeholders, VACANT

• Priority 1: Complete an Equity Impact Review (EIR)
• Welcome Community Stakeholders and Tribal Liaison as LCB PEAR Team members.

Engagement & Partnerships

Workforce Equity

Public Communications & Education

• Priority 2: Equity in Jobs & Job Training
• Become an equitable, racially just, and accessible employer where every employee feels a sense of belonging.

• Priority 3: Relational Partnerships
• Review LCB communications (internally/externally) to better inform and engage with our workforce and community stakeholders statewide—and vice versa.

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