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An important message from the
GAMALIEL
Inclusion and Racial Equity Task Force
The Gamaliel Foundation Board
has charged this Task Force to assess what Gamaliel needs to do to
assure inclusion and racial equity in the network.
Marty Sanchez, CRI; Ponsella Hardaway, African American
Organizers;
Ann Smith, Gamaliel President, Rev. John Welch, AALC; john powell,
Kirwan Institute, Rev. Kevin Turman, Council of President. Rev. Susan
Gaeta, Gamaliel National Clergy Caucus; Rev. Ralph Newell,
International Leadership Assembly, Ana Garcia-Ashley, Latino Organizers.
Not
pictured: Mike Kruglik, Metro Equity; Angela James, Joint Territories, Mary
Gruber, NTOSAKE and Rev. Don Burton, Gamaliel Director of Communication
The Task Force has selected the
following consultants to assist them with this assessment.
They include:
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MARGARET M. CAMARENA |
Margaret Camarena has served
in senior management positions at educational and research
institutions for the past 10 years, and has over 25 years of
experience conducting research and evaluation studies in the
areas of education/training, employment, health, substance
abuse/mental health prevention and treatment, housing and
workforce development. Her experience encompasses a range
of responsibilities that includes all aspects of managing
research, evaluation, and R&D projects. She currently serves as
the Director of the Social Science Research Center at Old
Dominion University. MORE |
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Melissa
Giraud |
Melissa Giraud is a radio producer, media
consultant, youth organizer and immigrant rights advocate in
Columbus, Ohio. She was an NPR producer in Washington, D.C. for
six years. Along for the Ride, an experimental radio and
Web series, which she co-conceived and produced, is among the
major programs she worked on. The series aired on All Things
Considered in 2001-2002. The purpose of the program was to
recruit and coach a young, diverse group of experimental
reporters MORE |
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Idelisse
Malavé |
Idelisse Malavé is an attorney who has
litigated civil rights cases with the Puerto Rican Legal
Defense and Education Fund, represented people of color in small
businesses and women in divorces in a small private practice,
and served as Vice President of the Ms. Foundation for Women for
six years. For the past 11 years she has been Executive
Director of the Tides Foundation, where her duties included
interviewing staff and grantees and running focus groups,
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Mary
McGirl |
Mary McGirl’s career encompasses that of
social worker, program development specialist, court visitor and
consultant. She has extensive interviewing experience,
especially with diverse populations. She has worked as a
consultant for the Kirwan Institute, most recently assisting
with interviews for projects in the Cleveland area. She was
employed in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area by public, private,
for profit, and not for profit organizations. In direct service
work with mental health
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Shaun L.
Tucker |
Shaun Tucker
has worked to increase the civic participation of Ohio's
African-American and faith communities for the past decade.
He has presented workshops at the West Ohio Conference of the
United Methodist Church’s annual conference and has organized
voting rights forums and workshops for the Cleveland Southern
Christian Leadership Conference. Currently he organizes
pastors to participate in lobbying visits to the Ohio
Statehouse. He is a lobbyist and community organizer for
nationally recognized organizations specializing in voting
rights....
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The task force and the assessment
team are
moving quickly to complete the
design of the survey
instrument. They are testing the questions. The final revisions will be
completed by October 30th. They need input from the Gamaliel Network.
Your comments will assist the
task force
and the assessment team in
completing the survey instrument.
Just as the Gamaliel Network was invited to comment
on the
Process Planning Committee's Report (USE BACK
BUTTON TO RETURN HOME),
members of the network were invited to comment on draft questions for the
assessment instrument. The questions are being revised on the basis of
test interviews and your comments.
Some of those who were interviewed in the test believed they could have
improved their input if they had been able to review the questions. The
revised questions are posted here for your review before the
interview.
Click here
to prepare for you interview by reading the questions.
Questions and Concerns may be addressed to the
Task Force through
Ann Smith
by
Clicking
here,
or by calling 312-357-2639 or 888-812-5831.
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