As the newly hired Activities and Programs Manager for the town’s community center, you have been charged with creating a diversity and awareness calendar where residents and staff can learn about a new culture, religion, or group. Your boss is asking you to share with him your ideas for any two of the months to give his feedback before he brings it to Town Council for budget approval. Using this comprehensive calendar from Truckee Community College, Diversity Awareness Calendar – Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability Office – Truckee Meadows Community College (tmcc.edu) , please pick one awareness listing (it can be a single-day or month-long event) in any two months and write five action items you would do to bring each event to fruition. For example: For Poverty in America Awareness Month (January), I plan to: 1. create a lobby billboard with stats on poverty in Montgomery County 2. purchase large trash can to use for lobby food donation bin 3. encourage staff to contribute to United Way workplace donation campaign 4. remind staff that they can take the public bus to work twice a week instead of driving their cars 5. spotlight direct-care human services jobs at local homeless shelter for agency interns
