Our Goals

• To promote equity within the College
• To achieve diversity in the race/ethnicity and gender of the College workforce
• To strive for a climate free of sexual and racial harassment and bigotry
• To educate the College community on equal employment opportunity/affirmative action principle
• To ensure accessibility and accommodation to individuals with disabilities             

What We Do

• Seek to eliminate all discrimination within the College community
• Develop and coordinate equal employment opportunity and affirmative action policies and procedures
• Promote equity within the College
• Investigate and resolve internal discrimination complaints
• Coordinate processing of discrimination complaints with federal, state and local agencies
• Prepare reports for College officials and government agencies
• Provide and sponsor educational programs on affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, nondiscrimination, diversity and related issues
• Promote and monitor progress in meeting the College's affirmative action commitments
• Serve as a College-wide resource in matters related to affirmative action and equal employment opportunity
• Promote and monitor progress on goals for female and minority faculty and staff
• Serve as the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator in compliance with appropriate regulations
• Provide quality service to all departments in developing and attaining their affirmative action commitments

Our Staff

Leila E. Lawrence
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & Title IX Coordinator
llawrence@ccp.edu