LDI Speaker Session #4 – “Equality, Cultural Competencies and Leadership”
Keith Hunt, Chief Diversity Officer, State of Delaware - “Diversity and Inclusion in the State of Delaware, How Do We Look and What Are Our Challenges?” Maria Matos, President & CEO, Latin American Community Center - “Shaping Long Term Advocacy into a Seat at the Public Policy Table.” John McNeal, Director, State Council for Persons with Disabilities “Delawareans with Disabilities, the Opportunities and Challenges They Face Over 30 years After the Americans with Disabilities Act.” Logan Herring, CEO, Kingswood Community Center, REACH Riverside, The Warehouse - “We WRK Together – The Thanksgiving Mode.” Beatrice “Bebe” Coker, Community Activist; Founding Director, Black Heritage Educational/ Theater Group; Playwright, Poet, and Lyricist - “Before, During, and After: Brown v. Board of Education; Desegregation.” Melanie Ross Levin, Director, Office of Women's Advancement & Advocacy, State of Delaware - “We Have Come A Long Way Since the Suffrage Movement, and Still a Long Way to Go.” Sen. Ernesto B. Lopez, Delaware Senator, District 6 - “How to Navigate Legislative Policy as a Minority in the Minority Caucus…Bravely.”