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Tompkins County panel revives Lesley McBean Clairebourne ‘Strength in Diversity’ award; forms working group to set process
Summary
The Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee voted to form a small working group to finalize nomination and selection procedures for the Lesley McBean Clairebourne Strength in Diversity Award and to reopen nominations to the community this summer.
The Tompkins County Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee on May 28 agreed to restart the Lesley McBean Clairebourne Strength in Diversity Award and to create a small working group to finalize nomination and selection procedures.
The committee chair, Veronica Pillar, who is a Tompkins County legislator and chair of the advisory committee, said the award "seeks to recognize individuals, community groups, nonprofit organizations, and businesses within the Tompkins County boundary that have demonstrated outstanding achievements" and noted the county website already contains the nomination form. "One of our goals for this year was to award it again, and more importantly, create a clear process for awarding it so that we don't have to go through a trying things from scratch thing each year," Pillar said.
The discussion reviewed problems from…
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