Civil Rights and Other Issues

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Civil Rights and Other Issues
A presentation for Oklahoma Cooperative Extension
Service
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Todays Topics

• Civil Rights Laws
• Equal Employment
• Affirmative Action
• Your Role
• Educator, CED, Support Staff

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OCES Commitment

• Committed to Full Compliance With
• Civil Rights Laws the spirit and intent
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Affirmative Action
• Required by Law
• It is the right thing to do!

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Overview of CR Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI, VII
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
• Age Discrimination Act of 1967
• Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 503 and 504
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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Equal Employment Opportunity

• Right to be judged on basis of relevant
  education, training, skills, experience and
  performance.

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Affirmative Action

• Extra efforts to counteract past and present
  discrimination in employment and program
  delivery.
• Women, Blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics,
  Asians, Veterans, Disabilities

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Commitment to Inclusion of All Persons!

• We are not required to change standards of
  selection or performance.
• Extension provides assistance only to those
  organizations that do no exclude any person from
  membership.
• Notify organizations every 2 years concerning
  regulations related to non-discriminatory
  practices.

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Congress Enacted Laws
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Non-discrimination

• Employment
• Also includes professional development or
  training
• opportunities
• Programs

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What Can You Do?
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Programming

• All reasonable efforts to identify and reach
  underserved groups mass media, personal visits,
  newsletters, etc.
• Determine potential audience

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Its a continual team effort to document and
maintain files
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CED Responsibilities

• Follow laws
• Educate staff
• Encourage staff involvement team effort
  succeeds
• Plan ahead
• Respond, be pro-active
• Document, document, document
• Compliance reviews

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Documentation

• Civil Rights Files Required items
• Non-discrimination Statement
• Paid Announcements must include
• Articles weave into text
• Flyers must include

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Public Notification

• Take action to keep all eligible program
  recipients informed
• Announcements/Publications
• Photographs
• Attendees
• Organizations
• Contacts
• . . . And Justice For All posters

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Recruitment and Hiring

• Position description
• Advertisement
• Review applications
• Interview
• Hire the best candidate
• New employee paperwork
• Follow-up with documentation