The Investigative Process

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Its About Opportunity
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Our Vision

• Committed to leading the way as a resource
• by making a difference to all citizens,
• employees and visitors in the City of
• Gainesville

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Our Mission

• Comprehensive office ensuring equal opportunity
  and equal access to employment, housing, public
  accommodations and credit within the Gainesville
  city limits and to City of Gainesville employees
  without regard to individuals gender, race,
  religion, national origin, marital status, sexual
  orientation, color, age, disability or gender
  identity.

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Proactive Measures to Prevent Discrimination

• Conduct internal harassment and discrimination
  training.
• Conduct external harassment and discrimination
  training.
• Conduct specifically requested (or suggested)
  departmental training.
• Conduct annual housing discrimination training.

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Enforcement and Resolution of Cases

• What happens when a citizen/employee requests our
  assistance?
• Intake process involves listening and clarifying
• Initial counseling to frame the issues
• Fact-finding investigation
• Reporting findings and follow-up
• HRB
• Charter Officers

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Community Presence

• Regularly attend monthly meetings of community
  organizations.
• Regularly meet with community leaders.
• Regularly attend and exhibit at community-wide
  events.

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Affirmative Action SBE Programs

• Develop and monitor the Affirmative Action Plan
  which includes reviewing goals, and providing
  assistance and feedback to hiring managers for
  maximum effort at diversifying workforce.
• Implement programs and events for compliance with
  SBE/SBPP programs, especially for women and
  minority-owned business create small business
  registries and provide assistance and feedback to
  purchasing managers and small/minority businesses.

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Community Relations

• Regularly coordinate and sponsor programming that
  addresses needs and interests of various segments
  of the community.
• Dismantling Racism (Award Winning!)
• Film Series Study Circles Action Forums
• ADA Expo
• Fair Housing Month
• Gainesville Enrichment Mentoring (GEM) Program
• Youth Summit
• Career Fair
• Employment Law Seminar

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Diversity Initiatives

• Biennial Diversity Awareness Training
• Communicate diversity facts via Hodgepodge
• Communicate diversity facts and programming via
  website
• Sponsor cultural diversity programs such as
  dialogue, dinners, etc.

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Communications

• Newsletter
• Website
• Facebook
• EO public service announcements
• EO Mailing list
• Rapport with media sources

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Research

• Maintain competent data and monitor trends on
  discrimination in the city of Gainesville, the
  State of Florida and the United States.
• Regularly inform the public of discrimination
  statistics and trends.
• Regularly inform the public of the status of
  Gainesvilles youth, minorities, and
  underprivileged.

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[phone]www.gainesvilleequalopportunity.or
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