10/14/2005
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Mayor seeking nominations of local businesses for excellence in workplace diversity
INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor Bart Peterson is asking for nominations of local businesses and organizations who have excellent records in workforce diversity, opportunities for diversity education and communication within the organization, community activities that encourage diversity in the community and leadership in developing supportive strategies throughout the organization.
The deadline for nominations has been extended to Wednesday, October 19. A nomination form can be found online at /eGov/Mayor/Diversity/Diversity_Award/home.htm.
Winners will be selected by a committee convened by the Mayor based on nomination forms submitted by businesses and organizations, and meetings held with nominees' representatives. Winners will be announced at a luncheon in January 2006.
The Mayor's Celebration of Diversity Awards recognize employers who understand that we succeed as a community when we focus on everyone's attributes, including race, religion, culture and background, and abilities within the workplace and in the community. It is an outgrowth of his January 2000 Summit on Race Relations, which brought together more than 900 Indianapolis residents to bridge the gaps that sometimes exist between people of different races, religions and backgrounds. The summit received a national "Best Practices" Award as a model for the rest of the nation to follow.
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