CELEBRATING WHAT MAKES US H.U.M.A.N.
McKinley is committed to partnering with stakeholders to promote, cultivate, and facilitate diversity and inclusion efforts. Within our communities, our agency strives to be a champion in embracing diversity, promoting equity and fostering inclusion.
In order to show our commitment to DEI, McKinley has established our first ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Liaison to heIp ensure that our conversations surrounding equality, equity, and inclusion turn into action.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
HOW OUR H.U.M.A.N.
PRINCIPLES RELATE TO DIVERSITY EQUALITY & INCLUSION AT MCKINLEY
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With hope, we can make the choice to change behavior that will aid in reaching our goals and achieving our greatest dreams.
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With understanding, we can make the conscious decision to listen to embrace the stories of individuals to maintain, create better and completely new diversity and inclusion strategies.
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With morality, we can cultivate an environment based off diversity and inclusion strategies that ensure everyone is being treated with kindness and respect.
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Celebrating what is awesome and highlighting what is unique to individuals creates a space for alternative and creative diversity and inclusion strategies to emerge.
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Within a nurturing environment, individuals can trust that McKinley will promote diversity and inclusion strategies with sensitivity and for the betterment of creating healthy relationships at McKinley.
HOW OUR H.U.M.A.N. PRINCIPLES RELATE TO DIVERSITY EQUALITY & INCLUSION AT MCKINLEY
- With hope, we can make the choice to change behavior that will aid in reaching our goals and achieving our greatest dreams.
- With understanding, we can make the conscious decision to listen to embrace the stories of individuals to maintain, create better and completely new diversity and inclusion strategies.
- With morality, we can cultivate an environment based off diversity and inclusion strategies that ensure everyone is being treated with kindness and respect.
- Celebrating what is awesome and highlighting what is unique to individuals creates a space for alternative and creative diversity and inclusion strategies to emerge.
- Within a nurturing environment, individuals can trust that McKinley will promote diversity and inclusion strategies with sensitivity and for the betterment of creating healthy relationships at McKinley.
PAST EVENTS
Tyler Fiddyment
Happy Hannukkah
Happy Kwanzza
Merry Christmas
EVENTS
Juneteenth
Event
Event
June 24th, 2021
A fantastic day with our Adult and Older Adult Full Service Partnership (FSP) team discussing Juneteenth!
Pride Day
Event
Event
June 23rd, 2021
An event to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and culture at McKinley.
Women’s Equity Lunch
June 9th, 2021
Our monthly Women’s Equity Lunches bring together women of McKinley & help create equity through building networks, connection, skill sets & confidence.
UPCOMING EVENTS
January 4, 2023 | World Braille Day
World Braille Day on January 4 is celebrated to honor the birth of Braille’s inventor, Louis Braille. Braille’s gift to the world has brightened the lives of millions of people around the world who are blind or visually impaired, and they benefit from his work every day. The day also acknowledges that those with visual impairments deserve the same standard of human rights as everyone else.
January 6, 2023 | Epiphany
Epiphany, commonly known as Three Kings’ Day in the United States, is on January 6. It celebrates the three wise men’s visit to baby Jesus and also remembers his baptism, according to the Christian Bible’s events. The United States (US) Virgin Islands observe the day as a public holiday.
January 16, 2023 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Day honors the life of a fighter for racial justice and equality. It celebrates this equality in a society that he dreamed to become color-blind. He stood up to make a difference for every race. His words spoke for every nationality, to feel no segregation.
VIDEOS
BRIA MASON
(She/Her/Hers)
Diversity and Inclusion Liaison
MARIO GALLEGOS
(He/Him/His)
SVP of Quality Improvement
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