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Pictured from left: George Garcia, Joy Rich, Mary Rose Wilcox, Trux Truxon, David Smith
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The County Manager's Diversity Office held its 4th Annual Unity Day Celebration in the Board of Supervisors Auditorium on Thursday, January 24th, 2008. The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Andrew Kunasek, Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and County Manager David Smith welcomed all that attended.
This year's theme was "Many Voices, Many Faces and One Maricopa County". Lila Sherman Perez from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office sang the National Anthem, she was followed by the Cloves Campbell Elementary School Chorus Group. The Chorus director wrote a special song for the Unity Day Celebration which they performed. Following the Chorus were Rudy Barceló on trumpet from Human Services and Juan Castaneda on sax from Maricopa County Department of Transportation and a special singer Teresa Orona from Solid Waist Management. All the performances were outstanding.
Joy Rich, Assistant County Manager for Regional Development Services Agency was selected as Maricopa County Diversity Champion for 2007. Every year during the Unity Day Celebration a Diversity Champion is selected for their accomplishments. The criteria used to select a 2007 diversity champion were as follows: Workforce Diversity Score, Workforce Environmental Score on the Employee Satisfaction Survey, Completion of Annual/Semi-Annual Diversity Checklist, submitted a Diversity Action plans and awards received in the community for diversity, having active diversity councils, and active diversity coordinators at diversity coordinators meetings.
"In addition to establishing diversity plans with measurable goals, the departments have formed extremely active diversity councils that provided a proactive apporach to inclusion," said Rich. "The employees made this happen- this is their award." Joy will be the guest speaker for next year's Unity Day Celebration.