Crossposted from the DES Express

The Black/African Women’s Affinity Group, co-chaired by DES’s own Miesha Vaughn, Tort Claims Investigator in Risk Management, and by Ebony Frazier, EIB Manager in the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD), recently released a report with the Wright Resource Group, “An examination of the experiences of Black women employees at King County.”

From the Executive Summary:

“The purpose of the project is to understand the current state of Black Women employed at King County and to provide recommendations to address possible inequities and promote a healthy workplace culture that supports an intersectional demographic that is often not fully incorporated into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or Equity and Social Justice Initiatives. Read more.