MU Extension
Civil Rights Training
for FNEP
August 29, 2012
Extension’s Commitment
to Diversity
Vision
• It is the vision of University of Missouri Extension and
Lincoln University Cooperative Extension that
everyone has access to, and participates in, an
educational system where all people can achieve
their full potential.
Extension’s Commitment
to Diversity
Mission
• It is the mission of MU Extension and LU Cooperative
Extension, working in partnership with the people in
Missouri, to provide relevant, responsive, and
reliable programs to all.
Through diversity efforts,
MU Extension seeks to:
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Increase Workforce Diversity
Improve Workplace Climate
Ensure Relevant Programs
Expand Audiences
Provide Professional Development
Offer Recognition and Awards
Ensure Compliance
Some Key Civil Rights Laws that
Guide Our Behavior
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/print_friendly.php?flash=true&page=transcript&d
oc=97&title=Transcript+of+Civil+Rights+Act+%281964%29
• Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972
http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm
• Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted
Programs, 7CFR-15, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2001title7-vol1/content-detail.html
• USDA DR 4330-2, Nondiscrimination in
Programs and Activities Receiving Federal
Financial Assistance - http://www.usda.gov/da/43302.pdf#search='usda%20dr%2043302’
• The ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/q%26aeng02.htm
• Age Discrimination Act of 1967 or 1975, 42
USC 601 et.seq. http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm
How do we carry out
our responsibilities?
Civil Rights File
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Civil Rights Checklist
Civil Rights Laws
Employee and Council Information
Sample Brochures
Affirmative Action Plans and Reports
List of EEO Counselors
LEP Plan
ADA Accessibility Review
• University of Missouri Cooperative Extension
Affirmative Action Plan
http://extension.missouri.edu/staff/documents/EEO/Affirmative%20Employment
%20Plan%20Revised%201-2005.pdf
• University of Missouri Extension and Lincoln
University Cooperative Extension Strategic
Plan for Diversity
http://extension.missouri.edu/staff/documents/EEO/DivStrategicPlan2010.pdf
• Civil Rights Internal Compliance Reviews
http://extension.missouri.edu/webapps
Internal Civil Rights Compliance
Review By AA Director
• Review of CPD Civil Rights Responsibilities
• Review of Civil Rights Files
• RD Onsite Visit Report
http://extension.missouri.edu/staff/documents/EEO/RDICRForm.pdf
• Accurate Reporting
• Statewide Programming Summary
http://extension.missouri.edu/staff/documents/EEO/ExtensionFY11Contacts.pdf
• AAEEO ADA Update
• Fragrance Free, Training, Inclusive Workplace
2012
Onsite Visit by RD
• Signage
• AA Plans
• AA Reports
• Processes for Capturing Demographics
• All Reasonable Efforts
Upon which requirements
should you focus?
Public Notification Requirements
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“And Justice for All” Poster
Newsletters
News Releases
Program Brochures
Correspondence
– non-discrimination clause
– stereotyping/discrimination in illustrations
• Mailing Lists
Approved
Non-Discrimination Statement
University of Missouri Extension provides equal opportunity to all
participants in extension programs and activities, and for all
employees and applicants for employment on the basis of
their demonstrated ability and competence without
discrimination on the basis of their race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or status as
a protected veteran.
An equal opportunity/ADA institution
http://extension.missouri.edu/staff/EEO/index.html
Program Discrimination
Complaint Information
To file a program complaint you may contact any of
the following:
University of Missouri
– MU Extension AA/EEO Office, 109 F. Whitten Hall,
Columbia, MO 65211
– MU Human Resources Office, 1095 Virginia Avenue,
Room 101, Columbia, MO 65211
USDA
– Office of Civil Rights, Director, Room 326-W, Whitten
Building, 14th and Independence Ave., SW,
Washington, DC 20250-9410
Program Requirements
Reasonable Accommodation
• Mass Media
• Large Font
• Personal Letters and
Circulars
• Accessible Location
• Interpreter
• Personal Visits
• Listening Devices
• Individualized
Approaches
• Translations
• Bilingual Staff
Reaching Out to Diverse Audiences
• Alejandra Gudino
Limited English Proficiency Plan
Each Region has developed a plan to ensure that
those with limited English proficiency have
access to Extension programs. Must consider:
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Number and proportion of LEP persons
Frequency of contact
Nature and importance of program
Available resources and costs
Affirmative Action Planning &
Demographic Information
http://extension.missouri.edu/webapps
Statewide Program “Reach”
MU Extension Statewide Program Delivery Data
July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011
Total Number Educational Contacts = 1,120,236 through Direct and Indirect Educational Contacts
Percent of Missouri Population Reached by Ethnicity
White
Black
Asian
Native American
Pacific Islander
Two or More Races
Unknown
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic
Male
Female
Gender Not Reported
% Reached by
% Missouri Population
Extension
85.37%
85.42%
8.36%
11.49%
0.61%
1.30%
0.44%
0.46%
0.48%
0.00%
1.29%
3.45%
2.75%
97.25%
47.25%
52.56%
0.19%
0.00%
0.00%
2.58%
97.42%
48.60%
51.40%
0.00%
Statewide Program “Reach”
Direct Contacts by
Program Area
Program Area
Ag & Natural Resources
Human Environmental
Services
Business Development
Community Development
4-H Youth Development
Total Reached Break
Down
Program Area
Ag & Natural Resources
Human Environmental
Services
Business Development
Community
Development
4-H Youth Development
Total Reached Break
Down
Total
Native
Pacific
2 or
White
%
Black
% Asian %
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% Unknown %
Reached
Amer.
Isl.
More
99,518 91,054 91.50%
972 0.98% 328 0.33%
416 0.42%
165 0.17% 129 0.13%
6,454 6.49%
282,630 242,400 85.77% 26,236 9.28% 1,686 0.60%
38,930 31,145 80.00% 4,002 10.28% 814 2.09%
30,861 26,315 85.27% 1,313 4.25% 239 0.77%
717 0.25%
797 2.05%
110 0.36%
947 0.34% 5,659 2.00%
68 0.17%
0 0.00%
91 0.29% 237 0.77%
4,985 1.76%
2,104 5.40%
2,556 8.28%
146,507 120,002 81.91% 17,516 11.96%
574 0.39% 1,626 1.11% 1,688 1.15%
4,545 3.10%
598,446 510,916 85.37% 50,039 8.36% 3,623 0.61% 2,614 0.44% 2,897 0.48% 7,713 1.29%
20,644 3.45%
Female
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42,382 42.59%
Male
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556 0.38%
Unknown
Gender
%
Hispanic
57,076
57.35%
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0.06%
657
157,275 55.65% 125,239
17,341 44.54% 20,686
44.31%
53.14%
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0.04%
2.32%
13,505
66,268
43.76%
45.23%
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0.03%
0.04%
314,522 52.56% 282,774
47.25%
1,150
17,348 56.21%
80,176 54.73%
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0.66%
Not
Hispanic
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98,861
99.34%
9,350
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3.31% 273,280
2.29% 38,038
96.69%
97.71%
1,726
3,815
5.59% 29,135
2.60% 142,692
94.41%
97.40%
0.19% 16,440
2.75% 582,006
97.25%
Statewide Program “Reach”
Indirect Contacts by Program Area
Ag & Natural Resources
Human Environmental Services
Business Development
Community Development
4-H Youth Development
Total Reported Indirect Contacts
Total Direct & Indirect Contacts by Program Area
Ag & Natural Resources
Human Environmental Services
Business Development
Community Development
4-H Youth Development
Total Reported Direct & Indirect Contacts
Total Reached
160,392
139,433
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67,000
154,449
521,790
Total Reached
259,910
422,063
39,446
97,861
300,956
1,120,236
Your Protections
Filing an EEO Complaint
• Regional EEO Counselors
• MU Extension
– AA/EEO Office, 109 F. Whitten Hall, Columbia, MO
65211
– MU Equity Office, S303 Memorial Union,
Columbia, MO 65211
• USDA
– Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W,
Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Ave.,
SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410
EEO Counselors
Julie Middleton
Don Miller
Deborah Whiston
AA/EEO Officer and
Director of Organizational Development
Columbia, MO 65203
Human Development Specialist
St. Joseph, MO 64507
Human Environmental
Sciences Specialist
Kahoka, MO 63445
Dennis Minzes
Palma Crass
4-H Youth Specialist
Greenville, MO 63944
Angela Fletcher
Community Development Specialist
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Julianne Royse
Human Development Specialist
Ava, MO 65608
FNP/EFNEP
CM Regional Coordinator
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Sharen Hunt
Jody Squires
4-H Youth Specialist
Platte City, MO 64079
Urban Youth Specialist
St. Louis, MO 63108
Kathryn Macomber
Georgia Stuart-Simmons
Business Specialist
Lamar, MO 64759
Community Development Specialist
Warrensburg, MO 64093
MU Equity Office
http://equity.missouri.edu/
Resources
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EAP Program
Center for Dispute Resolution
Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative
MU HR Office
LGBT Program
Office of Disability Services
Coordinator of Programs and Services for
People with Disabilities
Professional Development
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Sexual Harassment Training
Prevention of Employment Discrimination
UM Learn Site
eXtension Professional Development
ISE
– Fragrance Free Environments
– Inclusive Workplace
Civility Campaign
• Show Me Respect: Promoting Civility at the
University of Missouri
Life Is a Relational Experience:
Civility in the Age of Google
P.M. Forni, author of Choosing Civility, will
speak on the topic of civility in the age of
Google. Books will be available for purchase.
7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012
Jesse Wrench Auditorium
Memorial Union (South)
Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored
by the Office of the Provost and Chancellor's
Diversity Initiative.
What Can You Do?
• Take time at your program retreat to talk
about the ways incivility affects faculty or
staff
• Encourage recognition of civility:
Thank a Tiger or give high-fives when you see
random acts of kindness.
• Have a dedicated “Civility Moment” at your
regular meetings.
What Can You Do?
• Form a task force to develop plans for your
unit’s civility efforts.
• Learn how to intervene when you see
instances of bullying or harassment.
• Check out the “Show Me Respect” website to
see what other people are doing.
• Other ideas?
Questions?
Your Turn
1. How can we increase workforce diversity?
2. How might we improve the workforce
climate?
3. What ideas do you have for expanding the
civility campaign in your program unit?
4. What Professional development would you
like to have offered?