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LA County DA Gascón announces creation of LGBTQ+ Advisory Board By City News Service
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os Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón Monday announced the creation of the office's first LGBTQ advisory board. The board will meet regularly, seek input from the public and provide regular feedback on improvements to better serve LGBTQ+ residents and others who come into contact with the office and ways to improve diversity and inclusion within the office, according to Gascón. "The contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have made to society make up a rich part of U.S. history. Sadly, LGBTQ+ people have long been subjected to
public hostility, discrimination and violence," Gascón said in a written statement. "This new advisory board creates a precedent for this office to truly listen and learn from the LGBTQ+ community and inform my policies." The board will be chaired by Bamby Salcedo, the president and chief executive officer of the TransLatin@ Coalition, which advocates for and addresses the issues of transgender Latinas throughout the United States. The vice chair will be Vincent Jones, the chief executive officer of The Citizen Jones Companies, a collection of socially minded businesses created with the spirit of doing good, having fun and helping others do
the same. Other advisory board members include: Allison Blaylock, president of the OUTreach Center in Lancaster; Chela Demuir, founder of the "TransGiving Dinner," a dinner with all the traditional trimmings of a holiday meal that is now celebrated in various states across the nation; Ari Gutierrez Arambula, an advocate for the Latino LGBTQ+ community; Joey Hernandez, director of policy and community building department at the Los Angeles LGBT Center; Skylar Myers, a victims' rights advocate for the Anti-Violence Project at the Los Angeles LGBT Center; Brad Sears, founding
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executive director and David Sanders Distinguished Scholar of Law & Policy at the Williams Institute and asso-
ciate dean of public interest law at UCLA Law; Stella Ursua, board president/chair at the
LGBTQ+ Center Long Beach and programs and partnerships manager of GRID Alternatives-Greater Los Angeles.
Arcadia Unified’s ‘Profiles in Excellence’ returns after a 2-year halt By Hayden Wong
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fter a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Arcadia Unified School District recently hosted its first in-person ceremony for its special employee recognition program, “Profiles in
Excellence.” Created to recognize and celebrate its employees who go above and beyond in serving Arcadia Unified in various capacities, the Profiles in Excellence program recognizes 12 certificated staff (teachers,
counselors, psychologists, and any position that requires a specialized certification) staff, and 12 classified staff (school office personnel, bus drivers, custodial staff, etc.), from across the school district’s 11 sites and offices, Arcadia
Unified School District’s Assistant Superintendent of Human Resource Services, Dr. Kevin Hryciw explained. The recipients not only reflect the district’s tagline through the daily work they do — Imagine, Inspire and Inquire — but also go above
and beyond in helping the students, teachers, families and the entire district. “We are looking for people who really embody our work towards a healthy culture and those that are in alignment with our district values,” said Dr. Hryciw.
“These 24 employees really represent their colleagues in all of their departments, the school sites and classrooms, so we are very proud to be able to recognize all the great work See Arcadia Unified Page 3
