MITA Staff Member Appointed to Diversity Honor Roll
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he Race Relations and Diversity Task Force named Douglas E. Needham, MITA’s vice president of industry relations, to the Diversity Champion Honor Roll. Needham was chosen because of the outstanding efforts of the Michigan Design and Construction Coalition in organizing the annual Construction Science Expo in Detroit. Through his leadership, MITA members were willing to take the Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan Drug Free adult candidates for actual highway work, and job shadowing positions in the construction trades, construction management and administration, and office support related to the construction industry. These job shadowing opportunities provided Detroit youth and adults with job training and education in the design and construction trades. The Race Relations and Diversity Task Force, based in Birmingham, Mich., grew out of a community leadership forum convened in 1987 by 16 community agencies, including The Community House, the Birmingham Public Schools and Bloomfield Hills Schools. For more information, visit www. racerelationsdiversity.org.
Honorable Dr. KB Stallworth, managing director of the Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan; Donald C. O’Connell, executive director, Operating Engineers 324; Douglas E. Needham, P.E., vice president of industry relations, MITA; and Nicole Stallworth, dean of administration for the Institute of Leadership Development & Career Advancement. Doug and Don were recently nominated to the Diversity Honor Roll.
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