Diversity in clark county

Local diversity - programs, events, and more!

There are a number of great resources available in Clark County related to eliminating racism and other forms of oppression. Below, you will find local equality and justice programs, events, and activities, as well as numerous other diversity-related resources in the Clark County area.

Groups and programs whose name is in orange and underlined to their websites.

Programs, organizations, and services

Black Entrepreneurs of Clark County
BECC - a free multicultural business round table and networking group - offers education, fellowship and mentorship. For more information please visit BECC online or contact Shareefah Abdullah at 360-604-8583.

Community Connections Roundtable
Community Connections Roundtable is a local group whose mission is to advocate for and advance social and racial justice in our community. Click here for more information and a meeting schedule, or contact:
Leilani Russell
Multicultural Coordinator, Evergreen High School
360-604-1001
lrussell@egreen.wednet.edu

Clark College Office of Multicultural Student Affairs

Clark County Workplace Diversity
Rekah Strong, Workplace Diversity Coordinator
Phone: (360) 397-2456 ext. 2452
Rekah.Strong@clark.wa.gov

Gay Vancouver

Multicultural Community Services (a program of Lutheran Community Services)

Vancouver NAACP
The Vancouver branch of the NAACP works to advance the political, educational, and social status of Black people and other people of color; to eliminate racial prejudice; to establish a harmonious relationship between all people. Meetings are held the third Saturday of the month from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Community AME Zion Church, 3605 E 13th Street in Vancouver. Earl Ford, president of NAACP Vancouver, serves on the YWCA Clark County board of directors.

Washington State Human Rights Commission, Vancouver Office
Mai Kim Ly is the Civil Rights Investigator in the Vancouver Office of the Washington State Human Rights Commission. She can be reached at:
Washington School for the Deaf
611 Grand Blvd. Room 108A
Vancouver, WA 98661-4918
1-800-233-3247
mly@hum.wa.gov
If you think that you may have been illegally discriminated against because of "race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal," please contact Mai Kim Ly or visit the Human Rights Commission website.

Women Entrepreneurs Organization of Vancouver, WA

WSU Vancouver Diversity

Events

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