Town of Westford
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee
Select Board's Charge to the Committee
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee will serve as an advisory committee to the Town of Westford whose duties shall be to provide advice and recommendations to the Select Board and School Committee.
The Committee will identify needs around fostering acceptance and valuing diversity; and discourage prejudice and discrimination against any person, group, or any other status protected by law on account of race, creed, color, income, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, or disability.
The Committee will review Town and school policies and procedures and make recommendations to ensure that they advance equity and diversity where the committee has identified deficiencies.
Committee Member Selection Criteria
Extensive exposure and/or experience with at least one of the following: is a member of a community where issues of diversity, equity and inclusion exist, has been trained in the dynamics of diversity and how organizations have brought effective and positive change, and/or is professionally involved with human resources. These are not meant to be all inclusive but represent the kinds of exposures being sought.
Skills beneficial to performing the work of the Committee would include demographic analysis, finance/accounting, law, project management, social services/sciences, survey design and analysis.
Agenda & Minutes
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Current Members of the DEI Committee
Joe Diamond Co-Chair
Anjali Rajput Co-Chair
Andrea Pernaner-Sweet SB Rep.
Kathryn Clear SC Rep.
Patricia Reppucci
Seema Pusalkar
Meghna Patil
Madonna McKenzie
Scott Harkness
Wendy Gloyd
Nancy Cook
Haining Bao
Alternate Members
Anita Tonakarn-Nguyen
M.Catherine Creed
Joanne Derr
Cynthia King
Mariclare O'Neal
Radhika Sriram
Muhammed Ali