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WAITING FOR A LEFT TURN Two years ago this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez narrated a video that envisioned Democrats taking full control of Washington after 2020 and pressing ahead on a decade-long Green New Deal push with “the kind of swing-for-the-fence ambition we needed.”
Blinken Appoints Career Diplomat Abercrombie-Winstanley as State Dept. Diversity Officer Mon 12th April 2021 | 11:40 PM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 12th April, 2021) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday named ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley to become the department s first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. Today, we are taking an important step in that [equality promotion] direction by naming ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as our Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer [CDIO], the first in the department s history, Blinken said at a press briefing.
CDIO will report directly to the Secretary of State and will be empowered to develop a robust framework for fostering diversity and inclusion in the department s workforce, he said.
Posted : 2021-04-13 10:37
Updated : 2021-04-13 10:37
Former ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley speaks after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that she would be the first chief diversity officer in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, April 12. Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday named Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as the State Department s first chief diversity officer, a position created to make the U.S. diplomatic corps more representative.
The appointment is part of the Biden administration s efforts to put diversity, equity and racial justice at the top of the national agenda after nationwide protests against police brutality and racial bias last year.