County Recognizes Pride Month

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County recognizes Pride Month with flag raising outside County Administration Center.

The annual Pride Month flag raising ceremony was held at the County Administration Center Tuesday evening. The event was cohosted by our LGBTQ&A Employee Resource Group and Chairwoman Nora Vargas. It included the raising of a rainbow flag and lighting the building in rainbow.

See the gallery.

The County Board of Supervisors also issued a proclamation Tuesday recognizing Pride Month. Watch members of our LGBTQ&A Employee Resource Group and other organizations accept the proclamation.

County Board of Supervisors honoring Pride Month.



Join LGBTQIA+ Panel Discussion

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Don’t miss this Pride Month event for employees! Join a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, allies (LGBTQIA+) panel discussion at 9 a.m., Friday, June 30 on Teams.

This event is being hosted by the LGBTQ&A Employee Resource Group, Human Resources’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team, and Planning and Development Services’ Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Speakers

  • Fernando Zweifach López Jr. (they/them), San Diego Pride Executive Director

  • Dahvia Lynch (she/her), Planning and Development Director

  • Taryell Simmons (he/him), Human Resources Services Manager

  • Dr. Eric McDonald (he/him), Interim Director, Health and Human Service Agency

  • Tamara Watson-Foster (she/her), LBGTQ&A ERG Board Director

  • Miko Osada (she/her), Youth Services Librarian

  • Mica Miragliotta (they/them), Office of Equity and Racial Justice Management Fellow

  • Vivien Bernardo (they/them/she/her), HHSA, Equity & Strategic Partnerships

To submit a question before the event, email Planning and Development Services D&I Champion Ed Vea.

Join this engaging panel discussion on Teams.

See the flyer below.

Rainbow flag

Join ‘On Juneteenth’ Book Discussion

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Please join the African American Association of County Employees for an exciting book discussion on Annette Gordon-Reed’s “On Juneteenth.”

Date: July 13
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location:  Microsoft Teams
RSVP: https://forms.office.com/g/4LNpLf7cR1

Book Description: Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s “On Juneteenth” provides a historian’s view of the country’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond. All too aware of the stories of cowboys, ranchers, and oilmen that have long dominated the lore of the Lone Star State, Gordon-Reed—herself a Texas native and the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas as early as the 1820s—forges a new and profoundly truthful narrative of her home state, with implications for us all. Read more.

Cruising Into Summer

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Luke Gallagher, assistant manager of the financial division in the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s office, captured this beautiful sunset from Waterfront Park after work.

Share your photos! If you see a coworker getting the job done, a cool worksite, or a wonderful County program being offered—snap a pic and submit it. One image will be posted to InSite every week and may be shared on social media.

See more of Your View photos.

Join MEERG Talk on Dura Europos

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The Middle Eastern Employee Resource Group invites County employees to a presentation on Dura Europos, the “Pompeii of the Syrian Desert” and home of the world’s oldest church and synagogue.

The event will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 16 at Poway Library, 13137 Poway Rd., Poway.

The speaker will be Dr. Suhail Zavaro, a medical director of cardiology at Sharp Grossmont Hospital and a cardiologist at the San Diego Cardiac Center and Zavaro Cardiovascular Institute.

See the flyer below.