xxxxxx@xx.xxx wrote:
>
> MY NAME IS xxxxx xxxxxxxx AND I AM OF MEXICAN DESCENT.
I AM xxYRS.OLD
> AND HAVE WORKED FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS AFTER BEING
A HOUSEWIFE AND RAISING 4
> CHILDREN. YEAR AFTER YEAR I OBSERVED THE EEO PUT ON
PROGRAMS FOR THE HOSPITAL
> BUT HISPANIC DAY WENT UNNOTICED EXCEPT FOR A SIGN COMMEMORATING
HISPANIC
> HERITAGE DAY. I AM A VERY HUMBLE PERSON BUT IT
BOTHERED ME THAT THERE WAS NO
> ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HISPANICS.
I FELT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE A
> DIFFERENCE WAS FOR EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF US TO STEP FORWARD. I HAVE NO
> EXPERIENCE IN ANY OF THIS BUT I AM GIVING IT A SHOT.
IF NOTHING ELSE I WILL
> GET MY FEET WET THIS YEAR BUT I WILL HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE
FOR NEXT YEAR. A
> FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS ELECTED TO THE EEO BOARD WHERE
I WORKED AND THEN THE
> DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITY APPOINTED ME, HISPANIC COORDINATOR
FOR THE xxxxxxx
> VETERANS MEDICAL CENTER. THERE IS ONLY FOUR HISPANICS
THAT ARE EMPLOYED AT
> OUR HOSPITAL AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE MORE HISPANICS
IN THE WORK PLACE AND
> SHARE SOME OF THE HISPANIC CULTURE WITH MY CO-WORKERS.
I HAVE SEVERAL
> SPEAKERS FROM DIFFERENT HISPANIC CULTURES THAT WILL
SPEAK OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
> CULTURES AND COUNTRIES. I AM ALSO TRYING TO INCORPORATED
OUR HISPANIC
> VETERANS INTO OUR PROGRAM-THAT IS WHY I THANKED YOU
FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I
> WILL SPEAK TO MY FATHER SOON AND WILL SENT YOU THE
INFORMATION ON HIM.