The American Association for Affirmative Action Invites Industry Expert to Speak Berkshire President Dawn Hyde to Facilitate Affirmative Action Workshop"

COLUMBIA, MD -- The American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA) hosts its 30th annual conference in Washington, DC on Thursday, April 22, 2004 invites Dawn Hyde, president of Berkshire Associates, an industry expert, to facilitate an affirmative action workshop.

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The American Association for Affirmative Action Invites Industry Expert to Speak Berkshire President Dawn Hyde to Facilitate Affirmative Action Workshop"

COLUMBIA, MD -- The American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA) hosts its 30th annual conference in Washington, DC on Thursday, April 22, 2004 invites Dawn Hyde, president of Berkshire Associates, an industry expert, to facilitate an affirmative action workshop.

Senator Edward Kennedy, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and NAACP leader Julian Bond are just a few of the invited speakers who will be on hand to address one of this nations most controversial issues. Some of the action items slated for this conference include discrimination within universities, surviving an Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) audit, adverse impact, religion on campus and in the workplace, affirmative action/diversity workplace strategy, and a workshop on how to successfully establish a minority, women owed and disadvantaged business program.

Dawns topic, Cultivating Your Affirmative Action Program on Fertile Ground," will address OFCCP and EEOC affirmative action and diversity policy as it relates to the workplace. As a minority owned business, Dawn not only believes in affirmative action, she understands the intricate policy structure that governs affirmative action. We believe it is extremely important that companies that are federally contracted, fully understand the regulation, while at the same time being able to rely on someone who can address correctable issues and assist them with reaching their compliance goals," states Dawn.

Berkshire Associates, a major informational resource in the affirmative action and human resource services industry, has been the human resource agency of choice for thousands of clients. Dawn and her staff of experts are recognized and called on by many industry professionals and affiliations, like the Society of Human Resource Professionals (SHRM), Industry Liaison Group (ILG), and the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHIRM).

Founded in 1974, the American Association for Affirmative Action is the association of professionals managing affirmative action, equal opportunity, diversity and other human resource programs. AAAA is dedicated to the advancement of affirmative action, equal opportunity and the elimination of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, ethnic background or any other criterion that deprives people of opportunities to live and work."

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