American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity Announces the 2019 Emerging Leader Award Honorees for its Annual Awards Ceremony

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED), an organization of equal opportunity, diversity and affirmative action professionals, announced that Taylor Dumpson and Karina Garduno will receive the association's Emerging Leader Award at its 45th National Conference and Annual Meeting on June 12, 2019. "We are delighted to honor these excellent, rising leaders of equal opportunity, social justice and diversity," said Dr. Richard Anthony Baker, president of AAAED.

Themed Moving Beyond Diversity Towards Equity and Inclusion, the annual meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. The Hyatt is located at One South Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204. The awards program is open to the press and will begin at 12:15 pm ET.

The Emerging Leader Award is given to an individual who is becoming a leader on the national or local stage and who has demonstrated excellence in his/her workplace and/or community. This is the first year that the award will be conferred.

The 2019 AAAED Emerging Leader Award honorees are Taylor Dumpson (National) and Karina Garduno (Local).

Taylor Dumpson is a candidate for the Juris Doctor and is a Public Service Scholar. In spring 2017, while pursuing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Society at American University in the Nation's Capital, Ms. Dumpson became the first black woman to serve as president of the Student Government in the University's 124-year history. In the wake of her ground-breaking election, she was the target of a racially-motivated hate crime on her first day in office, followed by cyber-harassment by members of white supremacist groups. Since then, and in an effort to raise awareness about the physical, emotional and mental health impacts of hate crimes, Ms. Dumpson has given a TEDx Talk, testified before Congress, and been featured in interviews with various print, television and radio broadcast media such as CNN, NBC, The Washington Post, The New York Times, WTOP, and WAMU. Ms. Dumpson's personal story is featured along with the narratives of other survivors of hate crimes in a newly released book, "American Hate: Survivors Speak Out," edited by Arjun Singh Sethi. Ms. Dumpson is a 2018 recipient of the Lawyers' Committee's Frank R. Parker Client Award, for her "unwavering courage and commitment to standing up against racial and gender-based hatred and promoting diversity and inclusion for all."

Karina Garduno joined the IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University of Indiana) Multicultural Center in June 2015. As the Assistant Director for Multicultural Programming, Karina works in several areas within the Multicultural Center including: multicultural programmatic efforts, developing retention efforts and outreach for diverse student populations, administration of the JAGversity Peer Educators program, accountability for affiliated student organizations, and support and advising in the MC. Karina also works with University College to promote the success of first-year students at IUPUI.

For more information or to register for the Conference, go to: https://www.aaaed.org/aaaed/Conference_Agenda1.asp. To purchase a luncheon ticket or table for the awards ceremony, click here: https://www.aaaed.org/aaaed/Sponsorship.asp or here: https://www.aaaed.org/Forms.asp?MODE=NEW&Forms_FormTypeID=-1755.

Founded in 1974 as the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA), AAAED is a national not-for-profit association of professionals working in the areas of equal opportunity, compliance and diversity. AAAED has 45 years of leadership in providing professional training to members, enabling them to be more successful and productive in their careers. It also promotes understanding and advocacy of affirmative action and other equal opportunity laws to enhance the tenets of access, inclusion and equality in employment, economic and educational opportunities.
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