Corporate Advisory Committee (CAC): Past Activities

Phyllis Cheng, Esq. Director Department of Fair Employment and Housing

Ms. Cheng shared the DFEH's new mission and some of the specific workplace discrimination cases that the DFEH is pursuing as well as general trends and ways to prevent discrimination from occurring in the first place.

¤ Click here for Phyllis Cheng's DFEH Presentation.

On Thursday January 24, the Music Center hosted the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission's Corporate Advisory Committee and the Los Angeles Diversity Workgroup for a breakfast meeting with over 125 business, government and community leaders for a presentation by Anna Y. Park, Esq., Regional Attorney from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Park shared recent trends in EEO law by highlighting past and pending discrimination cases that the EEOC has brought against employers, both small businesses and corporations.

Ms. Park is a graduate of UCLA Law School and heads the legal staff of one of the largest EEOC offices in the U.S., covering Southern California, Central California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, and the Mariana Islands, and handling complaints of employment discrimination under federal law based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, and disability.

The Corporate Advisory Committee (CAC) is comprised of member companies and works with the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission to address diversity issues and to promote multicultural awareness in the workplace. The CAC is led by co-Chairs Gerald Alcantar of Fox/News Corporation and Ed Robinson of Southern California Edison.

Anna Park Presentation:
EEOC Trends and Emerging Issues

EEOC Reorganization

National Initiatives at the EEOC

EEOC Systemic Initiative

Definition

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• Educational presentations on demographic changes in the region, hate crime, discrimination against gays and lesbians, and other issues related to human relations

• Production of human relations public service announcements with support from KTLA, KTTV, KCAL, KTTV FOX 11. KCOP UPN 13, and other CAC-affiliated media organizations

• Production of posters in observance of Cultural Diversity Month by CAC member organizations, such as the Boeing Corporation and Sempra Energy

• Participation in training sessions sponsored by the Human Relations Mutual Assistance Consortium (HRMAC) to discuss the relationship between hate crime in the community and the workplace

• Development and promotion of model workplace policies and practices related to harassment, hate incidents, hate crime, and responses to September 11th

• Private sector financial and in-kind support for LACCHR publications and the annual John Anson Ford Awards ceremony

• Workshops on diversity issues and best practices

About CAC

CAC Fact Sheet [pdf]

CAC Corporate Members

Become a CAC Member:
Small Business Application [pdf]
Corporate Application [pdf]

OUR PROGRAMS:
• Hate Crime Victim Assistance
• HRMAC
• Network Against Hate Crime
• Racialized Gang Violence Prevention Initiative
• zerohour: No Haters Here!
• Teens Make A Difference Day
• John Anson Ford Awards
• Training Program
• CAC
• MIC