Continuing the conversation

Joseph Shepard, Newman University multicultural engagement director, discusses why diversity and inclusion is essential in the Air Force April 20, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. In 2020, McConnell began the initiative Team McConnell Stands Together, to help bring awareness to racism and exclusion. This program continues to bring hard conversations into the workplace to encourage Airmen to educate themselves and others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge)

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Continuing the conversation

Joseph Shepard, Newman University multicultural engagement director, and Danielle Johnson, Wichita State University assistant director of office for diversity and inclusion, brief the 22nd Operations Group April 20, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The Air Force has launched a Diversity and Inclusion Task Force devoted to finding and changing unjust policies. The task force has increased ROTC scholarship opportunities for minorities, modified hairstyle and grooming guidance and directed equal opportunity policy changes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge)

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Joseph Shepard, Newman University multicultural engagement director, and Danielle Johnson, Wichita State University assistant director of office for diversity and inclusion, visited McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, April 20, 2021, to host a discussion about diversity and inclusion. The briefing was open to all of the 22nd Operations Group to help continue the conversation about diversity and its importance to the Total Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge)

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Continuing the conversation

Published April 21, 2021
By Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge
22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

Joseph Shepard, Newman University multicultural engagement director, discusses why diversity and inclusion is essential in the Air Force April 20, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. In 2020, McConnell began the initiative Team McConnell Stands Together, to help bring awareness to racism and exclusion. This program continues to bring hard conversations into the workplace to encourage Airmen to educate themselves and others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge)