Diversity Archives - State Magazine

Actress Cristela Alonzo speaks with a virtual audience during a HECFAA-sponsored panel event in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Oct. 20. Photo by Camelia Valldejuly

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Grayson Shor, a deputy action officer in the Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, discusses the importance of increasing access for individuals with disabilities during a virtual event celebrating NDEAM, Oct. 8. Photo by Amanda J. Richard

NDEAM panel event highlights access and opportunity

Illustration by Elisabeth Schettle

Institutional Evolution

Resilient, Remarkable, and Resourceful

Illustration by Elisabeth Schettle

GTM Diversity and Inclusion Unit

Careers and the Disabled Cover showing Department of State award.

Department receives public-sector Employer of the Year Award

Ben Sides, the Disability Action Group’s communications officer and Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) special agent, is shown in front of the DS Chicago Field Office in late 2018. Sides uses an above knee prosthetic for his daily work and appreciates the accommodations provided under the ADA. Photo by Jeff Johnson

The ADA at 30

Creating a culture of inclusion

The International Disability Rights policy team includes, from left: Foreign Affairs Officer Lynne Madnick, Special Advisor Ann Cody, and Foreign Affairs Officer Charlie Kellett. Photo by Robin Smith

International Disability Rights

A DSS art exhibit attendee views the works of Morrie Turner, a Tuskegee Airmen mechanic during World War II, who learned cartooning via a correspondence course. His mentor, “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles Schulz, encouraged him to create “Wee Pals,” the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. State Department photo

DSS hosts art exhibition celebrating African American History Month

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