Contact:  Nancy Lindemeyer 
Phone:  (336) 373-2105

Residents Invited to Give Input on Qualities for City's Next Human Relations Director 

GREENSBORO – The City of Greensboro has planned a series of  public meetings to get input on the qualities needed in the next director of the Human Relations Department. The purpose of the Human Relations Department is to promote mutual understanding, fair treatment, and appreciation of diversity for all residents. The new director will oversee this effort, as well as:

• Manage the review, investigation and resolution of discrimination cases
• Oversee the Human Relations Commission and Commission on the Status of Women
• Oversee the Complaint Review Committee that works with concerns regarding the Police Department

Three meetings are scheduled for public input and all will be held at the Kitchen Operations Center, 2602 S. Elm-Eugene Street, in the Lake Townsend Room:

• June 7 from 12 noon – 1 pm 
• June 7 from 7 – 8 pm
• June 12 from 7 – 8 pm

Greensboro residents can also email their comments on the City’s website at www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Relations/directorinput.htm or call 373-2489 to tell their suggestions to a Customer Service Representative. All information given will be used to help develop the criteria for the selection process.

Any individual with a disability who needs an interpreter, sign language translator or auxiliary aids or services for this meeting may contact Donna Gray at 373-2723 or 333-6930 (TDD).

The mission of the Human Relations Department is to promote mutual understanding and fair treatment among all residents of Greensboro in conjunction with the Human Relations Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women. Through mediation, the Department seeks the voluntary resolution of complaints of discrimination or unfair treatment in employment, housing and public accommodations because of an individual's race, color, sex, religion, national origin, familial status, or disability.

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