O le Ofisa o le Diversity and Inclusion a le Aai o Filatelefaia ua avea nei ma Ofisa o le Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - ua faailoga ai taumafaiga a le aai e tuu le tutusa o se faamuamua.

Mo Nolan Atkinson, le Ofisa Sili o le Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer a le Aai, o le suiga o le igoa e atagia mai ai le taumafai o Philadelphia e fai se taʻitaʻi i le faʻatulagaina o eseesega, tutusa, ma le faʻaofiina o faiga sili i le vaega lautele e aofia ai le atinaʻeina o se Taʻiala Tulaga tutusa e e va'ava'ai e fa'ailoa ma fa'ate'a'ese'ese fa'ailoga lanu na faia ma fa'aauau e le malo. E le gata i lea, fai mai Atkinson o le ofisa, faʻamalosia e le Mayor Jim Kenney, o loʻo taumafai e fesoasoani e fausia se talenia, eseese tagata faigaluega i vaega uma o le malo o le Aai.

Na sainia talu ai nei e Kenney se fa'atonuga fa'apitoa e fa'atuina ai le ofisa, ma fa'aopoopoina ofisa o le LGBT Affairs ma Tagata e iai Manaoga Fa'apitoa i lalo o le vaavaaiga a Atkinson.

"O la matou sini faʻamoemoe o le i ai lea o se tagata faigaluega faʻapitonuʻu e pei o le aai o Philadelphia," o le tala lea a Atkinson, o le ua 50 tausaga o avea ma se tagata faʻatau i le taulaga. O le faitau aofaʻi o Philadelphia e 43 pasene uli, 35 pasene papaʻe, 15 pasene Latina, ma 7 pasene Asia.

Mo le toʻatele, o le manatu o Philadelphia ua tele lava ona faʻamalamalamaina e ona tagata paʻepaʻe ma uliuli. Ae ui i lea, i tausaga talu ai nei, o le tele o taumafaiga na faia e faʻalapotopotoga i totonu o le taulaga e faʻaalia ai le eseesega o nuʻu Latina a Philadelphia, faʻapea foʻi ma le tele o tagata Asia Amerika eseese e taʻua Philadelphia fale.

Fai mai Atkinson, o loʻo faʻateleina foʻi e le taulaga ana taumafaiga e usitaʻia le Americans With Disabilities Act ma faʻafefe ai le faʻailoga tagata i tagata e iai manaʻoga faʻapitoa. O le ofisa o loʻo faʻamoemoe e tuʻuina atu se lipoti i le 2020 e faʻamaonia ai le le tutusa o le taulaga i le tuʻuina atu o fale ADA, e aofia ai se fuafuaga mo le taulaga e foia ai faʻalavelave ua faʻaalia.

E fa'apena fo'i, o taumafaiga a Philadelphia e talia le LGBTQ + fa'alaua'itele ua maua ai le aloa'ia a le atunu'u. Fai mai Atkinson, o Kenney o loʻo faʻatonuina le taulaga e faʻalautele le LGBTQ +, ma ia mautinoa o loʻo faʻafeiloaʻi le vaʻa i totonu o faʻalapotopotoga uma a le malo ma faʻalapotopotoga tumaoti. I le masina o Novema, na taʻua ai e le vaega o le LGBTQ + Faʻasalalauga Aia Tatau a Tagata ia Philadelphia o se "aai-fetu uma" mo lona faʻaogaina i tagata LGBTQ + tagata lautele. Na maua e Philadelphia se togi atoatoa o le 100 i le HRC's Municipal Equality Index.

Na ia faaopoopo mai e faapea, i le taimi o faigata mo le tele o nuu mai fafo, ua tatalaina e Philadelphia ona faitotoa i tagata fou taunuu mai. “O le ala lena e te faatupuina ai se aai,” o le tala lea a Atkinson.

Ae faimai foi nofoa faʻaleʻekālesia, o le faitau aofaʻi o tagata mai fafo o Filatelefaia na faʻatupulaia toeitiiti 70 pasene i le va o le 2000-2016, e tusa ma le 15 pasene o le faitau aofaʻi o le taulaga. Ua taʻua i le lipoti a le Pew e faapea o tagata malaga mai “e tele nafa ma le tuputupu aʻe o le aai i tagata nofomau ma tagata faigaluega, ma ua latou siitia ai le numera o tamaiti ma tagata fai pisinisi.”

O taumafaiga a Filatelefaia e atagia mai ai se fa'aaloalo lautele i totonu o 'a'ai e tosina mai - ma tausia - tagata nofomau ma tagata e ana galuega e feso'ota'i ma le aapa atu i pa'aga eseese.

Atkinson o le a faʻasoa nisi o faʻataʻitaʻiga sili a le taulaga i le Philadelphia Diversity & Inclusion Conference o loʻo lumanaʻi, Mati 30-31. O le konafesi o se faʻapotopotoga faʻapitoa mo taʻitaʻi mafaufau ma faʻauluuluga, faʻatonu, tagata faʻamalosi ma tagata aʻoga e faʻasoa faʻataʻitaʻiga sili ona lelei ma toe faʻamalamalamaina le uiga o le eseese, tutusa, ma aofia ai i le 21st Century. O failauga autu o le a aofia ai Kenney, Temple University President Richard Englert ma le lalolagi philanthropist ma le fai pisinisi Nina Vaca, faʻapea foʻi ma le siʻitia o leo o le atunuʻu ma le lotoifale ma faʻamatalaga fou i le faʻaogaina o le eseesega ma le faʻaofiina o se vaega taua o soʻo se vaega ma faʻalapotopotoga.

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For Nolan Atkinson, the City's Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, the name change reflects how Philadelphia is attempting to take a leadership role in institutionalizing diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices in the public sector including the development of a Race Equity strategy that looks to identify and eliminate racial inequities created and perpetuated by the government.
The office is expected to issue a report in 2020 highlighting the citywide disparities in providing ADA accommodations, including a plan for the city to address disparities that have been identified.
The conference is a preeminent gathering for thought leaders and influencers, executives, activists and academics to share best practices and redefine what it means to be diverse, equitable, and inclusive in the 21st Century.