BOP Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

On September 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month.The program included DOJ-AHEAD Chair Carmen Banerjee as a speaker.  Carmen discussed the the challenge of  underrepresention of Hispanics in federal government from the 1990s through today.  Carmen also shared DOJ-AHEAD’s priorities and goals, including how its committees advance those priorities and goals, specifically through programming.  A special thanks to JoHanna Hall and Victoria Harding for allowing DOJ-AHEAD to be involved with the program.

Below are some of the resources Carmen shared during the event:

• For information about all the employee affinity groups at the Department, please see the Department’s Equal Employment Opportunity Staff’s (EEOS) internet page: https://dojnet.doj.gov/diversity/orgs.php

• Would you like to find out more about DOJ-AHEAD, including how to join our organization? Please check out our blog page at: https://doj-ahead.blogspot.com/ You will also find:
• Pictures and news about some of our events.
• Presentation materials for the Senior Executive Service (SES) Panel on July 18, 2017 that DOJ-AHEAD co-sponsored with the EEOS of the Department.

• Statistic in most recent government report. As of FY 2015 according to the Office of Personnel Management:
• Total number of employees overall who serve in the Senior Executive Service (SES): 7,696
• Total number of Hispanics in SES positions: 342 (or 4.4%).
  See FY 2015 OPM report on Employment of Hispanics in Federal Government; https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/diversity-and-inclusion/reports/hispanic-report-2016.pdf

From Left: Steve Mora, Assistant Director, Program Review Division; Carmen M. Banerjee, Chair of DOJ-AHEAD; Mark S. Inch, Director of Bureau of Prisons; Mina Raskin, EEO Officer; Ben Caraballo, Affirmative Employment Officer