A recent article (Link) from the opinion section of EdSurge discusses the importance of Black students having Black teachers. While written from the view of formal education, this discussion has great relevance for the Cooperative Extension Service as we examine whether or not our youth/adult clients, staff, and faculty are able to find "cultural mirrors" within our systems. What can Extension learn from the approach used in this article? What efforts are in place to mitigate bias in the...

Nice post, Mark! By habit, many LGUs include "prior Extension experience" as a desired qualification. At one LGU, candidates who indicated they had no Extension experience were rejected by the automated screening process. Its important we have intimate knowledge of ourHR systems to proactively address unintended bias.