UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Track & field student-athlete Brooke-Lynn Williams has been appointed to the Task Force on Policing and Communities of Color, a town-gown task force that includes both Penn State and local community leaders.
"I'm thrilled to represent my team and the athletic department as part of the Task Force on Policing and Communities of Color. I'm blessed for the opportunity and have plans to make the most of it!" Williams said.
Penn State President Eric Barron asked the task force to reconvene and expand earlier this year as one of several University-wide initiatives to advance greater equity, diversity and inclusion. This also includes the creation of a Select Penn State Presidential Commission on Racism, Bias and Community Safety, a full review of the Student Code of Conduct, and working with the Penn State Faculty Senate and other stakeholders to implement bias coursework and training for all students and employees. A recent update on the review of the Student Code of Conduct was presented in September to the Penn State Board of Trustees.
The Task Force on Policing and Communities of Color was first organized in 2015 with the goal of improving the relationship among law enforcement and underrepresented racial and ethnic minority communities.
For more information on the Task Force on Policing and Communities of Color, click here to read the full release from psu.edu http://bit.ly/PSUTaskForce
The full membership of the task force is listed below.
- Emil Cunningham, task force chair, director of diversity and inclusion for Penn State Finance and Business
- Jesse Barlow, State College Borough Council president
- Joseph Milek, chief of police operations for Penn State University Police and Public Safety
- John Gardner, chief of the State College Police Department
- Iris Richardson, director of diversity, equity and inclusion for Penn State University Police and Public Safety
- Ronald Filippelli, State College mayor
- Charima Young, Penn State director of local government and community relations
- Chris Albright, Ferguson Township chief of police
- Carlos Wiley, director of the Penn State Paul Robeson Cultural Center
- Tyler Jolley, Patton Township chief of police
- Shoba Wadhia, director of the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic
- Seria Chatters, State College Area School District director of equity and inclusivity and Penn State adjunct associate professor of education
- Patreese Ingram, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences assistant dean of multicultural affairs
- Kevin Kassab, State College Borough community engagement manager
- Melissa Landrau Vega, director and coordinator of Latina/o initiatives for the Penn State Multicultural Resource Center
- Charles Dumas, State College Borough planning commission member and professor emeritus in the Penn State School of Theatre
- Derek James, co-chair of the Penn State President's Commission for Racial/Ethnic Diversity
- Irene Miller Wetzel, CBICC vice president for member engagement
- Cynthia Young, department head and associate professor of African American studies
- Centrice Martin, assistant to the Ferguson Township manager
- Lydia Abdullah, retired director for the office of diversity and inclusion for Penn State Finance and Business
- Shaun Gabbidon, Penn State Harrisburg distinguished professor of criminal justice
- Aaron Kaufman, executive director of Penn State Hillel
- AnneMarie Mingo, assistant professor of African American studies and women's, gender and sexuality studies
- Julia Byran, associate professor of education
- Carol Eicher, Penn State Human Resources consultant for Auxiliary and Business Services
- Lorraine Jones-Taylor, Penn State graduate student and president of the State College branch of the NAACP
- Monet Smith, Penn State student and Black Caucus political action chair
- Terry Watson, Penn State World Campus student advocacy specialist
- Sandra Del Pilar, communications manager for the Penn State Office of the Bursar
- Brooke-Lynn Williams, Penn State student-athlete