Adirondack Experience, Wild Center partner on diversity efforts
The two Adirondack attractions are working to make the area more welcoming for people of color.
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A place for all
The Adirondack Diversity Initiative and its supporters hope to create a more welcoming environment in the state’s largest park and its rural communities.
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Grants to help diversify two Adirondack destinations
The Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake and The Wild Center in Tupper Lake are partnering in the research project and training program. It will involve diversity training for staff and interviews with people of color in focus groups that are within driving distance from the destinations.
Adirondack Diversity Initiative director seeks to enrich park life
By Ben Westcott
Part of her job will be working to create diversity training programs that can be used by local businesses. This programming will train the staff of “customer-facing” companies to expand their ideas of diversity and welcoming.