It would be disingenuous to say that only the U.S. Forest Service has an abysmal civil rights record and hence, requires your attention. By far, that is not the case. Other USDA agency's including NRCS, APHIS, ARS (NIFA), RD, FS, the Office of Civil Rights and Departmental Management, and others are in dire need of your close civil rights oversight. These agencies also require your response in holding managers accountable for a positive workplace culture.
Mr. Secretary, we would like to meet with you again between now and the first week in November 2011. We would like to hear your plan to speedily resolve USDA's long legacy of civil and human rights abuses, including how USDA may implement our recommendations for lasting systemic changes in USDA civil rights.
We want to know that cases filed at USDA will get the same treatment, speed and conclusion, as Ms. Shirley Sherrod.
Thank you very much for your immediate response.
Lawrence Lucas, President
USDA Coalition of Minority Employees
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