Office of Diversity & Human Rights
Yolanda Francisco-Nez, Coordinator

The Mayor's Office of Diversity provides outreach to the many diverse communities in the city. This office works to provide bias-free services to these groups regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, national origin, marital status, medical condition, physical limitation, race, religion, or sexual orientation.  Some of these communities include, but are not limited to,  Asian, African, Hispanic / Latino, Pacific Islander, Native American, and refugees from the around the world.   The Office of Diversity also encourages members from these diverse communities to become involved in their communities through service on community councils and City boards and commissions.

The Office of Diversity is working to make Salt Lake City a bias-free city, known for its appreciation and respect for its diverse population, and free of prejudice, bigotry, and discrimination.  The Office provides leadership and support in eliminating discrimination and prejudice through efforts that foster neighborhoods where all residents are valued and treated with dignity and respect.

This will be accomplished by acting as a liaison between diverse communities and city government by actively reaching out to diverse populations to increase awareness of government resources and the means to use them.

• Listening to community concerns through personal contacts
• Informing the City of community concerns so that such concerns can be adequately addressed
• Encouraging the growth of local community organizations that serve the City’s diverse minority communities
• Maintaining a list of resources in the community
• Assisting the Human Rights Commission in its mission assuring that all individuals are afforded access to all public services provided by the City and that all residents are treated with dignity and respect
• Working with the Salt Lake City Reads Together program to ensure that this program is accessible to the City’s diverse communities

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