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• Overview of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
• Overview of Executive Order 11246
• Latest statistics on race/color discrimination complaints and highlights of some settlements
• Ways employers can build an inclusive environment

1. How the company recruits
2. Who the company interviews (e.g. Rooney Rule)
3. What the company pays
4. Who is mentored
5. Who is given opportunities to go to training/professional development
6. Who is promoted
7. Work environment (pictures on the walls, screensavers)
8. Words we speak
9. How we disagree (e.g. using respectful language)
10. Body language

Julia Méndez Achée is based in New Orleans.  She has extensive experience, including overseeing the training programs for customers as well as creating content and delivering training in areas such as equal employment opportunity (EEO), affirmative action (AA) compliance, and other diversity and inclusion topics. She has assisted hundreds organizations through OFCCP compliance reviews and offered technical assistance both to clients and internal customers. She has been invited to speak at national, regional and local conferences on topics such as recruiter compliance with AAPs, regulatory requirements for veterans and individuals with physical and mental disabilities, updates on EEO laws and settlements, as well as recognizing unconscious bias and other diversity topics. 

Julia is a graduate of the University of New Orleans where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in General Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration. She has a Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University where she graduated with distinction.

She holds a Professional in Human Resources certification from the HR Certification Institute, is a Society of Human Resources Professional Certified Professional, is a Certified Disability Recruiter from The Sierra Group, is a Certified Employment Law Specialist from Columbia Southern University, is a Certified Affirmative Action Professional from the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity, and is a Certified Diversity Professional through the Institute for Diversity Certification. 

Memberships in professional organizations include the Louisiana Liaison Group (LLG) where she served two years as President and served on the board through 2020; Society for Human Resource Management; New Orleans SHRM where she served as Diversity Chairperson for five years; Society for Diversity, and is a member and past Personnel Committee Chair for the American Association for Access, Equality, and Diversity. 

She served on the editorial board for INSIGHT into Diversity for numerous years. She was appointed in 2016 by the governor of Louisiana to the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights where she currently still serves.