Phoenix Arizona

Nominations Sought for Diversity Awards

            Tempe Human Relations Commission, together with the City of
Tempe, is seeking nominations for its Ninth Annual Diversity Awards.
Award winners will be recognized at Tempe’s Martin Luther King, Jr.
Celebration, “Together We’re Better,” Diversity Awards Brunch, on
Monday, January 15, 2007 at the Tempe Buttes Resort.

            To be eligible, nominees must live, work, or volunteer in
the City of Tempe and demonstrate a commitment to honoring and
celebrating diversity in the Tempe community.  A new award category,
“Diversity Supplier Award,” has been added this year.  Nominees for this
award do not have the residency requirement; however they must have done
business with the City of Tempe within the calendar year 2006.  Six
nominating categories are offered:

        Individual Adult
Community Group / Organization

        Educational Organization                                Business

        Individual Youth (18 years and younger)       Diversity Supplier
Award

            Nominations must be received no later than Wednesday,
December 13, 2006, at 5 p.m.  Nominees may not currently be serving as a
Tempe elected official or a Tempe Human Relation Commissioner.
Nomination information should be sent to: City of Tempe, c/o Ginny
Belousek, 31 E. Fifth Street, Tempe, AZ 85281, or faxed to 480/350-2907.
To request a nomination form or for ticket information to attend the
Diversity Awards Brunch, please call (480) 350-8979.  An online
nomination form is also available at www.tempe.gov/diversity.