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Bias, Boards And Springfield City Council

Mary Hansen
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NPR Illinois

Springfield Ald. Joe McMenamin again apologized Tuesday night for comments he made at last week’s city council meeting, which sparked a wider conversation about race and unconscious bias.

NPR Illinois talked about it with Raychel Yokem, owner of the consulting firm Corporate Kin and a diversity, inclusion and affirmative action manager for Growmark in Bloomington.

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Mary is a reporter at NPR Illinois and graduated from the Public Affairs Reporting program atUISand received her BA in International Studies from American University. Previously Mary worked as a planning consultant and reported for the State Journal-Register where she covered city government.