South Guilford News

City of Greensboro International Support and Language Access Coordinator Jodie Stanley was named vice chair of the NC Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs. NC Governor Roy Cooper announced the appointment on October 6 in a ceremony celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at the governor’s mansion in Raleigh.

Citing the importance of the Hispanic/Latino community in the state’s economy and diverse society, Cooper established the council in 2017 to inform the governor on issues related to the state’s Hispanic/Latino populations. The Council also aids state efforts to promote cooperation and understanding between the Hispanic/Latino community, the general public, the state, and federal and local governments.

Stanley is one of the Council’s 12 voting members and will serve a two-year term. The Council also includes ex-officio, non-voting members who represent various state commissions, departments, and offices.

Born to second-generation missionaries in Bolivia, Stanley moved to the US in 1996 and became a citizen in 2022. She joined the City in 2006 and worked in the Communications and Marketing and Community Relations departments before taking over as the Human Rights Department’s outreach and education coordinator in 2014.

Stanley became Greensboro’s first international support and language access coordinator in 2022. In addition to reviving the City’s language access program, she also implemented its first pay-incentive program to ensure bilingual staff are appropriately tested, incentivized, and trained. Stanley designed Greensboro Speaks, a basic Spanish class for City staff that includes instruction on cultural humility, an overview of the US immigration system, language access compliance, and implicit bias training.

Stanley is the Human Rights Department’s liaison to the City’s International Advisory Committee, the country’s only elected municipal international advisory board. She is an active member of the NC Municipality Working Group, which promotes immigration integration, and helps manage the national Municipal Language Access Network.

The Human Rights Department promotes mutual understanding, respect, and fair treatment of all Greensboro residents without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or familial status. Visit www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/human-rights for more information.

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