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Federal Transit Administration Office of Civil Rights Civil Rights Training Seminar October 21 – 23, 2008 Washington, DC

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Page 1: Federal Transit Administration Office of Civil Rights Civil Rights Training Seminar October 21 – 23, 2008 Washington, DC.

Federal Transit AdministrationOffice of Civil Rights

Civil Rights Training Seminar

October 21 – 23, 2008Washington, DC

Page 2: Federal Transit Administration Office of Civil Rights Civil Rights Training Seminar October 21 – 23, 2008 Washington, DC.

FTA Civil Rights TrainingAgenda

Tuesday — October 21, 2008

8:00 am — 9:00 am Registration9:00 am — 9:15 am Welcome, Overview and

Introductions 9:15 am — 9:45 am Small Group Breakouts on

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) Program

9:45 am — 10:15 am DBE Program Overview10:15 am — 10:45 am DBE Goal Methodology 10:45 am — 11:00 am Break11:00 am — 12:15 pm DBE – Goal Methodology

12:15 pm — 1:30 pm Lunch On your Own

1:30 pm — 3:30 pm DBE — Certification Marc Pentino, Departmental Office of Civil Rights

3:30 pm — 3:45 pm Break3:45 pm — 4:30 pm DBE — Fraud4:30 pm — 5:00 pm Questions and Answers5:00 pm Class adjournment

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FTA Civil Rights TrainingAgenda

Wednesday — October 22, 2008

8:00 am — 9:00 am Registration9:00 am — 9:15am Welcome, Overview of the day9:15 am — 9:45 am Small Group Breakouts on Title VI9:45 am — 10:30 am Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

(Title VI) Overview10:30 am — 10:45 am Break10:45 am — 11:15 am Overview of New Title VI Circular11:15 am — 12:00 noon Exercise: City of Metropolis

12:00 Noon — 1:15 pm Lunch On your Own

1:15 pm — 2:00 pm Title VI Video “Divided Highways2:00 pm — 2:30 pm Environmental Justice2:30 pm — 3:00 pm Department of Justice Video

“Language Barriers”3:00 pm — 3:15 pm Break3:15 pm — 4:45 pm Limited English Proficiency (LEP)4:45 pm — 5:00 pm Question and Answers5:00 pm Class adjournment

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FTA Civil Rights TrainingAgenda

Thursday — October 23, 2008

8:00 am — 9:00 am Registration9:00 am — 9:30 am Welcome, Overview of the day9:30 am — 10:15 am Small Group Breakouts on Americans

with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)10:15 am — 10:30 am Break 10:30 am — 12:00 Noon ADA Overview and Updates

12:00 Noon — 1:15 pm Lunch On your Own

1:15 pm — 2:45 pm ADA Fixed Route Self Assessment2:45 pm — 3:00 pm Break3:00 pm — 4:15 pm Complementary Paratransit

Self-Assessment4:15 pm — 4:30 pm ADA Trivia!4:30 pm — 5:00 pm Class evaluations and adjournment