A Summary Of Kevin Linsey's Speech

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Today I had the opportunity to attend Mr. Kevin Linsey Keynote speech at SCTCC. The speech was about Human Rights issue in the state of Minnesota. Mr. Linsey begun his speech with information about his background stating that he is the acting commissioner of Minnesota Human Rights office. Before he become the commissioner he worked for large Law Firm that employs more than 300 employees including offices outside of the country.
Mr. Linsey also talked about why he left his attorney job and joined the office of Human Rights issues affirming that he deeply cares about the issues that minorities are facing everyday including the unemployment gap between Blacks and Whites in the State. Meantime, he gave some statistics about how the state employment

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