PROPOSED REMARKS BY R. JAMES WOOLSEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM 25 FEBRUARY 1993, 10:00 AM HEADQUARTERS AUDITORIUM

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PROPOSED REMARKS
BY
R. JAMES WOOLSEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AT THE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM
25 FEBRUARY 1993, 10:00 AM
HEADQUARTERS AUDITORIUM
Good morning. It's a pleasure to be
here today to participate in this
program recognizing Black History
Month.
Black Americans have made -- and
continue to make -- invaluable
contributions to our country and to
this Agency.
Let me say that, as the new DCI, I
fully support the work of our Office of
Equal Employment Opportunity. I am
pleased to report that the overall
number of Blacks in the Agency's ranks
is above the civilian labor force
guidelines -- even though we're
downsizing our work force. In FY '92,
Black men and women comprised 10
percent of the Agency's full-time work
force, and our Black professional
strength grew by 4.6 percent.
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In the short time I've been DCI, I
have been impressed by the number and
scope of CIA's programs for minori
employees. As you probably know, our
Black Affairs Program has been very
active this past year.
? In October our EEO Office and the
Black Affairs Program sponsored the
second annual two-day off site
conference for Black em ee
esentatives from each directorate.
senior managers -- including the
Executive Director, the Director of
EEO, and the Director of Public and
Agency Information -- spoke to
employees about issues such as
recruitment, retention, development,
and communication.
? At the conclusion of the offsite, the
conferees decided to form an Agency-
wide Black Affairs Advisory Council.
The Council wi e a representative
group of employees who will work with
the Executive Board and the Black
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Affairs Program Manager. We plan to
announce the council members in the
near future. They will develop and
implement programs and policies that
will empower Black employees to
maximize their contributions in
accomplishing the Agency's mission.
? During the past year, members of the
Black Affairs Executive Board conducted
workshops for employees who have worked
at CIA for three years or less. The
topics discussed included strategies
for success and goal-setting. These
wor s ops will continue to be conducted
on an annual basis.
Since the theme of Black History
Month this year is "Afro-American
Scholars: Leaders, Activists, and
Writers," it is fitting to note that
the Agency continues to expand its
relations with Historically Black
Colleges and Universities. We've
recently contracted with Howard
University to provide the wit
unclassified trade statistics for
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economic analysis. And last month
cy representatives traveled to
Florida A&M University to discuss
ooperative efforts with the school --
incl-u-dl'-ng research on Third World
economic issues and expansion of our
student co-op program.
? This year, CIA will be more involved
than ever before in the annual
conference of the National Association
for Equal Opportunity in Higher
Education -- the umbrella organization
f6Yr la Historically Black Colleges an
niversities. In addition to
conducting briefings at the conference
-- which will take place next month we have, for the first time, invited
some of the conferees to attend a one-
day information program here at
Headquarters.
CIA will continue its efforts to
reach out to our country's Black
American community - - d tvelop a
rich`, multictudral
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Our keynote speaker today, Dorothy
Gilliam, is recognized throughout the
country as a powerful voice for Black
Americans, women and other minorities.
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Born in Memphis, Tennessee,
earned her bachelor's degree from
Lincoln University in Jefferson City,
Missouri, and received her master's
degree from the Columbia School of
Journalism.
in 1961 she began working for The
Washington Post as a reporter on the
metropolitan desk. Three years later,
she left The Post to work as reporter
e~T program "Panorama."
for the local
In 1972 'returned to The Post as
an assistant editor of the Style
section; she was made a columnist in
1979.
Today Dorothy Gilliam is one of the
most respected, widely read and often-
quoted journalists in the country. Her
weekly Washington Post column provides
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a fresh perspective on many of the
pressing political and social issues of
our day.
Ms. Gilliam has received numerous
awards -- including the "Journalist of
the Year," "Achievement in Journalism,"
and Washington Media Awards from the
Capital Press Club -- and the Columbia
Graduate School of Journalism "Alumni
of the Year" Award.
Dorothy Gilliam is the author of
Paul Robeson, All American, published
in 1976 by New Republic Books. She is
a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and a
former member of the Boards of the
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards and
the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Please join me in giving a very warm
welcome to.one pf, _our country's
foremost s "1Acommentators, Dorothy
Gilliam.
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