{"id":2102,"date":"2022-07-14T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senate-democrats-staff-reach-diversity-record-this-year-22\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:00","slug":"senate-democrats-staff-reach-diversity-record-this-year-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-democrats-staff-reach-diversity-record-this-year-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats\u2019 Staff Reach Diversity Record This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: calc(8px);\">\n<ul>\n<li>Data shows 41% of office staff identified as non-white<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Highest percentage since Democrats began collecting data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Senate Democrats\u2019 staff are more diverse than they have been<br \/>\nat any time since Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgov.com\/next\/members_of_congress\/5247555\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>&nbsp;(DN.Y.)<br \/>\ntook the reins of the caucus.<\/p>\n<p>De acuerdo a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democrats.senate.gov%2Fabout-senate-dems%2Fdiversity-initiative%2Fdemocratic-staff-survey-results-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cgmacri%40bloombergindustry.com%7Ce547d7f9638e4261ba6508da65b2c218%7C97be21fdc6014b169920f5accc69da65%7C0%7C0%7C637934115677729782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GF0HKevKt61SDEcWQBl2mNqaSmOC%2FHAL7VpMi73L7gg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">new data<\/a>&nbsp;compiled by the caucus, 41% of senators\u2019<br \/>\npersonal staff and 34% of Democrats\u2019 committee aides identified as non-white.<br \/>\nSenate Democrats have released annual studies of their staff diversity since<br \/>\n2017.<\/p>\n<p>Latinos made up the greatest portion of Democrats\u2019 non-white<br \/>\noffice staff, while Asian or Pacific Islander staff made up the largest<br \/>\nminority demographic in their committees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see Senate Democrats continue to show<br \/>\ntransparency in disclosing the percentage of top staff of color in their<br \/>\noffices and the increase of staff diversity in 35 offices,\u201d said LaShonda<br \/>\nBrenson, senior fellow for diversity and inclusion at the Joint Center for<br \/>\nPolitical and Economic Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Brenson in particular applauded Sens.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgov.com\/next\/members_of_congress\/123760538\">Alex Padilla<\/a>&nbsp;(D-California),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgov.com\/next\/members_of_congress\/26937\">Mazie Hirono<\/a>&nbsp;(D-Haw\u00e1i),<br \/>\ny&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgov.com\/next\/members_of_congress\/730910\">Cory<br \/>\nBooker<\/a>&nbsp;(D-N.J.), who have hired staff that are more than two-thirds<br \/>\nnon-white.<\/p>\n<p>Senador&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgov.com\/next\/members_of_congress\/5247722\">jeff merkley<\/a>\u2019s<br \/>\n(D-Ore.) staff diversified the most since last year, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjointcenter.org%2Fdigging-deeper-2022-senate-democratic-caucus-diversity-numbers%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cgmacri%40bloombergindustry.com%7Ce547d7f9638e4261ba6508da65b2c218%7C97be21fdc6014b169920f5accc69da65%7C0%7C0%7C637934115677729782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XiBGSDD0MAKn8%2FR3uWu6j7ym6ljXJr%2Bl9bFYENNu4cA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">a Joint Center analysis<\/a>. The same analysis found the office<br \/>\nof Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgov.com\/next\/members_of_congress\/38625\">Ben<br \/>\nRay Luj\u00e1n<\/a><br \/>\n(D-N.M.) had the greatest loss of diversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is still room for growth for senators who have<br \/>\nretained fewer people of color on their staff since last year, particularly the<br \/>\nSenate committees,\u201d Brenson said.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has the largest<br \/>\nproportion of non-white staff \u2014 88% \u2014 followed by the Judiciary panel at 58%,<br \/>\naccording to the caucus.<\/p>\n<p>With assistance from&nbsp;Seemeen Hashem<\/p>\n<p>To contact the reporter on this story:&nbsp;Zach C.<br \/>\nCohen&nbsp;in Washington at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:zcohen@bloombergindustry.com\">zcohen@bloombergindustry.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To contact the editors responsible for this<br \/>\nstory:&nbsp;Giuseppe Macri&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gmacri@bgov.com\">gmacri@bgov.com<\/a>;&nbsp;Loren<br \/>\nDuggan&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lduggan@bgov.com\">lduggan@bgov.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data shows 41% of office staff identified as non-white Highest percentage since Democrats began collecting data Senate Democrats\u2019 staff are more diverse than they have been at any time since Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;Chuck Schumer&nbsp;(D-N.Y.) took the reins of the caucus. 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