Branch Director – Sean Johnson
Managing Director of Quality of Life and Culture Services, Lancaster | sjohnson@lancaster-tx.com
Overview
Minorities In Leisure Service Branch promotes and provide professional development, education and growth for minority professionals; and fosters inter-organization and peer linkages.
Purposes:
- The Minorities In Leisure Service Branch will support and strengthen the Society through the recruitment of minority membership and the active development of minority leadership in the parks and recreation profession.
- Involvement in the Branch shall be available to any individual (s) or group (s) regardless of sex, religion, race, color, or age. It is the consideration of the punitive and disadvantaged relationships that have characterized the role and function of women and ethnic minorities within the state in the recreation and park profession to date, that their special needs and desires shall be given the immediate and specific attention of this branch.
Branch Updates
Service Project at Institute
NPRA Successes
- The MILS branch of TRAPS placed an ad in the Annual NRPA Ethnic Minority Society banquet souvenir journal in an effort to increase awareness of efforts made on the state level to enhance social equity in the Parks & Recreation profession (see attached). This ad has stimulated interest in MILS and has brought about numerous inquiries as to how professionals can become involved in TRAPS and MILS, respectfully.
Also, at the 2016 NRPA conference, 2 cities with numerous employees actively involved in MILS received CAPRA accreditation (i.e. City of Dallas Park and Recreation; City of DeSoto Park and Recreation). READ MORE
“Achieving accreditation has been a priority for our department for three years,” said Willis Winters, Dallas Park and Recreation Department Director. “We are honored to earn this distinction and want to express our gratitude to the Park and Recreation Board for their continued support and encouragement and to our employees for their hard work in elevating us to the top tier of departments and agencies in the nation.”
