Diversity, Equality in Human Resources Systems, Anti-Discrimination, Equal Opportunity and the Economy
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| Interests | Alev was born and raised in Germany, to Turkish parents. She immigrated to the United States in 1998. She has an Abitur from Dürer-Gymnasium in Nuremberg, an Associate Degree from Kalamazoo Valley Community College, a Bachelor in Applied Liberal Studies and a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Administration from Western Michigan University (WMU). In her Master Thesis she researched the Gap in Earnings based on Gender, [Race and Other Factors]. Her research papers further include: The relation between race and incarceration at an example of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Equality in School Funding (comparison Germany and the USA), Equality in Human Resources Systems. As an investigator, Alev contributed to the detection and prevention of housing discrimination in Southwest Michigan. She served the City of Kalamazoo, Michigan as a member of the Community Relations Board and the Environmental Concerns Committee (2002 - 2004) advising the City Manager and the City Commissioners. As a member of the Community Relations Board she promoted diversity and worked to increase constructive communication among citizens across racial, ethnic, socio-economic lines and between citizens and public officials. She has a long history of volunteering: among other, for the Office of Presidential Correspondence, the Presidential campaign of Senator Obama in 2008, US Holocaust Museum, Ford's Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Kalamazoo Civic Theatre. Alev is an avid runner and regularly participates in half -marathon and 10k races. Alev's goal is to promote diversity, equal-opportunity, inclusion, freedom and democracy; discourage discrimination, social -, political tyranny, apathy and exclusion. |
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| Favorite movies | Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday. |
| Favorite books | Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Grass Harp, Answered Prayers (Truman Capote), Cass Timberlane (Sinclair Lewis), To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), Clock Without Hands (Carson McCullers), Picnic, Bus Stop (William Inge), Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams), Sane Society (Erich Fromm). |