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in recognition of african american

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history month nasa salutes the

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contributions of african americans to

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the cause of space exploration

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my name is yves lamotte and i am an

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engineer in the ground systems

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development and operations program

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and i am responsible for helping turn

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ksc

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into a world premiere

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a multi-user spaceport

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in other words we're trying to become a

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an airport for rockets to launch out

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here ksc

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i am the co-chair for the diversity and

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inclusion committee for employees aka

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dice and what we do we we serve as an

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umbrella to all the employee resource

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groups in which you know there's one for

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hispanics and asians and

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african americans and etc

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and we help foster diversity and

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promoting it within our ksc workforce

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ksc is made up of so many different

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people

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it's important that we we understand and

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we respect

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all the different forms of diversity

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that exist here on the center we want to

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welcome different ideas different

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strategies different backgrounds

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different experiences because it makes

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us that much better what i love about my

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job is the fact that i get to interface

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with so many different organizations

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it provides me an opportunity to network

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and build some really good strong

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relationships

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with my counterparts whether it be other

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programs or the institutional

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organizations here ksc

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and i get to help forge the path for the

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program in order for us to develop this

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awesome capability and and hopefully

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invite as many