Larry Street of Riverhead (center) and other Anti-Bias Task Force members at a 2018 event.
The Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force plans to host implicit bias training sessions that would be open to public-facing town employees, as well as community members involved in local fire departments, ambulance and the school district.
Cindy Clifford, the task force chair, and Michelle Lynch, the vice chair, appeared virtually before the Riverhead Town Board at Thursday’s work session to request funding for the training session through the community benefit agreement with sPower solar. That agreement authorized in 2019 allotted $150,000 toward the advancement and promotion of an education and employment initiative, which is where the task force is seeking funds. There’s $135,000 remaining in that fund for education, officials said.