 AK Consulting Services offers education and diversity training as a means of creating healthier and more effective learning and working environments. We understand that the more an organization, school or company mirrors its market demographics, the better positioned it is to meet those needs. The DiversityInc. Magazine stated, "In today's competitive marketplace, if you want your organization to survive, you must invest in Diversity. And if you want your efforts to thrive, you need the help of a qualified specialist."Al Toney of AK Consulting Services has been nationally recognized for his work with many awards during his thirteen years of hands on experience, creating and providing education/diversity training in both the public and private sectors using the most recent information, practice and theory.
Al was recently appointed to Vice-Chair of The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and also serves as a Commissioner with the Massachusetts Legislative Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. He previously was President of The Gay Officers Action League of New England, Commissioner with The Worcester Human Rights Commission, Board Member of AIDS Project Worcester, and ran for public office in 1999 for a seat on the Worcester City Council. Al is also a Master Trainer for The Massachusetts Department of Social Services and was a foster parent for approximately 10 years opening his home to almost 50 children.
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) inc., profiled Al in 2003 as one of several Champions of LGBTIQ Youth; The Advocate, a national gay and lesbian publication, named Al as one of 117 Worldwide Innovators in 2001; The local National Conference for Community and Justice awarded Al with the Twenty-Fourth Annual Leadership Award in 2001; in 1998 Worcester Magazine named him a Hometown Hero; and he was named Best of Boston in 1997 by Boston Magazine. Al, Keith and Kayla Toney, Al's biological daughter, were featured in the Showtime documentary on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, Same Sex America, which was released in April, 2005.
Al and Keith Toney recently completed a book as contributing writers and editors with the National Black Justice Coalition and MassEquality called, Jumping the Broom: A Black Perspective of Same Gender Marriage in Massachusetts released in the spring of 2007. |
