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On Saturday, April 10, the CEOs from dozens of the country’s leading corporations came together on Zoom to talk about ways Corporate America can aid in the fight against a number of controversial and racist voter suppression laws that are currently in discussion across the U.S., including the new law…
American culture as a whole experienced a civil rights reawakening throughout 2020. Although there has been a dramatic increase in calls for social justice, representation and inclusion, this progressive movement still has plenty of detractors, especially in the educational space. According to a new report from the American Library Association,…
TV veteran Sharon Osbourne is leaving the CBS daytime talk show, The Talk following a recent controversy that erupted on set over racism. According to Christie D’Zurilla of the Los Angeles Times, the situation began on March 10 during an “explosive conversation between the co-hosts [that] was sparked by Osbourne’s…
The United States House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on Thursday, March 18 titled, “By the Numbers: How Diversity Data Can Measure Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.” During the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion’s hearing co-chaired by Rep. Maxine Waters of California and Rep. Joyce Beatty of…
Newly sworn-in U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has had a busy — and expensive — week. In addition to granting $1 billion in student loan debt relief, Cardona recently released $912 million in federal funds to public and private schools in Puerto Rico. The previously approved funding was blocked for…
With her confirmation as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Rachel Levine has made LGBTQ history, becoming the first-ever transgender person in history confirmed to a Cabinet-level government position. Dr. Levine was approved by the Senate with a vote of 52 to 48. In a statement following the…
Originally published on LinkedIn. Tim Richmond is AbbVie’s Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. AbbVie ranked No. 19 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2020. On Feb. 25, 2021, we hosted Learn.Develop.Perform. (LDP), our companywide initiative to inspire every AbbVie employee to reflect, explore and…
In his first televised primetime address to the nation after being sworn in as the nation’s leader, President Biden promised ample vaccines and a return to some degree of normalcy in the United States by mid-summer. Although he cautioned that unexpected setbacks may arise, he remained optimistic, suggesting America may…
Originally published on LinkedIn by Syreeta Williams, Assurance Director at PwC. PwC is a DiversityInc Hall of Fame company. From the age of six, I took part in the METCO program, a school integration busing program in Boston that enrolls inner-city students in suburban public schools to increase educational opportunity…
Originally published at basf.com by Anna Spiewak. BASF ranked No. 14 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2020. Elizabeth Monroe was inspired to work in manufacturing at an early age – thanks to her father. He was a quality control chemist. She vividly remembers going…