Diversity Management, News and Updates
One Expert’s Advice on How To Keep Supplier Diversity Programs From Failing Black-Owned Businesses
April 20, 2021 
Guest Column: EY’s Martin Fiore on How Job Candidates Are Disrupting the Traditional Interview Process
January 29, 2021 
Transferrable Veteran Skills and Why it’s Important to ‘Show Up’
November 11, 2020 
Thousands of Vets Missing Out on Key Benefits; Sesame Street Tackles Racism; and More
October 13, 2020 By Alana Winns and Christian Carew
Rah Thomas, a managing director in Accenture’s Infrastructure Operations practice and co-lead of the African American employee resource group, has been growing his dreadlocks for almost 20 years.
Thomas made a decision early on in his corporate career to work at a company that would not only accept his dreadlocks but would encourage him to wear the hairstyle.
Conservative lawmakers from Georgia to Florida to Texas continue to pass highly restrictive and racist election reform laws designed to keep Democrats and people of color from voting, and the Senate appears powerless — at least for now — to stop their Jim Crow-era antics. The latest blow to the…
The battle over whether employees can be forced to get a COVID-19 vaccine is continuing to gather steam, even in settings where vaccines shouldn’t be controversial, such as hospitals. Jamie Stengle of the Associated Press reported that “more than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get…
While some states have pushed back on policing reform following the death of George Floyd and the conviction of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin for his murder last summer, other states appear to be finally coming through with the much-needed reform measures. CNN’s Keith Allen, Brad Parks and Devan Cole…
In an alarming trend, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that Black people are substantially more likely to die in traffic accidents than white men or women. Even during peak quarantine, when people were driving less due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of…
Abuse toward public protesters was rampant all over the U.S. during the summer of 2020. And according to a new report from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), the problem appears to have been especially bad in the country’s most populous city, where 39 officers have been accused…
In a blow to voters and political supporters in Rhode Island, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has come under fire for not only belonging to an exclusive all-white private beach club — but also for defending his membership and saying he doesn’t think it’s a problem. According to NBC News, reporters…
Black Americans are saddled with an overwhelming majority of the nation’s $1.7 trillion student debt — and according to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, that debt is one of the key factors preventing Black Americans from buying and owning their own home. Business Insider’s Ayelet…
The world of professional athletics just became a bit more diverse and inclusive. In a boost for LGBTQ representation during Pride Month celebrations, professional football player Carl Nassib has announced he is gay. The defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders becomes the first-ever out athlete actively playing in the…
Following an announcement in March that city officials in Evanston, Illinois would begin paying qualifying city residents up to $25,000 in reparations for use on property payments and home repair, and fresh off the government’s announcement of Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday, mayors in 11 additional U.S. cities have announced…
According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, there are an estimated 134,000 transgender veterans in the U.S. and at least 15,000 trans persons currently serving in the military today. And now, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that it will be standing by all these individuals and helping…
