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.
Originally published at about.att.com by Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO of AT&T Consumer. AT&T is a DiversityInc Hall of Fame company. This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting and celebrating what makes Hispanic stories so special. We will explore how the vast, diverse and evolving culture of the Hispanic community represents…
Originally published at investor.key.com. KeyBank ranked No. 23 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2021. KeyBank’s Key4Women program and SCORE Cleveland today announced 10 finalists have been selected to compete in a business pitch contest for women-owned businesses (WOBs) located in Northeast Ohio. Selected from…
Originally published on LinkedIn. TIAA ranked No. 9 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2021. As we start sending kids back to school and gear up for Corporate America’s busiest season, it’s a great time to approach work with a fresh mindset. Whatever your notion…
Originally published at stories.wf.com. Wells Fargo ranked No. 25 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2021. All Americans share an aspiration for economic opportunity, yet there is a persistent, intergenerational opportunity gap that prevents millions of Black individuals from having meaningful access to the American…
Originally published at about.kaiserpermanente.org. Kaiser Permanente is a DiversityInc Hall of Fame company. Kweku Hazel, MD, a general surgeon and fellow in minimally invasive surgery at the University of Colorado Hospital, and Cynthia Hazel, a Doctor of Public Health and researcher at the OMNI Institute, have a history of…
Originally published at jnj.com. Johnson & Johnson is a DiversityInc Hall of Fame company. Johnson & Johnson announced it is accepting applications for its 2022 Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award. The award, which aims to support assistant or associate academic professors in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering,…
Come November, Boston will be electing its first female mayor of color in the city’s nearly 200-year history. Who that mayor will be, however, remains to be determined by residents of the city in the upcoming election that features two women of color going head to head against each other…
On what should have been a day of reflection and solidarity marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorism attacks on our nation, some Americans once again decided it was more important to turn to hate by harassing and attacking their fellow man. NBC News’ Sakshi Venkatraman has reported that…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis continues to make LGBTQ political history. In 2008, he became the first openly gay man ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. A decade later, he became the first openly gay man elected to the position of state governor. And now, with his marriage to…
Louisiana’s Lawrence Brooks has been a proud veteran — and a shining example of Black excellence in the military — for a remarkable 76 years. And, on Sept. 12, 2021, he also carried on another incredible feat: his role as the United States’ oldest living World War II veteran, turning…
