In the final session of DiversityInc’s 2019 ERG Festival on Nov. 12 at the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott, Lissiah Hundley, head of strategic partnerships and client fulfillment, led the ERG Forum, where participants had an opportunity to engage in a dialogue. Inspired. Informed. Invigorated. Engaged. Challenged. Supported. Hopeful. Those…
Author: Casey Musarra
Trump Compares Impeachment Inquiry to ‘Lynching’ in Swiftly Rebuked Tweet
President Donald Trump compared the House impeachment inquiry to a “lynching,” a term most associated with the mob hanging of Black men in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in a tweet Tuesday morning, drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle but also getting support from Republican lawmakers…
Florida Teen Darcy Krueger Goes Viral After Getting Turned Away from Homecoming Dance for Wearing Jumpsuit
Darcy Krueger, 17, was turned away from the Tampa Bay Homeschool Homecoming Dance last month for wearing a jumpsuit instead of a dress. The teen, donning a black evening jumpsuit and strappy silver heels, traveled nearly an hour from her home in Lakeland to the Orlo House and Ballroom in…
Andrew Cuomo Uses N-word in Radio Interview
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used the n-word live on-air during a radio interview Tuesday. Cuomo, who regularly appears as a guest on The Roundtable with Alan Chartock on WAMC Northeast Public Radio, was discussing the controversy around celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day simultaneously on Monday. Early on…
Southern Company’s Chris Womack, Merck’s Steve Mizell and AT&T’s Dave Fine on the Road to Allyship
In individual TED-style talks, Chris Womack, EVP and President of External Affairs for Southern Company (No. 33 on The DiversityInc Top 50 list), Steve Mizell, EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer for Merck, and Dave Fine, National Vice President of Sales and Distribution for Cricket Wireless at AT&T (No. 1 on…
Luke Visconti on ‘Being a White Male Ally’
DiversityInc Founder and Chairman Luke Visconti embodies what it means to be an ally, and CEO Carolynn Johnson said it best in welcoming him to the stage for his session at the 2019 Women of Color and Their Allies event on Oct. 2 in Atlanta. “There’s no better person to…
HPI’s Lynn Seth Challenges WoCA Attendees to ‘Reclaim Your Life’
Human Performance Institute Performance Coach Lynn Seth took the nearly 400 attendees of DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies on Oct. 2 in Atlanta through the “human energy crisis” and gave advice on what to do about it. HPI, a division of Johnson & Johnson (a Diversity Hall of…
Cheryl Grise: Top 10 Lessons from 2018’s Women of Color and Their Allies Event
In a TED-style talk at DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event on Oct. 2, Ernst & Young Americas Solutions Leader Cheryl Grise listed her top 10 lessons learned about mentoring and sponsorship from the 2018 event. 1. Know your brand and be planful about your career “When I…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Takes Heat for Price of Haircut, Highlighting Catch 22 Women Face on Appearance
The internet was abuzz Wednesday over the reported market price haircut Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) received last month. The Washington Times, a conservative outlet, reported Wednesday that Ocasio-Cortez spent nearly $300 at Last Tangle In Washington Salon, breaking that down into an $80 haircut and $180 lowlights (and factoring in…
Jaren Hall Makes History as First Black Quarterback to Start for BYU
Jaren Hall made history Saturday as the first Black quarterback to start for Brigham Young University in its nearly 100-year history as a college football program. “I am very proud of my ancestors, very proud of my ethnicity and all the things that come with that,” Hall, a redshirt freshman,…