Carolynn Johnson, DiversityInc CEO, discussed allyship on the “Karen Hunter Show” on SiriusXM’s Urban View on Monday. “I have no interest in trying to — and I view all of this as help, let’s just be clear — I have no interest in trying to help people that show up…
2019 Women of Color and Their Allies
Code Switching Defined | Women of Color and Their Allies 2019 Event
On Oct. 2 at DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event, Kelley Cornish, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at TD Bank (No. 18 on the 2020 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity) list and Corie Pauling, SVP and CDO at TIAA, (No. 9 on DiversityInc’s 2020 Top Companies for…
Intersectionality and Navigating Your Career
On Oct. 2 at DiversityInc’s annual Women of Color and Their Allies event, Natasha Miller-Williams, SVP of Diversity and Inclusion at Nielsen and Stefani Raggio, Vice President of Human Resource Operations for North America Hilton, talked about intersectionality and how to navigate your career. Intersectionality is when the overlap of…
Conversation with An Ally Featuring Karen Bennett and DiversityInc CEO Carolynn Johnson
The second annual Women of Color and Their Allies event took place Oct.2 in Atlanta. DiversityInc CEO Carolynn Johnson initiated a conversation at last year’s WOCA around women of color and white women moving forward together and supporting one another. The conversation continued with Cox Communications’ (No. 11 on the…
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…
Why Your CEO Should be an Antiracist
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…
KPMG’s Michele Meyer-Shipp and Toyota Financial Services’ BillieJo Johnson Discuss Women of Color Supporting Women of Color
At DiversityInc’s second annual Women of Color and Their Allies event, panelists Michele Meyer-Shipp, Principal, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at KPMG (No. 9 on the DiversityInc Top 50 list) and BillieJo Johnson, Group Manager of Enterprise Program Project Management Office at Toyota Financial Services (No. 18 on DiversityInc Top…
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw Delivers Keynote Speech on Intersectionality
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the phrase “intersectionality” nearly three decades ago, despite it only recently entering mainstream conversation. Crenshaw delivered the keynote speech Oct. 2 at DiversityInc’s Women of Color and Their Allies event, explaining the term intersectionality and its application to women of color in the workplace. She coined…
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…