Diversity Management, News and Updates
Financial literacy is strongly connected to financial success. Saving for retirement, multiple streams of income and smart management of debt are all factors in a stable financial life. But a study published recently by the TIAA Institute and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) at the George Washington University…
The progress and achievement of women entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses is flourishing. The third edition of the Mastercard (Diversity Inc #8) Index of Women, released in November, shows that female entrepreneurs globally are making big strides—particularly in the United States, New Zealand and Canada, according to the report. Mastercard’s Index…
More than 500 cities and counties have worked on raising the minimum age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21 statewide through Tobacco 21 laws. Studies show nonwhite youth are more heavily impacted by tobacco use. Last fall, Denver, Co., passed their Tobacco 21 law with the support of Campaign…
Disney’s (No. 20 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list) “Frozen 2” is currently in theaters breaking box office records, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The new animated sequel went in a slightly different direction than its blockbuster predecessor “Frozen.” The creators of the film, Jennifer Lee, Chris…
The family doctor who makes house calls well after he or she closes their practice for the day is a thing of the past. However, in New York State, Premier HealthCare, part of YAI, launched a telehealth program this fall for psychiatry that allows people with disabilities to access quality…
Pennsylvania State Rep. Jim Struzzi, R-Indiana, is trying to stir some momentum behind a bill, known as Cody’s Law, that, if it becomes law, would charge any individual who afflicts bodily harm to a person with a physical or intellectual disability with a second-degree felony. Currently in Pennsylvania, in order…
Three men now walk free after being exonerated for a crime they spent 36 years in prison for. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart, now in their 50s, were just 16 when they were wrongfully convicted of fatally shooting Baltimore middle schooler DeWitt Duckett over his Georgetown University jacket….
In Philadelphia, two police officers have started a weekly “Karaoke with a Cop” initiative in an attempt to change negative perceptions of law enforcement. Officer Shamssadeen Nur Ali Baukman and Officer Justin Harris, who both grew up in West Philadelphia and are patrol officers with the city’s 18th Precinct, came…
Scott Warren, a well-known and longtime aid worker who helps migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, was found not guilty Wednesday of “harboring illegal immigrants.” Warren was facing a maximum of 10 years in prison for his humanitarian aid work. Warren had been charged with two harboring charges by the federal…
Richfield Public Schools in Minnesota has received more than $22,800 in donations as of Tuesday after a video surfaced of workers throwing away kids’ hot lunches if the students owed more than $15, according to CNN. CNN reported that hundreds of people have donated in order to raise the thousands…