Diversity Management, News and Updates
Inventor and author Elijah Precciely, at 11 years old, is already thinking about legacy and what sports team he’ll buy after becoming a college graduate of Southern University. The open door to this amazing opportunity started when his mom, Pamela Precciely, reached out to Dr. Diola Bagayoko, who is in…
A new sheriff may soon be in town in Texas, and she’s already making history. Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez narrowly defeated her opponent in the primary race for Texas governor Tuesday night. Her nomination alone is an achievement; Valdez is the first openly gay and Latina to win…
By Steve Phillips (Originally Published on TheNation.com) “The Rainbow Coalition is like a quilt—many patches, many pieces, many colors, bound by a common thread.” I was in Atlanta, Georgia for the 1988 Democratic National Convention listening to Jesse Jackson describe his vision for how a multiracial and explicitly progressive coalition…
The marriage of American actress Meghan Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry on Saturday was anything but the traditional royal protocol for a wedding at Windsor Castle in England. From a sermon by the first Black leader of the Episcopal Church in the United States to a soul-stirring gospel choir, it…
Race, gun violence and U.S. culture are explored in recording artist Childish Gambino’s “This is America” music video, which has gone viral. The video has garnered more than 74 million views on YouTube since it was released on Saturday and the buzz continues to grow. Childish Gambino is the musical…
A record number of women are running for U.S. House of Representatives seats, along with women running at every level of public office. And they’re winning. Rachel Crooks, one winner in Ohio who also accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, told Elle magazine: “I want to be part of…
A group of racist Internet trolls tried to hack a NASA competition to take votes away from the only group of all Black girls who were lead contenders in the race. But these “Hidden figures in the making,” as they call themselves, refuse to let the negativity tarnish their Black…
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” aired an episode on Wednesday where James Shaw Jr., who is known as the Waffle House Hero, was surprised by a visit from his hero on the basketball court, three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade. Shaw risked his life on April 22 at a Waffle House near…
In the year 2017 more than 60,000 people were sterilized because they were deemed unfit to reproduce. Many did not even know they were undergoing the procedure. It began at state prisons in Indiana and spread to two-thirds of the country, targeting people with mental illness, disabilities and anyone who…
