Diversity Management, News and Updates
In 2019, The Washington Post reported that then-President Trump had told top White House officials “he did not want a single dollar going to Puerto Rico” despite Hurricane Maria becoming one of the deadliest U.S. natural disasters in over 100 years. And it appears he meant it. According to a…
President Biden’s campaign pledge to place a moratorium on the deportation of immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally appears to be holding steady. Newly released data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement show that, following changes in enforcement policies and administration officials, federal immigration authorities have made significantly fewer…
Newly sworn-in U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has had a busy — and expensive — week. In addition to granting $1 billion in student loan debt relief, Cardona recently released $912 million in federal funds to public and private schools in Puerto Rico. The previously approved funding was blocked for…
On Thursday, March 18, Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a measure called the “Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021” which could lead to the island territory becoming a full-fledged U.S. state. Nicole Acevedo of NBC News reported that the measure “calls for creating a ‘status convention’ made up…
The company Pivotal Ventures, which is funded through donations from Melinda Gates, MacKenzie Scott, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies and others, has announced the finalists for its ”Equality Can’t Wait Challenge” — a project aimed at awarding $40 million to organizations that are helping to expand women’s power and…
In his role as the leader of a national veterans’ civil rights group created to help protect Mexican Americans from discrimination, Lawrence Romo has a long history of fighting for diversity and inclusion. And now the Latinx civil rights leader will take his considerable skills and knowledge to Washington D.C….
In a humanitarian move, President Biden has issued an executive order allowing thousands of Venezuelans who fled the crumbling South American country in hopes of a better life in the U.S. the chance to apply for temporary protection and avoid deportation. “Biden’s order allows about 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S….
In an effort to help save lives of Black and Brown Californians who have been hit disproportionately hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a new pledge to allocate up to 40% of existing vaccine doses to the state’s underserved communities. Health officials in the state hope…
With a global pandemic raging on and millions of people out of work or struggling to make ends meet because of business closures or loss of stable income, the government’s ban on evictions — proposed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — was supposed to ease fears and…
The number of Latinx Americans over the age of 25 who have earned at least a bachelor’s degree increased by 30% over the past 15 years, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. However, despite the massive climb, that number still lags behind white, Asian American…