Diversity Management, News and Updates
Since February, the news stories listed below about police brutality have been traumatizing, disappointing, frustrating and exhausting: February 23, 2020 | Ahmaud Arbery, murdered in broad daylight while jogging. Murderers slept in their own beds that night. May 13, 2020 | Breonna Taylor, shot eight times and killed by Kentucky…
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There have been significant strides in LGBTQ diversity and inclusion in the workplace nationally and globally. For example, according to the Human Rights Campaign report, A Workplace Divided: Understanding the Climate for LGBTQ Workers Nationwide, 46% of LGBTQ workers say they are closeted at work, compared to 50% in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2008 Degrees of…
After finding the back of the net in Aug. 4’s win over D.C. United, Alejandro Bedoya, who roams the midfield for the Philadelphia Union soccer team, took the microphone to send a message to Congress about gun violence. “Congress, do something now. End gun violence!” Bedoya shouted into the microphone….
Rapper Cardi B and Democratic presidential candidate Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may seem like an unlikely pairing, and a nail salon in Detroit, Michigan may seem like an unlikely venue to film campaign videos, but both figures share the same political goals: to get youth voters involved. Sanders posted a…
LOST? CLICK HERE FOR AOC STORY. Dr. Maya Angelou is a respected and revered icon in the Black community. She was a singer, dancer, a poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Angelou was also an esteemed elder to many. She passed away in 2014 at the age of 86. A…
An 11-year-old boy was arrested for not following orders and “causing a disruption” when he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class. On Feb. 4, substitute teacher, Ana Alvarez, at Lawton Chiles Middle School, asked the students in her class to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The…
The NAACP and Rev. Dr. William Barber called out evangelical Christians who back President Donald Trump’s family separation policy, and called the policy racist. “We see this happening,” Barber said, “and this attack on children we know it’s brown children, it wouldn’t be happening if it wasn’t brown children at…
Lola Jean-Baptiste, a Haitian immigrant with U.S. citizenship, was attacked and threatened by an angry middle-aged white woman in Brockton, Mass. The incident allegedly started when Jean-Baptiste pulled into a parking spot in a shopping plaza. The woman was supposedly waiting for the spot Jean-Baptiste parked. The woman was said…
Georgia State Sen. Nikema Williams, the first Black woman elected to lead the state’s Democratic party, was jailed last year for just standing among protesters at the state Capitol. Williams is now taking a stand to prevent the mistreatment of women of color by law enforcement. She was among more…