Diversity Management, News and Updates
As schools and offices across the country are closing in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, classes and businesses are moving online. For many of the estimated 19 million Americans without broadband internet service, learning and working from home poses challenges. Comcast (No. 6 on DiversityInc’s 2019 Top 50 Companies…
Known best for: Becoming the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks — the first African American woman CEO in the NBA During Women’s History Month, DiversityInc is honoring a series of woman innovators and history makers who are often overlooked in mainstream media coverage and history books. Check back throughout March…
With augmented reality (AR) technology, instead of simply reading about a natural national monument in danger of losing its protection, you can walk around its red rock formations, see cliffs with ancient etchings appear in front of you and look at hundreds of years of cultural indigenous history at risk…
Originally posted on ATT.com The Newest AT&T Athlete Plays in the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio This Week (Photo cred via ATT) AT&T announced it is now the official sponsor of professional golfer Maria Fassi. The sponsorship begins as the LPGA golfer hits the course at the Gainbridge LPGA at…
Originally published on about.att.com. The Whitacre Award, AT&T’s top honor, was given to the members of a team in California for their leadership and community-before-self attitudes. These employees went to heroic lengths to avert disaster or provide service in extreme situations. Learn more about their accomplishments below. California Team Restores…
AT&T’s (No. 1 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list and No. 2 on the Top Companies for Employee Resource Groups specialty list) African American employee resource group (ERG) The NETwork Black Integrated Communications Professionals has been around for 50 years. The LEAGUE at AT&T, Inc., the company’s…
AT&T (No. 1 on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity) has named Debra L. Lee — who formerly served as BET Networks’ chairperson and CEO — to its board of directors. During Lee’s time leading BET from 2006 until her retirement in 2009, she increased the network’s budget by 50%…
Juanita Harris, Assistant Vice President on the Senior Legal Counsel of AT&T (no. 1 on 2019 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) just received the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division’s Outstanding Corporate Counsel award. AT&T will ascend to DiversityInc’s Top 50 Hall of Fame (HoF). The Women Lawyers Division…
Originally posted on ATT.com Congratulations to this year’s winners, using creativity to combat distracted driving The mission of the It Can Wait program is clear- reduce distracted driving by educating all drivers about the dangers of smartphone use behind the wheel. It’s a goal shared by Project Yellow Light, a leading scholarship competition…
For the third consecutive year, AT&T and Tribeca Film Festival conducted the “AT&T Presents: Untold Stories” film competition. Filmmaker Kate Tsang was awarded the $1 million prize for her project, “Marvelous and the Black Hole,” and will receive mentorship from seasoned industry professionals to develop her pitch into a feature-length…