Diversity Management, News and Updates
By Sheryl Estrada “Black Lives Matter” has been the theme of protests against the police-related deaths of Black males in many cities, including Ferguson, New York and now Baltimore, following the death of Freddie Gray. Alicia Garza, a 34-year-old community organizer and one of the co-founders of the Black Lives…
Once again, dash cam evidence has brought police brutality to light. But this time, the victims are fellow officers. In October, four Black parole officers from New York State filed a lawsuit against members of the Ramapo Police Department (as well as Rockland County, the village of Suffern, and the…
By Barbara Frankel CVS Health demonstrated today its deep commitment to its community values by announcing plans to rebuild the two CVS pharmacies that were devastated by fire during last week’s protests in Baltimore. The company is also donating $100,000 to help rebuild the city. Calling it “the right thing…
Baltimore’s State Attorney Marilyn Mosby, the one person who brought calm to Baltimore in the aftermath of last week’s riots, now faces a slew of criticism from an angry press. After Mosby read the charges against the six Baltimore Police Officers (including second-degree murder, manslaughter, and second-degree assault), citizens of…
By Michael Nam Photo by Shutterstock In the wake of Freddie Gray’s death and the subsequentunrest in Baltimore, new surveysshow white Americans may be coming to the realization that the nation still struggles with the issue of race relations, and that the manner in which police deal with the Black…
By Michael Nam A congressman from Texas has a novel reason for the unrest among Baltimore residents: Same-gender marriage. On a radio show segment where Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) put forth the breakdown of the “traditional family” for the rampant poverty in the city. The Family Research Council, labeled an…
By Michael Nam (Update: 1:31 p.m. 5/1/2015) Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore in a press conference stated that five of the police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray have been taken into custody. Here is the list of charges from the state’s attorney’s office for the six police…
By Sheryl Estrada The funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray was on Monday in Baltimore, the city where he lived and died on April 19 after sustaining spinal injuries during 45 minutes in a Baltimore police van seven days prior, and no video has been released. According to Gray’s family attorney,…
By Michael Nam Baltimore’s current dire situation can find its roots in a history of crushing poverty, a segregated populace, and long-running police brutality. The Black population of the city has suffered considerably through booms and busts of the U.S. economy, with little in the way of relief. A city…
By Michael Nam Accounts of police killing unarmed Black people are still making headlines since the death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The latest stories involve Rekia Boyd, shot and killed in Chicago, and Freddie Gray, a man who died from a mysterious injury allegedly received while in Baltimore…
