Diversity Management, News and Updates
Many large businesses and corporations have been eager to support and donate to racial and social justice causes over the past year. According to a recently published study on public funding spurred by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others, average American households have also provided millions…
When school board members in Newberg, Oregon, decided to ban all displays of LGBTQ Pride, Black Lives Matter and other signs with supposed “political” meaning, a couple living on a farm nearby decided it was up to them to stand up for and support the rights and identities of impacted…
Michael Frederick Jr. of Warren, Michigan, terrorized his Black neighbors for weeks in 2020, damaging vehicles, painting graffiti on their home and breaking windows. During sentencing for his crimes, Frederick claimed he had no ill will towards the couple — he just didn’t like the Black Lives Matter sign they…
Brandishing a handgun and threatening people walking in front of your home is perfectly OK in the state of Missouri — at least for the governor and his friends. Tim Fitzsimons of NBC News reported that Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is officially pardoning Patricia and Mark McCloskey, the husband and…
The County Sheriff in Pasquotank, North Carolina has been hit with a $30-million civil rights lawsuit following the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. — the father of seven — earlier this year. Joe Jurado of The Root reported that “Brown, 42, died on April 21 when his BMW was…
During the summer of 2020, while much of the country had turned its attention to the murder of George Floyd and the emerging Black Lives Matter Movement, Daniel Slater of Jupiter, Florida, was plotting the murder of his ex-girlfriend — a crime he later hoped to blame on Black Lives…
Finding and supporting companies by Black-owned businesses is about to become a whole lot easier thanks to a new “Black-owned” business tag debuting on Instagram. Randi Richardson of NBC News reported on Instagram’s announcement of the new feature available for U.S.-based businesses. Instagram said the goal of the “Black-owned” label…
Far too many emergency calls to 911 for issues ranging from family disturbances to mental health matters to wellness checks turn deadly or result in unnecessary injuries or arrests. Police show up, situations escalate, and before long, violence or arrests break out. But Missouri Rep. Cori Bush is hoping to…
In what is becoming an all-too-common occurrence of late, another car has struck a group of protestors, causing numerous injuries and at least one death. NPR’s Jaclyn Diaz has reported that “one woman is dead after a man drove into a crowd of protesters late Sunday night in Minneapolis. The…
The cellphone recording of George Floyd’s murder has not only been viewed around the world tens of thousands of times, but it also helped reignite a new wave of the Black Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., renewing calls for improved social justice and police reform across the country. And…
