Diversity Management, News and Updates
By Sheryl Estrada Tamir Rice Following an internal investigation by the city of Cleveland, Jamie Marquardt, a captain for Cleveland’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS), whose job it is to save lives, was fired for saying in a Facebook post he wished he’d killed a 12-year-old Black boy, Tamir Rice. “The…
By Sheryl Estrada Samaria Rice While Samaria Rice continues to cope with the death of her 12-year-old son Tamir, a Cleveland resource officer decided to degrade her on his Facebook page, accusing her of just being out for money. Matthew Cicero, who works for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD),…
By Sheryl Estrada Michael Brown, left, and Jason Goolsby, right, with Peter Grenier, Goolsby’s attorney, at a news conference on Oct. 15 An internal review released by the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department on Nov. 25 found that an officer’s use of force on Oct. 12 to detain Jason Goolsby…
By Sheryl Estrada Last week, the cover of the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Plattsburgh campus’student newspaper featured a cartoon portraying a Black male with a wide smile and bulging eyes in a cap and gown walking through a run-down urban neighborhood. The article coinciding with the illustration, titled…
By Sheryl Estrada Last week, the cover of the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Plattsburgh campus’student newspaper featured a cartoon portraying a Black male with a wide smile and bulging eyes in a cap and gown walking through a run-down urban neighborhood. The article coinciding with the illustration, titled…
By Sheryl Estrada Corey Jones. Photo from Facebook. In the early morning of Oct. 18, Corey Jones, 31, a musician, was headed home to Boynton Beach, Fla. after finishing a late-night gig with the band Future Prezidents in Jupiter. His car broke down in Palm Beach Gardens at the exit…
By Sheryl Estrada Photo taken by Collin Rees during demonstrations Tuesday night. Washington, D.C. released on Mondaythe transcriptof a911call that led to city police officers chasing, tackling and violently handcuffing 18-year-old college student Jason Goolsby on Oct. 12 for attempting to use an ATM. At a news conference on Thursday,Goolsby’s…
