Diversity Management, News and Updates
In 2015, a then 21-year-old Dylann Roof opened fire during Bible study lessons in a Charleston, South Carolina church, senselessly murdering nine Black churchgoers. The victims included three reverends (one of whom was a former state Senator), a librarian and two senior citizens, including one woman who had worked within…
California writer and mother Joanna Schroeder had a message to other moms of white teen boys in a tweet that went viral: White supremacists online are paying attention to young men’s social media use, even if you are not. Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up. I’ve been watching…
A simple mistake in the kitchen has forever changed the life of a caring veteran. Former U.S. Coast Guard veteran, Stefan DeArmon, had to move back to his hometown of Charleston,S.C., to help his ailing parents. It had been almost 30 years since he returned home when he decided to…
A woman dubbed #GasStationGail called the police on a group of peaceful Black protesters, which included children, as they denounced violence in their Charleston community outside of a local gas station. This past Sunday, Charleston community activist, Jonathan Thrower, led a group of nearly 40 Black adults and children on…
Convicted murderer and white supremacist Dylann Roof was denied his request to replace his attorneys, who he referred to as his “political and biological enemies” on the basis of their ethnicities. In a handwritten motion dated Monday Roof wrote, “My two currently appointed attorneys, Alexandra Yates and Sapna Mirchandani, are…
The nine Black churchgoers who were gunned down by a white supremacist in Charleston, S.C., will be honored by a new memorial on the church grounds. The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church announced the plans for the memorial on the two-year anniversary of the tragedy. Michael Arad, partner at Handel…
Police in Charleston, S.C., are investigating several acts of vandalism that have taken place since the weekend, including racist graffiti spraypainted at a library named after a victim of the 2015 church massacre. Graffiti was discovered at the Cynthia Graham Hurd St. Andrews Regional Library on Monday morning. One of…
By Sheryl Estrada A Charleston, S.C., jury on Thursday found Dylann Roof guilty on all 33 counts of federal hate crimes. Roofmurdered nine Black men and womenand attempted to kill three others during Bible study in the basement ofEmanuel African Methodist Episcopal, a historic church, on June 17, 2015. The…
One year after public outcry forced the removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds and public institutions following the killing of nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., by a Confederate flag-waving gunman, there is still refusal by some to let go of the divisive symbol. The state of Mississippi…
“When I spoke to [Dylann] Roof in the bond hearing a few days after the massacre I said to him, ‘Although my grandfather died at the hands of hate, he lived in love and he preached love so his legacy will be love and hate won’t win,’” Alana Simmons told…
