Diversity Management, News and Updates
In our ongoing celebration of Black History Month, we look back at some of the leaders, icons and pop culture juggernauts that helped to bring diversity, equity, inclusion and representation to the forefront of the American landscape — like these men and women who left their indelible mark on the…
Lt. Cmdr. Kerry Karwan, a retired member of the Coast Guard and member of the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), attended the Dec. 11 joint congressional hearing by the U.S. House Oversight and Homeland Security Committees. The issue at hand was one she had personal experience with. “Righting the Ship,”…
The National Whistleblowers Center will recognize Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Kimberly Young-McLear, who spent years reporting — and facing retaliation for reporting — discriminatory and abusive behavior by her superiors. Young Mc-Lear, who is Black and lesbian, had not previously spoken publicly about her story, which includes years of abuse…
We need a white homeland as Europe seems lost. By Frank Kineavy Authorities have arrested a 49-year old coast guard lieutenant plotting to conduct a mass killing. His hit list included prominent Democratic politicians as well as several journalists from CNN and MSNBC. According to CNN, Christopher Paul Hasson is…
Dr. Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots, passed away on Nov. 21 at age 103. Dr. Hooker, an accomplished professor and psychologist, was also the first Black woman to join the U.S. Coast Guard in 1945. She was a mere 6-years-old when one…
During a colleague’s on-camera interview, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard is said to have flashed a symbol associated with white power. The unidentified member was sitting in the background of an MSNBC live shot on Friday. Capt. John Reed was giving an update on the Coast Guard’s Florence…
Veterans Day is on November 11. It was first established in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson. At this time it was called Armistice Day and was created to remember “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service.” Congress declared Armistice Day a federal holiday in 1938. President Dwight…
