Diversity Management, News and Updates
The White House has announced a dramatic increase in funding to assist communities of color with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mariel Padilla of nonprofit newsroom The 19th reported that the Biden administration would allocate an additional $785 million from the American Rescue Plan towards helping communities of color that have…
For just the second time ever in New York City history, America’s largest metro area will have a Black mayor heading its city government. In a landslide election, Democrat Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain, will become the 110th mayor in the city’s 350-plus-year history — and…
The White House is stepping up to improve the U.S. educational system for Black students. Alexandra Alper of Reuters has reported that President Joe Biden has “signed an executive order setting up two commissions within the Department of Education to improve education for Black students.” According to Alper, “one commission…
In a positive sign of increasing diversity and representation in America’s court system, Florence Pan has been confirmed as the first-ever Asian American woman to hold a seat in the D.C. federal court system. Nate Raymond of Reuters reported that on Thursday, Sept. 23, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm…
After much delay, construction will soon begin in Chicago for the presidential library dedicated to the history of our 44th president, Barack Obama. Dan Merica of CNN reported that “former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will oversee the groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center next week.”…
America’s LGBTQ veterans have big news to celebrate. To mark the 10th anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military policy that shamefully encouraged military personnel to hide their LGBTQ identity, the Veterans Affairs Department has issued a notice confirming all LGBTQ veterans discharged under the policy…
In what could be the start of an impending humanitarian crisis, a group of more than 500 Haitian refugees is now walking through Mexico and heading toward the U.S., where they hope to seek asylum and shelter from the terrible conditions in their poverty-stricken homeland — especially in the wake…
Come November, Boston will be electing its first female mayor of color in the city’s nearly 200-year history. Who that mayor will be, however, remains to be determined by residents of the city in the upcoming election that features two women of color going head to head against each other…
In a noteworthy first-step towards nationwide voting reform — and ideally, an end to some of the racist anti-voting policies recently approved on the state level by governors in Florida, Georgia and other Republican strongholds — the House passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on Tuesday, Aug. 24. …
In one of the largest increases ever recorded in U.S. history, the Biden Administration has announced that starting in October 2021, food stamp benefits for lower-income families will grow by a life-changing 25%. Ashraf Khalil and Josh Boak of the Associated Press have reported that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
