Diversity Management, News and Updates
At a press conference regarding the arrest the white man who killed McKnight, Sheriff Newell Normand allayed fears of a white shooter, saying, “predominantly, Black males commit the murders.” By Sheryl Estrada Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand speaks at a press conference, Tuesday, December 6. In a fiery press conference…
UPDATE Dec. 6, 2016 1:35 p.m. ET Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand announced Tuesday in a fiery press conference that54-year-old Ronald Gasser, accused ofshooting and killing ex-NFL running back Joe McKnight, was arrested late Monday and faces manslaughter charges. Gasser’s bond was listed at $500,000. Related Story: Joe McKnight Case:…
Duke said he’s concerned about security as “Dillard [University] is pretty supportive of Black Lives Matter.” By Sheryl Estrada Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Dukewill be on the campus of Dillard University, a private historically Black college in New Orleans, to participate in a televised Louisiana Senate race…
Cox Communications (No. 18 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list) in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, announced Barrett Kennedy, Rory McCracken and Libby Nehrbass as the finalists for Louisiana’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes program. Voting is open through September 21 at CoxConservesHeroes.com. The program honors…
Conservative media outlets, a Louisiana candidate for Senate and others have slammed President Barack Obama after his administration instructed the state not to discriminate when assisting Louisianans impacted by the recent flooding. Last week the Obama administration released a 16-page guidance warning Louisiana “to ensure that individuals and communities affected…
PRESS RELEASE AT&T (No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity) is donating $100,000 to two organizations to help restore Louisiana following the recent floods. The contribution will be divided between the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and DonorsChoose.org. Baton Rouge Area Foundation will receive $50,000 towards its Louisiana…
PRESS RELEASE BASF student interns volunteer for BASF Kids Day. BASF provided the opportunity for 26 engineering students to spend the summer working as interns at its site in Geismar, Louisiana. The site is BASF’s largest manufacturing facility in North America. The interns, selected from universities nation-wide, participated in engineering…
Over the weekend, Trump twice defended former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes’ alleged sexual misconduct and then said “I guess” when asked if he would vote for a Democrat over a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard for Senate. In an interview for Showtime’s “The Circus,” which was…
By Sheryl Estrada Cameron Sterling, age 15, son of Alton Sterling whose police-related death on July 5 in Baton Rouge, La. was caught on cellphone video, spoke about his father and hope for unity during a press conference Wednesday. Related Story: Police Shoot Black Man Point Blank While Restrained on…
UPDATE: 12:12 p.m. ET July 22, 2016 The day after Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, David Duke, a registered Republican and former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, confirmedon his website Friday that he will run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana to fill a seat that will be vacated…
