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DiversityInc Founder and Chairman Luke Visconti, along with five other expert panelists, offered their perspectives and experience during the House Committee on Financial Services hearing, entitled: “Diversity in the Boardroom: Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of America’s Boards.” Or, in most cases, the lack of diversity in America’s boardrooms. …
The House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled: “Diversity in the Boardroom: Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of America’s Boards,” Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 10 a.m. (Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AUzBgSIpPM) Presented by Mr. Luke Visconti, Founder and Chairman of DiversityInc Good morning, Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member McHenry and distinguished…
Abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman was set to make history again in 2020 as the first woman highlighted prominently on U.S. paper currency. But the Trump Administration’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Tubman’s image on the front of a new $20 bill won’t be happening anytime soon, maybe in about seven…
Women of color in power still trigger stress for white men. Sorry, not sorry. Democrats questioned the secretary of treasury for three hours about when he will respond to requests for access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns. But Steve Mnuchin had a date with a foreign dignitary. In his haste…
While accepting the Chairman’s Award during the 50th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday in Los Angeles, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had a message for her “haters.” “As for those ultra-right wing white supremacist haters who have threatened to kill me and my family and my staff, I’ve gotten four of them…
CBS News just took one giant step backward in regard to diversity and inclusion and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) demands an explanation, while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it’s “unacceptable.” The news network announced its digital reporters and producers on a team that will cover the 2020 presidential election and Black…
The National Newspaper Publishers Association honored Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) with a National Leadership Award during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 48th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday night. Waters urged the association of more than 200 Black-owned community newspapers from around the U.S. to encourage Black people…
During a celebration of ICE and Custom Border Patrol, President Trump, appeasing his base, highlighted the fact that a Latino patrol officer, Adrian Anzaldua, speaks English. Trump invited Anzaldua on stage with him. “The border patrol agent who caught the accused, and likely really saved many lives, he’s here with…
The absence of diversity in the President Trump’s administration has been a subject of ongoing debate. In an interview on Thursday with “The Breakfast Club,” a radio show based in New York City, Angela Rye, an attorney, political commentator and a leader of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, implied that…
Someone noticed a suspicious package sent to Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-Calif.) district office in South Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon addressed to “Anne Thrax.” As Waters has recently received death threats, the authorities were contacted. Parts of the office building were evacuated, and the Los Angeles Police Department and a…
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