Diversity Management, News and Updates
As the saying goes, the news never stops — but there’s a lot of it out there, and all of it doesn’t always pertain to our readers. In this weekly news roundup, we’ll cover the top news stories that matter most to our diversity focused audience. 1. Coverage From DiversityInc’s…
As the saying goes, the news never stops — but there’s a lot of it out there, and all of it doesn’t always pertain to our readers. In this weekly news roundup, we’ll cover the top news stories that matter most to our diversity focused audience. 1. Policies Defended in…
Even though the Florida Department of Education has already banned the classroom teaching of Critical Race Theory, lawmakers in the state are attempting to go even further, passing a law to protect whites’ “feelings” during education dealing with Black history. Amy Simonson of CNN reported that a bill backed by…
In a disturbing new trend nobody wanted to see coming, public health officials in Florida revealed that hospitals in the state broke the record for new COVID-19 hospitalizations on Sunday, Aug. 1, with more men and women hospitalized for the illness now than at the height of the pandemic in…
It’s been a colorful week of back and forth for city officials in Jacksonville, Florida. On Monday, June 7, the city debuted a decorative rainbow-light colored theme in downtown Jacksonville to help usher in Pride Month celebrations. The lights mimicked similar red, white and blue displays from previous months that…
Florida was trying to move on from its racist past, especially when it comes to keeping Black and brown people from voting. In November, Floridians approved Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to former felons who have served their sentence, excluding those convicted of murder and sex felonies, by a landslide 30-point…
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has promised to cripple Amendment 4 by signing Senate Bill 7066, which will require that ex-felons pay all fines and court costs before they will actually be able to vote. The Florida Democratic Party has called DeSantis the “Jim Crow Governor” for saying he will sign…
Despite what appears to be a record of service, particularly with helping register people to vote and advocating for million of felons to get the right to vote, Michael Ertel decided, after being appointed to the Seminole County supervisor of elections back in 2005, that he would put together racist…
Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis’ lead over Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum narrowed to just 33,000 votes on Saturday, resulting in a mandated machine recount of ballots. The results are due in Tallahassee on Thursday, and if Gillum gains about 15,000 votes, a hand recount will take place. On Election…
