Diversity Management, News and Updates
U.S. Soccer has announced that Ann Seeney will serve as Chief People & Diversity Officer, effective March 21. She will oversee all HR programs in functions in her new role, which includes overseeing employment practices as well as diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) initiatives. U.S. Soccer CEO Will Wilson…
With Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson set to start in a matter of days, it’s clear she could become one of the most important women ever in U.S. political history. As the first Black female ever nominated for the Supreme Court, as well as…
March 8 marks the 113th celebration of the global holiday known as International Women’s Day, an annual celebration created to commemorate the cultural, political and socioeconomic achievements of women around the planet. As we prepare to mark this year’s important and especially meaningful occurrence — which occurs at the start…
An online gathering of Asian American women and their allies to talk about anti-Asian discrimination felt the damage firsthand when a racist internet troll attacked their meeting. Leah Asmelash of CNN reported that the “virtual gathering of high-profile Asian American creators, including actress Olivia Munn, became the subject of their…
In a groundbreaking and inclusive new labor law, nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other domestic workers within San Francisco could soon qualify for and receive paid sick leave. The Associated Press reported that “the city’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Dec. 14, unanimously passed the legislation, which the San Francisco…
While ride-sharing services remain one of the most popular ways to get around in large cities, the public is getting one of its first-ever looks at the prevalence of sexual assaults within the industry — and it isn’t pretty. CNN’s Sara Ashley O’Brien reported that “ride-hail company Lyft released its…
Queen Bey continues to break records and make history. Just weeks after launching her Western-themed Ivy Park fashion collaboration with Adidas and telling Harper’s Bazaar that she has spent the last year and a half in the studio working on new music, the media mogul has also become just the…
Even though it has been years since she has released a new album, a new report from Forbes reveals that the time out of the limelight has been good to the Grammy-award winning Barbadian hitmaker Rihanna. Not only is she one of the few celebrities who have earned over a…
The multinational financial services corporation Nasdaq Inc. and the stock exchanges it operates are on the verge of becoming much more diverse and inclusive, especially when it comes to the number of women and minorities serving on the boards of member companies. Bloomberg’s Andrew Ramonas and Claire Hao have reported…
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics finally underway after the COVID-19-related postponement, event organizers have one message they are committed to driving home to spectators watching the Summer Games: women athletes don’t deserve to be sexualized or treated differently than their male counterparts. Graham Dunbar of the Associated Press reported that…
