Author: Lisa
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Farther Together: The Importance Of Allies In Diversity And Inclusion
by Bernard Coleman As the old adage goes, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Have you ever heard of John Henry? He is an African-American folk hero from the 1870s. As the legend goes, “[Henry] worked as a ‘steel-driving man’ — a man tasked with hammering a steel…
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This 11 Year Old Was Bullied for Her Skin Color. Now, She Owns A Successful Clothing Line
Kheris Rogers can’t forget the grade school humiliation. During an assignment where the students had to draw themselves, the teacher handed the shy dark-skinned girl a black crayon instead of a brown one. “I was the darkest of all of them,” the stunning 11 year old recalls of her classmates. “But they were all African-American.”…
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The Moral And Business Need For Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace
By Amanda Sourry, president, Unilever North America We live in a fast-changing and highly complex world. The profile of our customers, consumers and employees have undergone a fundamental shift. Now more than ever, it’s imperative that the workplace reflects the world we live in. Workplace diversity is no longer just a good thing to do…
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Why Your Diverse Talent Is Leaving—And What Your Organization Can Do About It
by Janice Gassam When crafting a strategy to foster an equitable workplace, many organizations focus their efforts on attracting diverse talent. Organizational diversity initiatives place a heavy emphasis on the appearance of equity and the process of selecting and hiring diverse talent. While being able to attract diverse talent should be the initial focus,…
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How 3 Austin Tech Companies Build More Inclusive Workplaces
BY KELLY O’HALLORAN Unless they’re backed by actions, initiatives and partnerships, terms like “diversity” and “inclusion” run the risk of becoming mere buzzwords in the tech industry, which remains under fire for the lack of both. We caught up with three local companies to learn more about how they are building more inclusive and diverse work…
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Why More Women Will Make The Blockchain Stronger
By ALENA LAPUKHOVA A worrying trend is emerging in blockchain, and it is one all too familiar in emerging technologies – where are all the women? It’s a pretty important question – we’re already seeing both enterprise and governments invest significant sums into the technology, uncovering use-cases that have the potential to upend the way we…
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The Organizational Responsibility To Diversity And Inclusion
Recently, I explored the importance of individual women acquiring confidence in their digital skills to make progress in the workplace. But what about the workplace environment’s role in the transformation? How can organizations improve how they are supporting women’s and all minorities’ advancement? Of course, we hear a lot about diversity and inclusion initiatives and programs across…
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Singer Jason McKinney embodies diversity
The Sherman Park Arts Festival couldn’t have found a more fitting performer to represent its theme — “Diverse Roots, Common Ground” — than the gifted bass-baritone Jason McKinney, who, by way of introduction last week, confused an auditorium of mostly black students by saying: “I claim African-American heritage. But I also claim Native American heritage. And…
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Affleck, Damon Follow Michael B. Jordan’s Lead in Using an Inclusion Rider
Following Michael B. Jordan’s move to use an “inclusion rider” in all the film projects his Outlier Society Productions company takes on, two Hollywood heavyweights have announced that they’ll both follow suit. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, lifelong friends and producing partners, announced last week that they would be using the diversity clause in future deals through their Pearl…
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Four Ways to Drive Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
The global workplace is evolving, and women are the next emerging market in the world. The female labour participation rate in Sri Lanka currently stands at 35.9%; furthermore, Asia Pacific is home to 700 million adolescents, or 45% of the world’s youth population. This will potentially lead to an increasingly diverse workforce with people possessing…