Facebook Plans to Add Women to Its Board to Add Diversity, But What About African-Americans?
Facebook is seeking to add directors, including at least one woman who can add diversity to its all-male board, according to a Bloomberg article posted earlier this week. The tech giant has been criticized for its lack of diversity in employment specifically on its director board. But according to Bloomberg, Facebook has been working with executive-recruiting firm Spencer Stuart in search of [...]
Read MoreNAACP Launches High-Tech/Low-Tech Voter Registration Initiative
A new NAACP initiative to register, educate and prepare hundreds of thousands of African-American voters for the November elections blends 21st-century technology with old-school activism. “This Is My Vote!” will be implemented in all 50 states, with a more intensive effort in 12 states that have large numbers of unregistered African-American voters, are key battlegrounds or have already implemented [...]
Read MoreMinority Youth Flourish Under AT&T’s Aspire Initiative
Election season is here, and jobs are at the top of the agenda for most of the electorate. Members of Congress have invoked the social welfare-sounding term “job creator” to describe businesses, but many are skeptical because businesses often export or terminate more jobs than they create. On the other hand, some corporations have taken [...]
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29 Days of Diversity Week 2 Review – #29daysofdiversity
February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as [...]
Read More29 Days of Diversity Week 1 Review – #29daysofdiversity
February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as [...]
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