The Walt Disney Co. has named Kimberly Godwin president of ABC News. Continue reading Kimberly Godwin Named President of ABC News
By Lorie Reichel-Howe
Founder, Conversations In The Workplace
If you work with people, it’s inevitable that you have felt the sting of cutting words, the stab of sarcasm and the sickening silence when a coworker is verbally attacked. When workplace word wars occur, people become casualties, relationships are strained, and morale plunges downward. Continue reading Avoiding Workplace Word Wars
By Kate Brouse, Business Development Lead at NTI
For many Americans with disabilities—even prior to these unusual times—finding and keeping a job comes with unique challenges: commuting to a workplace, job flexibility to allow for doctor’s visits and treatments, and needed accommodations to complete a job. Continue reading NTI@Home Aids in Finding Work-at-Home Opportunities
By Natalie Rodgers
On August 31, California lawmakers passed a new, unnamed piece of legislature that would increase diversity and inclusion rates in big California businesses. Continue reading New Law Requires Large Corporations to Diversify Boards
By: Stephanie Hughes, MPH, CHES
Featuring: Collin Mays, MPA
If I asked a room of 10 people what comes to mind when they hear the word “networking,” I would expect to get ten different answers. Continue reading Level Up: Joining a Professional Organization to Bolster Your Network
By Laurie Dowling, National Utilities Diversity Council
What do you get when a serial innovator merges her vocation and her avocation? You get Bronwyn Morgan, founder of Xeo Air, an outsourced AI-based drone services and data analytics company, and Airversity Drone Academy & Consulting.
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Martin Folsom, a former high school senior at Philip Randolph Career Academy, has just graduated as his class’ valedictorian. Folsom and his mother, Melva, have been in and out of homeless shelters since he was a child in an effort to escape from Melva’s ex-husband, a convicted murderer. Continue reading From Homeless Shelters to College Bound: Meet the Valedictorian who Defied all the Odds
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the United States, business owner Shontay Lundy refused to let her company suffer the economic devastations that could come. Continue reading This Black-Owned Business Defied the Odds of COVID-19
On the evening of May 25, near the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, rapper Waka Flocka tweeted that he was going to dedicate his life to suicide prevention and mental illness. This tweet likely stemmed from the reminder of his deceased brother’s upcoming birthday, which would happen less than a week later. Continue reading This Rapper is Joining the Fight for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention
When it comes to encouraging diversity, especially during the Black Lives Matter movement, here are some of the companies that are supporting racial equality. Continue reading These Companies are Stepping Up in the Fight for Racial Equality
Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us educated many people on the story of the Exonerated Five, the young men wrongly convicted in the attack on a Central Park jogger in 1989. Continue reading Ava DuVernay Launches ‘When They See Us’ Online Education Initiative
Transitioning from military life back into civilian life is a challenge for any veteran. While there are many different approaches in choosing a career, one U.S. Navy Veteran decided that she would approach her career choice by following her passions. Continue reading Meet Brittney Nicole: Navy Veteran Turned Fashion Entrepreneur
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