Check out featured diversity, equity, and inclusion related stories in the news:
- 100 Years Later: Tulsa and the Church that Survived the Massacre
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Rev. Dr. Robert Richard Allen Turner, the minister of Vernon Chapel A.M.E., discusses rebuilding, reparations and the future.
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- World's 1st nonbinary mayor wants to use Pride Month as a 'platform to force change'
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Owen Hurcum, the 23-year-old mayor of Bangor, Wales, wants queer people to celebrate Pride but not forget “the world is still targeting LGBTQ+ people.”
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- Navy’s highest ranking Black female officer celebrates strides in diversity and inclusion
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Memorial Day is a time to mourn soldiers who’ve died in the line of duty, but it’s also a time to reflect on how this moment in history is currently impacting military personnel. One local officer is working to bring more diversity and inclusion into the U.S. Navy.
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- New Mentoring Program Provides Student Support Beyond Academics
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Georgia State University’s Perimeter College has a new student success program specifically pairing Black male faculty as mentors with Black students involved in math support courses.The Black Male Student Mentoring initiative (BMSM) will have a virtual “kick off” June 11 to introduce the new mentors, as well as the academic success coaches for the program, to the Perimeter College community.
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- Businesses Must Be Accountable for Their Promises on Racial Justice
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A year after the murder of George Floyd and a summer in which businesses declared themselves to stand for racial justice, many of those promises remain unfulfilled. Companies fail to hold themselves accountable for a number of reasons, ranging from a disbelief in the fundamental problem of racial inequity to realities about how hard it can be to pinpoint certain inequitable behaviors. This article explains three things companies should do to establish accountability.
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