A successful DEI program is built on data and relationships: The head of a bank's DEI efforts speaks about building a program to provide greater access and opportunity, both in the bank and in the community.
(Source: BAI)
National Indian Health Board Calls on the Atlanta Brave to Drop the Name and Tomahawk Chop: On Monday, the first day of Native American Heritage Month and a day before Atlanta Braves won the World Series, the National Indian Health Board wrote a letter calling for the Atlanta baseball franchise to change its name and calling for the team to acknowledge the harmful nature of the continued use of Native inspired imagery.
(Source: Native News Online)
Why Are White-Led DEI Firms Receiving More Funding Than Their Counterparts? "When we're looking at just like what the data is showing us, we see that 93% of fund owners and decision makers who get allocated the money from these funds is in the hands of white men. And we see this impact who is on the receiving end of the distribution of these funds. It’s abysmal rates like 2% of Black founders receiving funds, 2% of female founders receiving funds, 0.02% of Black female founders receiving funds."
(Source: Forbes)
Affordable Housing Pioneer Noel Khalil leaves behind a Legacy of Inclusion: The Founder and CEO of Columbia Residential and Columbia Ventures, an Atlanta-based full-service real estate development company that specialized in affordable housing, Khalil leaves behind a legacy of benefiting thousands of Atlanta residents that might not otherwise continue to afford to live in one of the fastest growing and most expensive real estate markets in the country.
(Source: The Atlanta Voice)
Justice Department Secures Agreement with Employer to End Unnecessary Medical Exams and Health Questions: The Justice Department filed an agreement with the Federal Court in New Jersey to resolve its lawsuit against the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
(Source: Department of Justice)
-Kate Billard