Newest Miss America makes history as first Korean American, first Alaskan to win pageant: Emma Broyles is currently a junior at Arizona State University studying biomedical sciences and voice performance and said the scholarship money will allow her to attend medical school.
(Source: ABC13)
President Biden and Senators Prioritize Reshaping Our Courts: More than two-thirds of the recently confirmed 40 lifetime judicial nominees are non-white persons, and many have civil rights or public defender backgrounds.
(Source: civilrights.org)
Claudette Colvin: Civil rights pioneer has record cleared: Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin, who in 1955 at age 15 refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person, has had her record expunged.
(Source: BBC)
Autism at work: How you can support neurodivergent employees through DEI practices: Facing barriers through the recruiting, interviewing and on-boarding process that can keep them out of jobs, neurodivergent people shouldn't be left out of the conversation about diversity work. Here's what company leaders should keep in mind.
(Source: Technically)
How equity isn’t built into the infrastructure bill—and ways to fix it: Today, policymakers are acknowledging that racial inequities were built into our public infrastructure, with talk about “reconnecting communities” divided by highways, upgrading harmful and antiquated water and energy services for homes in underserved places, and providing new critical infrastructure systems for all communities’ access.
(Source: Brookings)