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A Curation of Perspectives on Equity and Inclusion

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St. Louis Racial Equity Summit November 9-11 2023

The St. Louis Racial Equity Summit 2023, a gathering of advocates for equity, will take place on November 9–11. The Summit will return to an in-person format at the America’s Center with the option to attend virtually. Hundreds of participants are expected to engage...

‘The Other Black Girl’ Exposes the Horror of Being a Black Woman in Corporate America

Since publishing The Other Black Girl in 2021, the New York Times bestselling novel has been adapted into a Hulu original series and captures the experience when Nella (Sinclair Daniel), the only Black woman at Wagner Books, befriends Hazel (Ashleigh Murray), a new...

New CSUF president will lead the university through a social-justice lens

Sylvia Alva is Cal State Fullerton’s newly appointed president, succeeding Fram Virjee. (Courtesy of CSUF News Media Services) As Cal State Fullerton’s newly appointed president, Sylvia Alva embraces the university’s commitment, and the commitment of...

The Sierra Club hired its first Black CEO. Turmoil over racial equity followed.

The Sierra Club laid off dozens of employees, including many people of color and the entire equity team Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous speaks during a protest of big banks financing fossil fuels on March 23 in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)...

Many people have biased perceptions of equity, diversity and inclusion leaders, study finds

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the past decade, companies across North America have paid more attention to supporting equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). This has prompted many organizations to create a leadership role fully dedicated to advancing...

Our Supposedly Glorious Past Existed Only for Some

A black and white photo of a sign in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, circa 1940, specifying that the picnic area was for white people only. Many of us are familiar with “the talk.” I have in mind the African American version in which we outline for...