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#ICYMI: Here are some recent highlights from #DiversityInc (for more #DEI news, visit DiversityInc.com!) • @rupaulofficial is already an #LGBTQ icon, the most famous drag queen on the planet and executive producer of a global reality TV empire with @rupaulsdragrace. Now we can add another crown to the list of honors: the most awarded #Black #Emmys winner in history. • @dapperdanharlem will become the first Black #fashion designer in the @CFDA's 59-year history to receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. • New research shows the lack of #Hispanic / #Latino / #Latinx representation in American film, television and media. • #StopAsianHate / #StopAAPIHate: Rep. Grace Meng and Sen. Mazie Hirono have demanded increased oversight and enforcement of the #COVID19 #HateCrimes Act. • #Military #veterans discharged because of their sexual orientation or #gender identity as part of #DADT will now be eligible for government benefits. • During a speech at the @UnitedNations Assembly, President Biden called for increased equality of LGBTQ individuals around the globe. • An #Oregon school employee was placed on administrative leave for showing up to work in #blackface to protest the state's #vaccination policies. • An #Illinois professor was suspended from his job and charged with a hate crime after he allegedly spat on and racially attacked a Black female driver in a suburban Chicago grocery store parking lot. • A group of more than 500 #Haitian #refugees made their way through and toward the U.S., hoping to seek #asylum and shelter from the terrible conditions in their poverty-stricken homeland — especially in the wake of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. • Following a review of all 50 U.S. states across six key factors (socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household, religious and political #diversity), @WalletHub has released a report detailing America's most and least diverse states.

Save the Date: Join us on October 21, 2021, for the 4th annual DiversityInc Women of Color and Their Allies: Strengthening Workforce Positions for Women of Color. This innovative and interactive virtual experience will bring together executives, thought leaders, and researchers for a day of insightful panel discussions and fireside chats to address common workplace barriers, provide best practices to tackle these challenges, and spotlight allies working towards sustainable change. Panel sessions for this year include: *Our Separate Ways: Comparing the Careers and Work Lives of Corporate Women * Microaggressions in the Workplace *The Power of LGBTQ and BIPOC Allyship in Today's Business World *Resilient Leadership: Facing Bias & Violence Against AAPI Women *Mandatory Data Disclosures: Ensuring the Representation of Women of Color For registration information visit: diversityinc.com/events/ #WOCA21 #WomenEmpowerment #Equality #BIPOC #Diversity

ICYMI: Here are some recent highlights from #DiversityInc (for more #DEI news, visit DiversityInc.com!) • For 200 years, #Boston elected white men as mayor. Now, a #WOC will lead after the upcoming November election. • #POC took center stage on the 2021 #MetGala red carpet, where the theme was "In America: A Lexicon of #Fashion" • Many corporations and #HumanResources departments have expressed a fair amount of confusion over how exactly to implement President Biden's new #COVID19 vaccine mandate. • According to a new @CDCgov report, #unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who are fully #vaccinated. Studies also show vaccinated people are ten times less likely to be hospitalized if they get sick. • #Muslim Americans have faced hostility, mistrust and a wave of #Islamophobic attacks following the 20th anniversary of 9/11 — yet these incidents remain underreported. • #VideoGame livestreaming platform @Twitch has banned and filed legal complaints against two users accused of targeting #Black and #LGBTQ streamers with #racist and #homophobic "hate raid" attacks. • #Balenciaga has been accused of #CulturalAppropriation, marketing a pair of grey sweatpants that hang low on the hips and appear to have exposed boxers around the waistline — for $1,190. • #Louisiana’s Lawrence Brooks has been a proud #veteran — and a shining example of Black excellence in the #military — for a remarkable 76 years. And, on Sept. 12, 2021, he also carried on another incredible feat: his role as the United States’ oldest living #WWII veteran, turning 112. • A group of Black military men known as the #BuffaloSoldiers has been memorialized with a new statue at @WestPoint_USMA, one of the nation’s biggest and most elite military institutions. • Colorado Gov. Jared Polis continues to make LGBTQ political history, marrying his long-time partner in a #samesex wedding ceremony — the first for a sitting state leader.

Join #DiversityInc on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 3PM (EST) to learn how improving cultural competence between employees benefits your company as a whole. The #LGBTQ Competence webinar is designed to help you better understand and interact effectively with members of the LGBTQ+ community. Focusing on #cultural competence will help you erase barriers, facilitate #inclusion within your staff, and help all employees feel welcomed and valued. Our panelists: - @abbottglobal's Jenna McGuire - @Accenture's Melissa Engelstad - @ATT's Jason Moses - @WellsFargo's John Lake - Moderated by @DiversityInc's David Rice To register now and for more information, please visit https://diversityincbestpractices.com/webinar-schedule-public/ #hiringprocess #hiringpractices #eeocompliance #humanresources #diverseworkforce #diverseworkplace #talentrecruitment #talentacquisition #diversity #inclusion #DEI #representation

ICYMI: Here are some recent highlights from #DiversityInc (for more #DEI news, visit DiversityInc.com!) • Two history-making films brought a one-two punch of #diversity to the U.S. box office heading into #LaborDay weekend: @CandymanMovie, directed by Nia Dacosta, and @ShangChi, the first #Marvel film led by a Chinese superhero. • Many corporations have supported and donated to #SocialJustice causes over the past year, but according to a recently published study, average American households have also provided millions of dollars of support — many of these donors are overwhelmingly #POC. • #Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had a tone-deaf message for the 9 million Americans (and potentially 3 million more in the coming months) who received #COVID19 emergency federal #UnemploymentBenefits but lost that assistance when the program expired earlier this month. • With those benefits ending comes the disturbing news that the #unemployment rate for Black Americans is once again on the rise. • The @FBI reported that the number of #hatecrimes in the U.S. has reached its highest point in more than a decade, with the majority of reported attacks targeting #Black and #Asian Americans/#AAPI. • President Biden issued guidelines earlier this year telling employers and schools that #LGBTQ #discrimination wouldn't be tolerated. Still, not everyone appears to believe those recommendations apply to them. • An Appeals Court has reversed a 2018 decision that prevented #transgender state employees enrolled in the #NorthCarolina's #healthcare coverage plan to seek vital transition-related treatment. • #HBCU @howard1867 was hit with a #ransomeware attack on Sept. 7, forcing classes to be canceled. • The range near the summit of Mount Charles Stewart on the Canadian side of the #RockyMountains was previously known by a crass, vulgar, #racist and #sexist nickname. Now, it has officially been given a traditional name honoring its #Indigenous history. • #Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has granted posthumous pardons to the "#MartinsvilleSeven," a group of Black men sentenced to death in 1951 by an all-white jury for their supposed role in raping a 32-year-old white woman named Ruby Stroud Floyd.

oin #DiversityInc on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 3PM (EST) for a #BestPractices webinar on "Reducing #Bias in #Recruiting." Whether it's first and last names or hometowns and college alma maters, looking at a #resume can ignite numerous forms of #unconsciousbias. Learn how to root out #biases that may show up during the #recruitmentprocess to ensure all job candidates are treated equally. Our panelists: - @abbottglobal's Katie Korrison - @dow_official's Mariana Mancini - @ToyotaUSA's Anthony Allen - Moderated by @DiversityInc's Colton Palmer To register now and for more information, please visit https://diversityincbestpractices.com/webinar-schedule-public/ #hiringprocess #hiringpractices #eeocompliance #humanresouces #diverseworkforce #diverseworkplace #talentrecruitment #talentacquisition #diversity #inclusion #DEI #representation

ICYMI: Here are some recent highlights from #DiversityInc (for more #DEI news, visit DiversityInc.com!) • #WomensEqualityDay (Aug. 26) is an annual observation celebrating the numerous achievements and advancements made by #women while acknowledging the ongoing fight against gender-based #discrimination that women still face in 2021. • @Beyonce has become the first #Black woman to wear @TiffanyandCo's priceless 128.54-carat Tiffany Diamond for the company's #AboutLove campaign. • The recently approved "New Deal for #Broadway" hopes to improve #diversity, #inclusion and #representation within #NYC's theater industry. • Appeals Court judges flatly denied requests to overturn #DylannRoof's conviction for shooting and murdering 9 Black churchgoers in Charleston, #SouthCarolina. • In a blatant display of #racism and hypocrisy, #Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently told Fox News that the recent spike in #COVID19 hospitalizations in the Lone Star State was due to Black people not getting #vaccinated against the virus. • In a fitting resolution to a story that shocked the nation last year as the U.S. was entering lockdown, a #Pennsylvania woman who purposely coughed on supermarket produce, claiming she had COVID-19, has been sentenced to a minimum of at least one year in jail. • Since the fall of Kabul and the #Taliban's swift takeover of #Afghanistan, many advocates are concerned over a potential #HumanRights crisis with gay and bisexual men in the country growing fearful that they could soon all face mass execution. • @Delta announced that it would begin levying an additional $200 charge against employees on its payroll who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 starting in November. • A white #Iowa woman has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for using her vehicle to violently plow into two children in two separate #HateCrimes within the hour. • In an important first step towards nationwide #voting reform (and ideally, an end to some of the racist anti-voting policies recently approved in Republican strongholds like #Florida and #Georgia), the House passed the #JohnLewis Voting Rights Act on Aug. 24.

ICYMI: Here are some recent highlights from #DiversityInc (for more #DEI news, visit DiversityInc.com!) • The 2020 @USCensusBureau revealed that #AAPI and #Hispanic populations skyrocketed over the last decade. Elsewhere, for the first time on record, the percentage of White Americans declined between 2010 and 2020. • Tennis #GOAT @SerenaWilliams is partnering up with @Nike to release a line of sports #athleisure wear focused on supporting underrepresented #POC designers. • #StopAsianHate: Although media coverage of anti-#Asian #hatecrimes in America seems to have slowed over the past few months, new data from @StopAAPIHate reveals that violence against the AAPI community hasn't gone away. • @Lizzobeeating took to TikTok to call out the wave of what she called “#fatphobic” and “#racist” hate, from continued attacks on her weight to accusations of her playing into a "Mammy" stereotype. • Legislators in #Illinois have banned "hair #discrimination" in #schools after numerous recent stories on children getting expelled for their natural #Black #hairstyles, bullied by peers, or even having teachers step in to cut or “redo” their hair. • The #LasVegas @Raiders announced that starting on Sept. 13, anyone hoping to enter the stadium and watch an @NFL home game will need to show proof of #COVID19 #vaccination. • @NASA has announced that it will soon be supporting #STEM programs at several of the nation’s leading #HBCUs and other Minority-Serving Institutions (#MSI). • #Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has voided one of the most racist and damning laws in the state’s books: an 1864 order giving residents carte blanche to kill #Indigenous peoples / #NativeAmericans — a proclamation that ultimately contributed to the Sand Creek Massacre. • During his sentencing, a White man in #Michigan who terrorized his #Black neighbors said he had no ill will towards the couple — he just didn’t like their #BlackLivesMatter sign. • U.S. transportation secretary @Pete.Buttigieg (the first openly #LGBTQ individual ever confirmed by the Senate to serve in the Cabinet) announced he and husband Chasten were in the process of becoming parents.

Join #DiversityInc on Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 3PM (EST) for a #BestPractices webinar on Employee Resource Groups that drive business and organizational impact. Today, more than 90% of #Fortune500 companies have ERGs, and while this is certainly progress, many companies have yet to use them to their full potential. Find out how to amplify the quality and power of your existing ERGs from: - Liz Hall Yancey (@ATT) - Vu Trieu (@CoxCommunications) - Sheila Van Wicklen (@Dow_Official) - Tyson Bauer (@Humana) - Patty Juarez (@WellsFargo) Moderated by Dana Noweder (@DiversityInc) For more information/to register, please visit: https://www.diversityincbestpractices.com/webinar-schedule-public/ #employeeengagement #talentretention #talentrecruitment #highpotentials #highpotentialdevelopment #leadershipdevelopment #workplaceculture #diversity #inclusion #representation #DEI #businessimpact

ICYMI: Here are some recent highlights from #DiversityInc (for more #DEI news, visit DiversityInc.com!) • Despite recent critically acclaimed and award-winning films like Minari and The Farewell, it appears #Hollywood is still woefully slow in creating diverse, inclusive and non-stereotyped roles for its #AsianAmerican / #AAPI actors. • In a high profile — and potentially precedent-setting — firing, @CNN announced it has terminated the employment of 3 employees who came to work unvaccinated, despite company policy mandating #COVID19 #vaccinations for all employees. • According to @USDoL, #unemployment levels for #Black Americans dropped significantly in July — but the news isn’t as positive as it might sound on the surface. • Despite being aware of a lack of diversity in their #tech workforces, only 46% of companies were actively addressing the issue. More disturbingly, 22% of surveyed companies said they had no idea how to address it. • According to data from the U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics' "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary," the U.S. currently has 10.1 million available jobs — the most vacancies at any time ever in U.S. history. • An “#inclusion rider” (a provision in a contract providing for a certain level of diversity in casting or production) appears to be spreading further into the industry via the #Grammys / @RecordingAcademy. • Michelle A. Avan, Senior VP and Head of Global Women’s and Underrepresented Talent Strategy for @BankofAmerica, was found dead on August 5 — and #LAPD believes the executive was murdered by her co-worker. • A woman in #PuertoRico identified only as "Tai" is close to shattering a #glassceiling in law enforcement by becoming the first Black #woman on a #SWAT team. • Michael McKinney has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for shooting a 15-year-old Black girl soon after attending a pro-#Trump "Women for America First" rally in #Iowa in December 2020. • #Attorney Damian Williams is poised to become the first Black man to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of #NewYork, one of the most prestigious and high-profile law enforcement departments in the U.S.

Register for #DiversityInc's webinar on Wednesday, August 11 at 3PM (EST) where corporate leaders from #fortune500 companies share the #BestPractices for formal #mentoring programs. Whether you’re looking for a mentor to help advance your #career or you’re looking to share your wisdom and knowledge with a mentee whose career you can help to guide to new heights, gain insight on what you should be looking for within a successful mentoring relationship, as well the best way to make the most out of any mentor/mentee connection. Our panelists: - @AccentureUS' Sheila Downer-McCoy - @Hilton's Ajla G. Elian - @Humana's Christopher L. Johnson - @Novartis' Marion Brooks - and @WellsFargo's Chris Wilson For more information/to register now, please visit: https://www.diversityincbestpractices.com/webinar-schedule-public/ #mentorship #mentorshipprogram #mentorshipmatters #mentoringprogram #mentoringmatters #mentoringworks #highpotentials #highpotentialdevelopment #talentretention #employeeengagement #diversity #inclusion

ICYMI: Here are some recent highlights from #DiversityInc (for more #DEI news, please visit DiversityInc.com!) • Country music legend @DollyParton revealed that she used royalties earned from @WhitneyHouston's cover of her song, "I Will Always Love You" to fund and build an office complex in a predominantly #Black community in #Nashville. • A new report from @Forbes reveals that the time out of the music limelight has been good to #billionaire #Rihanna (@badgalriri). • Following months of #hatecrimes and increased anti-#Asian sentiment on the whole towards the #AAPI community, a new @Gallup Poll reveals that dissatisfaction with the way #AsianAmericans are treated in the U.S. has reached an all-time high. • The U.S. Security Exchange Commission is close to approving @Nasdaq's proposal requiring member companies on its stock exchange to have more #women, #POC, #LGBTQ and/or other underrepresented minorities serving in their Board of Directors. • #NYC will become the first major U.S. city to endorse a variety of #VaccinePassports for most types of indoor leisure activities — a policy acting mayor of #Boston likens to “#slavery-era freedom papers." • #Florida broke the record for new #COVID19 hospitalizations on Sunday, Aug. 1, with more people hospitalized now than at the height of the pandemic in the U.S., before vaccines were available. • Gov. Mike Parson pardoned Patricia and Mark McCloskey, the #Missouri couple who made national headlines in the summer of 2020 when they stood on their front steps and repeatedly waved their firearms at #BlackLivesMatter protesters. • A Black real estate agent in #Michigan experienced a case of #racialprofiling at its worst while showing a property to a client and his 15-year-old son. • Following a #homophobic, #sexist and hate-filled rant the rapper made while performing at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, organizers of the @Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago and @GovBallNYC decided #DaBaby was no longer welcome on their stages. • Shot put silver medalist #RavenSaunders (@giveme1shot__) used her time on the podium at the #TokyoOlympics to call attention to matters of #socialjustice and political reform.