Recently, during the One Young World Summit in Bogotá, Denise Young Smith, Apple’s head of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) made a statement that was quickly labeled as controversial not only by diversity and inclusion critics and detractors, but also by experts and advocates. “There can be 12 white, blue-eyed blond men in a room,” she […]
“Diversity” and “inclusion” are often thought to be the same thing, but they’re actually different concepts. Diversity advocate Verna Myers explains the difference between the two terms well: “Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” An organization can easily hire employees with different backgrounds, but making sure these employees […]
Embracing diversity in the workplace doesn’t necessarily begin in the workplace. According to diversity experts Paolo Gaudiano and Ellen Hunt, there are a number of things leaders can do outside of work that will help them to better understand and support diversity initiatives in the office. Diversify your resources. Dig deeper during your daily dose […]
It was 1958, and a young Virginia couple named Richard and Mildred Loving – she was black and Native American; he was white – were arrested and charged with violating the state’s law banning interracial marriages, one of many such laws found across the country. To avoid a prison sentence, they moved to Washington DC […]
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Respect for Millennials
Born between the late 1970’s and the early 2000’s, Millennials (aka Gen Y, Gen Next, Echo Boomers) a...