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Nike CEO John Donahue sent an internal memo to his staff announcing that the company would recognize Juneteenth as a holiday for U.S. employees, according to Yahoo Finance.
Nike’s remarks come as the company joins the ranks of other brands who have been asked to take corporate accountability in the fight against racism and white supremacy.
“As many of you may know, next Friday, June 19, is Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Starting this year and going forward, Nike will recognize Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday in the U.S,” Donahue stated in the email obtained by Yahoo.
“I strongly believe that focusing on a more diverse and inclusive culture for our Black teammates does not take away from our commitment to build a more diverse and inclusive culture for all groups inside Nike.
In addition to the holiday, Nike has commuted to launch several wide-ranging initiatives, including maintaining diversity representation among employees and to invest in employee professional development.
Indiana University Northwest’s Center for Professional Development will offer an online Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification program this fall. The program is available to business professionals in Northwest Indiana. Enrollees need not be IU Northwest students to take advantage of this certification program. Specific dates for the program will be coordinated with participants enrolled […]
Public health officials are not recommending trick-or-treating and other traditions- Opens in new window like haunted houses and parades while banning altogether large indoor and outdoor gatherings and parties with non-household members.
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Press Release - Plan proposes nine action points for countries, companies and the international community.
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One in every 16 African-Americans has lost their voting … she is worried young Black Americans are disillusioned.
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Since its founding in 1865, HSBC has recognized the need for diverse perspectives in order to serve diverse constituencies. HSBC started in Asia – “H” represents“Hong Kong” and “S” represents “Shanghai” – but had a presence in the United States nearly from day-one; 1865 was also the year it began serving customers in San Francisco.
Diversity and inclusion have been woven into the international bank’s strategy ever since, and its US operations frequently serve a study abroad program in China for African-American as a cultural and commercial bridge between the United States and Asia. Case in point: a few years ago, HSBC USA’s head of private banking traveled to China with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The trip sparked a dialogue about how HSBC could leverage its Asia expertise to support the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Incorporated’s (CBCF) focus on global leadership for the next generation of leaders. The result was a study abroad program in China for African-American college students majoring in business or one of the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, math).
This summer, the CBCF program is underway for the third year in a row, with 20 young African-American men and women immersing themselves in China, visiting major cities, attending lectures on the nation’s history and culture, and seeing many of the country’s most fabled sites. The program is partially funded by HSBC and infused with the bank’s local expertise and spirit of inclusion. Said one student who has taken the trip, it “opened my eyes to the opportunities that I may have in the future. I have also learned that a vast broad understanding and exposure to the world helps you both personally and professionally.”
“Acquiring a broad understanding of the world is the essence of what our commitment to diversity and inclusion is all about,” says Maureen Gillan-Myer, Head of Human Resources for HSBC USA. She leads efforts to attract top-notch talent by establishing the bank as a place that hires, develops, and promotes
“Diversity and Inclusion is an evolving conversation,” says Cecily Joseph, chief diversity officer at Symantec Corporation. “Over the past year, we’ve seen this conversation pick up in Silicon Valley, with Google and some other tech companies releasing diversity numbers, and with the media coverage around those numbers.” While the Valley has had an issue with diversity for a while, Joseph says, Symantec sees the challenge as an opportunity: “We believe this is a huge opportunity to move our industry towards better representation across the board.”
Symantec Corporation is the world’s largest cybersecurity company, with more than 19,000 employees in more than 50 countries. As Symantec’s CEO, Michael A. Brown explains, “Diversity and inclusion are core values at Symantec, and we all benefit as a result. Valuing diversity means more than just race, gender and ethnicity; it also means embracing differences in culture, language, age, sexual orientation, disability, background and experience. A diversity of perspectives ensures we get the best answer for the business. In our experience, the differences in thinking and a spirit of collaboration leads to improved business outcomes.”
Symantec’s goal is to be just as diverse as the world we live in. To that end, by 2020, the company aims to increase the diversity of their entire workforce by 15 percent – something Joseph calls “a big, and necessary, step in the right direction.” Symantec’s key diversity strategic focus areas are Talent Acquisition, Talent Development and Leadership Accountability. These three areas allow Symantec to have a targeted approach to developing, promoting and retaining their internal talent, make key investments in strengthening the future talent pipeline cyber security professionals, and enhance its leaders’ accountability to help create and sustain an inclusive workplace.
Moving the needle on diversity and inclusion
“At Symantec, we believe that the best impact happens when diversity is not just a tactic, but instead a company value,” Joseph
The yearly salaries of South Africa's most prominent CEOs have been revealed. If you thought Cyril Ramaphosa was 'in the money', you might need a rethink.
Dallas Park and Recreation Department is a finalist for the 2020 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management.
“This is a tremendous accomplishment for the Dallas Park and Recreation Department and the city, but mostly for the citizens of Dallas.
This award honors the nation’s best of the best, and Dallas has among the best parks, trails, facilities, and amenities of any city in the country, said Calvert Collins-Bratton, President of the Dallas Park and Recreation Board.
Dallas Park and Recreation is one of four finalists in the Class 1 category – which is based on cities with populations of more than 400,000.
We are thrilled to be recognized,” said John D. Jenkins, Director, Dallas Park and Recreation Department.
The Dallas Weekly’s Co-Publisher and CEO, Patrick Washington sits with ACLU and Crystal Mason, an African American woman who was convicted of attempting to cast an illegal vote during the U.S. Presidential election in 2016.
Almost every business professional has hosted and participated in multiple online meetings, but how many have taken the time to consider how they present themselves on camera and how to make the most of virtual interactions with colleagues, clients, or customers?
If you want to optimize how you appear on video and improve and enhance your ability to communicate in a virtual meeting setting, check out the Presence Summit, a day of professional development and interactive exercises scheduled for July 15.
The Presence Summit “is for any individual or business that uses online communications and considers professional development a priority,” according to the meeting website.Organizers say that “this thought-leader forum is designed specifically for enhancing communications in a video presence era.”
The summit will show the new opportunities that online meetings can provide, and participants will hear from communications experts and industry professionals about how to be more effective in online meetings and how to use video communications to promote products and services, as well as to improve customer experiences.
The live stream of the summit is free, and an optional professional development track (registration required) allows access to Zoom breakout sessions led by experts on topics including identifying and optimizing your communication style, applying best practices for online meetings and priming video meeting participants for success.In addition, all virtual conference attendees receive a free copy of “The Online Meeting Survival Guide,” by Paul Richards, business development manager at HuddleCamHD.”
Georgia Issues Over $15 Billion in Unemployment Benefits The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgians have received more than $15 billion in unemployment benefits since March of this year, more than the past 27 years combined. Last week, the GDOL dispersed almost $173 million in benefits, which included $67 million in regular unemployment … Continued
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The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced several rule changes ahead of the third and final presidential debate Thursday night.
AARP announced that Lester Strong, vice president and CEO of AARP Experience Corps was honored for his commitment to community service at the Harlem YMCA 44th Annual National Salute to Black Achievers in Industry (bai) Awards Ceremony.
The event was held March 20 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Lester Strong was the recipient of this year’s Leo B. Marsh Award for his work with AARP Experience Corps, a national program that engages adults 50-plus in providing literacy coaching and caring attention for elementary school students.
“We are extremely proud that Lester Strong has received the Leo B. Marsh Award for his unparalleled dedication to improving the lives of others, while at the same time connecting the generations to help them succeed,” said AARP CEO A. Barry Rand. “Under Lester’s direction, AARP Experience Corps developed a unique approach resulting in a significant gain in reading skills, increased attendance and fewer disciplinary problems among children from kindergarten through third grade. The program helps also to enhance the lives of its older adult volunteers by engaging them in meaningful and rewarding community service.”
Since 1971, Annual Black Achievers in Industry Awards Ceremony has celebrated black achievers in industry, both for their corporate leadership and for their service to the community and has helped foster professional development and networking opportunities among honorees.
The annual event convenes the Harlem YMCA, corporations, and local organizations to promote their collective efforts to cultivate and provide quality mentoring programs, scholarships, and other opportunities to support the development of tomorrow’s black leaders and professionals. For more than four decades, these endeavors have been instrumental in nurturing future leaders among the youth and teens of New York City’s historic and diverse Harlem community.
“The Black Achievers in Industry program is critical to the Harlem community and its youth in providing mentoring programs, college scholarships,
Attesting to NYFF’s eagerness to hear black voices, the fest featured three main slate films from British director/writer Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave’’) that are part of a five-episode West Indian community-based mini-series “Small Axe.’’ McQueen’s homage to his Caribbean roots will appear on Prime Video later this year. Other NYFF entries will roll out in theaters, VOD and on streaming service – in months to come
[IMF] The regional outlook is broadly unchanged since the June 2020 Regional Economic Outlook Update. In 2020, economic activity is expected to contract by 3.0 percent, but then recover by 3.1 percent in 2021. This represents a drop in real per capita income of 4.6 percent over 2020-21, which is larger than in other regions. This outlook is subject to significant downside risks, particularly regarding the path of the pandemic, the resilience of the region's health systems, and the availability of external finan
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicFans are counting down the days until Adele officially ends her extended absence from television and suits up to host Saturday Night Live this weekend. However, fans believe the 'Hello' singer might have…
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from the novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the country.
The 57-year-old hospital worker died on Saturday and had underlying diabetes and high blood pressure before he was infected, an official from the anti-coronavirus task team said.
He was a car park attendant at a hospital in the eastern city of Toamasina.
Several African countries have ordered or expressed interest in the purported remedy, which is known as Covid-Organics.
But the World Health Organization has warned against “adopting a product that has not been taken through tests to see its efficacy”.
Fans were devastated to learn of the death of the best selling author of ‘Sister, Sister’, and ‘Before We Were Wicked’ New York Timesbest-selling authorEric Jerome Dickeywho penned such classics as “Sister, Sister” “Before We Were Wicked” and “Friends and Lovers” about Black life, revolutionizing […]
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With nearly 27 percent of the world's 10 million tuberculosis cases, India faces significant issues around the cost and availability of treatment for this infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs. While TB is curable and preventable, survivors and activists from India have raised their concerns about the lack of access to new oral drugs and the need for an […]
Ten years on from the countrys deadly post-election violence, the situation in the western region of Ivory Coast many fear is like a ticking time bomb.
\"Peace\" is fading over time here where we find a mass grave 11 people are buried in the \"Carrefour\" neighborhood of Duekoué, one of the major cities of western Ivory coast.
Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of cocoa, A bulk of its cocoa production comes from its western region.
\"We don't have an ethnicity problem. Ivory Coast itself does not have an ethnicity problem. It was the politicians who sent us political problems. When people come with sentences like 'it is because I am such and such (ethnicity) that they do not want me to be a candidate'. When the other one says 'yes I am Ivorian'. That's what started these problems. Here we lived in perfect harmony.\" - the words of Anon , a resident of Carrefour.
For Maurice Zéabahi, Guitrozon village chief, \"the real problem is the land, but it's those who came to seek land here. The ones who wanted to appropriate the land. The land issue is not between the inhabitants of this village. The problem is those who have come from elsewhere in search of arable land, who want to settle and grow crops\".
Indeed, the land is at the center of tensions. The \"indigenous\" Guerés accuse the \"foreigners\" of extending their plantations beyond the limits of the land they have rented or sold to them.
On the other side, the \"foreign\" farmers accuse the Guerés of wanting to take back the land they have legally bought or leased from them.
\"We currently have alert committees made up of Malinké and Guéré so when there is a situation, we automatically meet and then we manage the situation. Currently the tension is under control.\"- Imam Mamadou Doumbia says.
- Ivory Coast Western Region and political tension -
This region was one of the hot spots of the 2010-2011 crisis born of the refusal of former President Laurent Gbagbo to acknowledge his electoral defeat at the hands of current President Alassane Ouattara. The main political actors of 2010 are still at the forefront this time. Alassane Ouattara and former president Henri Konan Bédié, now the leader of the opposition, are candidates, while the candidacies of Laurent Gbagbo and the former leader of the rebellion against him, Guillaume Soro (Ouattara's former ally and now opponent) have been invalidated.
Outtara is now running for a controversial third term.
Conflicts are permanent, but the electoral campaign has ignited passions, even if it means wringing their necks at the reality of the situation.
For the many of the inhabitants who reside in the cities of this region, their hopes are for a peaceful ending this time.
COVID-19 has been keeping families apart for months. But the deadly virus couldn’t keep Coley Harvey away from his parents. After Harvey tested negative, he made the trek from Chicago to Atlanta to see the couple. A heartwarming video shared on Twitter via USA Today’s Humankind account captured the moment of surprise.
San Francisco (AP) – Fred Dean, the fearsome pass rusher who was a key part of the launch of the San Francisco 49ers' dynasty, has ...
Family, friends, dignitaries, elected officials and community leaders gathered yesterday to remember the life of Rayshard Brooks at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.
“We’re here to provide ministry as they walk through the valley of the shadow of death,” said Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, Senior Pastor of Ebenezer.
Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed the crowd saying “Having a father killed when I was only 5 years of age, my heart deeply grieves for [his daughters] Dream, Memory, Blessing and [stepson] Mekai,” King said.
During the eulogy, Rev. Warnock reflected on the time he’s spent with Brooks’ family in the past few days.
Rev. Warnock also touched on the events leading up to Brooks’ death.
HELSINKI-A fish that slipped into a funk during the coronavirus pandemic got a chance to cheer up for his 16th birthday. Staff at Sea Life Helsinki threw a week-long birthday celebration for Mikko the grouper beginning on Oct. 12, after he became listless when the aquarium closed during the country's lockdown measures. To kick off his party, the fish enjoyed […]
