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6 Tips for Using Surveys to Launch Your DEI Effort
Seven Questions You Can Use To Talk With Your Children About The Unrest In America
6 Tips for Using Surveys to Launch Your DEI Effort
Amidst all of the challenges the workplace has experienced this year, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has emerged as one of the most pressing issues. Although it has long been recognized as an issue, the events of this year have catapulted it to the top of the list for many organizations. The 2020 PwC Global Diversity & Inclusion Survey had an all-time high of 76% of the respondents indicate that DEI “…is a priority or value” of their organization”.
The Growing Diversity of Black America
Seven Questions You Can Use To Talk With Your Children About The Unrest In America
6 Tips for Using Surveys to Launch Your DEI Effort
The Black population of the U.S. is diverse and growing. Its members have varied histories in the nation. As a result, there are key distinctions in demographic and economic characteristics between different parts of the national Black population, highlighting its diverse multitude of backgrounds. The analysis presented in this report and about the Black population of the United States combines the latest data available from multiple data sources.
Seven Questions You Can Use To Talk With Your Children About The Unrest In America
Seven Questions You Can Use To Talk With Your Children About The Unrest In America
Seven Questions You Can Use To Talk With Your Children About The Unrest In America
By William Shackelford – In 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated I was a college student in Atlanta Georgia and immediately thrusted into the middle of the movement that would change the nation. We had great leaders in the Black community in Atlanta – and in the nation – who helped us understand, process and react to the events around us. In 1992 riots broke out in America after the acquittal of the four police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King. My three kids were all teenagers at the time, and we talked with them to help them understand, process and react to the events around them. Unfortunately, we are here again in a confusing and terrible time of racial strife in America.
