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Summit panel: Diversity, inclusion efforts have been lacking
AN INCLUSIVE GROUP: Panelists take part in the virtual Diversity & Inclusion Summit on Dec. 10. Clockwise from top left are Kevin Matta, director of client engagement and inclusion for Advancing Workplace Excellence; Kevin Nerney, executive director of the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council; Lisa Ranglin, founder, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association; Neil D. Steinberg, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Foundation; and Steve Sublett, senior vice president of CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services Inc. Progress toward more diversity and inclusion in the workplace has been slow in Rhode Island, with more of it confined to plans on paper than to actual people welcomed and exerting influence in the office, on the shop floor and in the boardroom. That was the assessment of panelists at Providence Business News’ virtual Diversity…
PBN summit: Diversity, inclusion efforts need less talk, more results
A PANEL OF LOCAL LEADERS discusses diversity and inclusion initiatives in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial justice movement during PBN s 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Summit and Awards virtual event on Thursday. Clockwise from top left are Kevin Matta, Kevin Nerney, Lisa Ranglin, Neil D. Steinberg and Steve Sublett. PROVIDENCE – A panel discussion about diversity and inclusion in Rhode Island workplaces and institutions was plowing through familiar topics on Thursday, such as the value of listening, leadership engagement and the hiring pipeline, when one panelist turned up the heat. “I’m shocked that this is the first in this conversation that we are talking…
$250,000 when you look at all of the super pacs, et cetera. two points of facts. reading the statement from carter page, he says, basically, this is a political vendetta tactic because he wrote these public foreign policy papers really criticizing the obama administration s russia reset attempts. and then, kevin, when you read into this more, you do have sean spicer came out and said the white house press press secretary, said the white house had gone as far as sending a cease and desist order to carter page, saying disassociate yourself with the campaign. this may all be fact, but it s the appearance for the trump team. that s something i think the white house has to hammer home, the fact that on any campaign, there are core senior staff that have direct access to the principal, and then there are many satellites around that are trying to associate themselves with the campaign, oftentimes booking themselves as campaign surrogates when, in fact, they are only tangentially connected
the seychelles in january during the transition. both eric prince and the white house deny that this meeting was on behalf of the trump administration. but again, poppy and john, all of these separate meetings, they re raising questions about the trump team s ties to russia, especially as there s this ongoing investigation by the fbi as to whether or not president trump and his team may have colluded at all with the russian government. a lot to be uncovered and dots yet to be connected. poppy and john? jessica schneider, thank you. joining us, democratic strategist, maria cardona, cnn political commentator, republican strategist kevin matta, and cnn political analyst and chief for the daily beast, jackie kucinich. carter paige, met with a russian intel source prior to the campaign. and eric prince, who ran blackwater security, met with an associate of vladimir putin, the washington post reports, after the campaign, during the transition, in the seychelles. a lot of meetings with