/PRNewswire/ Companies around the globe have responded to the demand for change to address social and racial inequities, pledging billions of dollars and.
/PRNewswire/ Companies around the globe have responded to the demand for change to address social and racial inequities, pledging billions of dollars and.
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The new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee formed last fall by Boston University’s Board of Trustees charged with overseeing BU’s efforts to identify and eliminate systemic racism on campus has begun meeting, with a pair of veteran trustees, and School of Law alums, spearheading the group’s efforts to improve the University’s culture in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Two driving forces behind BU’s decision to launch the committee are the painfully disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people of color, and last year’s racial protests that erupted in reaction to the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others. Diversity was already a