Much of the work required to push toward these goals falls to DEI executives themselves.
Without a change, executives say, their burnout could lead expensive diversity plans to fall short.
For over four years, she’s worked on corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion as the CEO and cofounder of The Melanin Collective but never in a climate like today’s.
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, her inbox has been flooded with requests from corporate and nonprofit leaders. They want change, and they want it fast. But at the same time, she felt many were not respecting her.
For over four years, she s worked on corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion as the CEO and cofounder of The Melanin Collective but never in a climate like today s.
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, her inbox has been flooded with requests from corporate and nonprofit leaders. They want change, and they want it fast. But at the same time, she felt many were not respecting her.
Over the past few months, she said, business leaders have yelled at her, sent her demeaning emails, and even questioned the existence of racism in corporate spaces, despite her expertise and her lived experience as a disabled Latina.
Why Is It So Hard to Speak Up at Work?
Psychological safety is the belief that you can take risks and put forward ideas without facing ridicule or retaliation. More often than not, it’s women especially women of color who don’t feel comfortable doing so.
Credit.Hanna Barczyk Sacha Thompson, who advises clients on diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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Sacha Thompson was excited to start a new job. The hiring process had been long and grueling, but at long last she’d gotten a call from her soon-to-be boss asking her to lead diversity marketing efforts at a big multinational company.
Banking has a racist history in the US
Banking in the United States has a long history of racial injustice. In 1874, thousands of Black people saw their savings wiped out when Freedman s Bank collapsed. The government-chartered bank, started for newly freed Black Americans, promised to return some of the lost funds to customers, but most received nothing or pennies on the dollar.
Shawn Rochester, author of The Black Tax, told Insider that the Freedman Bank collapse bred distrust of banks among Black Americans.
Freedman s was marketed as a Black bank but actually run by white managers, Rochester explained. Those managers used Black customers money in risky ways, and lost a total of $3 million from 61,000 Black depositors, most of whom had been members of the Union Army.
Digicel Foundation donates $200,000 to 4 NGOs
Wednesday 23 December 2020
Some of the members of the Digicel Foundation team. (From left) Cindy Ann Currency - operations manager, Lynelle Callender - project coordinator, Alicia Hospedales - strategic partnership officer, Diana Mathura-Hobson - project coordinator and Penny Gomez - CEO. - Photo courtesy Digicel
THE Digicel Foundation has donated $200,000 to four NGOs (non-governmental organisations) as part of its Better Together Christmas initiative. It said the initiative will ensure to help communities have a prosperous and bright 2021.
The foundation had asked NGOs to submit initiatives that will make a difference in the lives of the people from their communities on November 30. The deadline for submission was December 14.