Itâs Not The SharkâItâs The Water: What Companies Misunderstand About DEI Data
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When we talk about bias in our organizations and institutions, many of us look for sharks. Unconscious bias in our interview process? Shark. Style-based feedback in performance reviews for women but not men? Another shark. Pay inequity? Uneven promotion rates? Usability issues in our products? Shark! Shark! Shark!
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For all the danger of lurking sharks, though, weâre largely missing the mark. Bias isnât the shark.
Bias is the water.
Hereâs how to expand your thinking and take the temperature of that waterâso you can start to change the whole ecosystem.
Maine considers a new strategy in battle against opioid epidemic: decriminalization
Proposed legislation could make Maine the second state to stop arresting people for possessing small amounts of drugs such as opioids, and instead steer them toward treatment.
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Courtney Allen, policy director for Maine Recovery Advocacy Project, poses for a portrait recently outside the Maine State House in Augusta.
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“But heroin is not something you can just stop doing,” she said.
She was not able to stop for 12 years. She did sex work. She contracted HIV. She was often homeless. And she was arrested more than two dozen times, mostly for drug possession. The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram has agreed not to name her because she works with people who use drugs and is worried about putting them at risk.
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Fifth Third Marks National Financial Capability Month With Virtual Financial Literacy Events with Operation Hope
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CINCINNATI, April 1, 2021 /CSRwire/ – Fifth Third Bank, National Association is pleased to join with Operation Hope to present a series of four free virtual financial education events in April to coincide with National Financial Capability Month, also commonly known across the U.S. as Financial Literacy Month.
Fifth Third and Operation Hope’s webinar events are designed to promote personal financial empowerment and will address topics such as rebuilding credit, budgeting, saving and eliminating debt. Each webinar is from noon to 1 p.m., ET. Topics and registration are as follows:
Since 2004, Fifth Third Bank has been a leader in the delivery of financial education programs. Fifth Third L.I.F.E. (Lives Improved through Financial Empowerment®) programs are designed to financially empower people at every age and every stage of life. Over 2.6 million people have been financially educated through Fifth Third’s programs over the last 17 years. In 2020, Fifth Third transitioned many of its L.I.F.E. programs into a virtual format and expanded access to them to continue to provide this service at no cost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Young Bankers Club® helps students learn key math life skills online at any time. Nearly 500,000 students have been impacted by this financial literacy education. Young Bankers Club features comprehensive curriculum that meets national and state educational standards for fifth-grade mathematics and provides a unique, engaging approach to financial literacy that helps students apply their knowledge gradually as they work tow