Black Enterprise And Executive Leadership Council Partner To Present Town Hall Series Examining Economic Equity And Racial Justice Issues
First Event Examines Corporate Accountability Through A Black Business Lens One Year After George Floyd s Murder
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WASHINGTON, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Black Enterprise, the premier multimedia resource for African American entrepreneurs and business leaders, and The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the pre-eminent global organization focused on developing Black corporate C-suite and board leaders, today announced the launch of the BLACK ENTERPRISE Economic Equity & Racial Justice Town Hall Series.
The Town Hall series consists of seven virtual roundtable sessions featuring top corporate executives, entrepreneurs, civil rights activists and social thought leaders. The roundtable discussions will examine a range of challenges confronting the Black community, with the goal of yielding st
Grant Shapps to speak at UK Chamber of Shipping Virtual Conference
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will be one of the morning speakers at the UK Chamber of Shipping’s Virtual Conference, it has been confirmed today (5 February).
The Secretary of State will join Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, Chamber President John Denholm and Shipping Minister Robert Courts in the morning session of speakers. Following this, Dr Grahaeme Henderson OBE, Global Head of Shipping and Maritime at Shell and Nikolas Tsakos, Founder, President and CEO of Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited will deliver the morning’s debate, sponsored by Lloyd’s Register and moderated by Paddy Rodgers.
Understanding your privilege as a white person is critical to understanding how race and racism can impact the trajectory of one person s life.
Frances Kendall, author of Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race, describes white privilege as having greater access to power and resources than people of color [in the same situation] do.
As a result of this unequal access to power and resources, black Americans can expect to earn up to $1 million less than white Americans over their lifetime, according to a recent study by McKinsey & Co. That same study also found that in 2016 the median wealth of a white family was 10 times the median wealth of a black family.