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Sometimes sensitive conversations create controversy and misunderstanding, she said.
Her job is to change the landscape as racial equity director at Ford Motor Co. I m Black all day, Henderson told the Free Press. I can t turn my Blackness off because I m at work. Issues affecting people in my community affect me in one way, shape or form. If no one is acknowledging I may be distracted by those things, I can t show up and do my work properly. It can harness resentment.
She officially began her new role in January as part of the automaker s global initiative to identify and dismantle the gaps that Ford discovered exist along what the company sees as an employee journey from recruitment to development and retention.
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This is the time of year when many high school juniors are taking their ACTs and scheduling campus tours. And high school seniors are looking in the mailbox for college acceptance letters and – hopefully –financial aid packages.
There are many in Michigan who believe that heading to college is the key to a successful life for these kids. There s plenty of evidence that young adults with that four-year degree will do better in terms of employment and wages than their peers with some college, or a two-year degree, or only a high school diploma.
But there is another side to the discussion – the one that raises the question: Is college truly the right choice for all high school grads? Are we overlooking the opportunities offered by skilled trades and other careers that do not require a degree?