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Companies can dramatically increase revenues by better understanding
and communicating with the country’s growing ethnic populations,
developing a multicultural marketing organizational structure, and
driving superior business results through diversity.
In this Virtual Seminar we will deliver relevant research,
in-depth case studies and actionable insights to help you tap into the
incredible buying power of multicultural markets through utilizing best
practices of diversity & inclusion management.
Tune into this panel of multicultural marketing and
d...
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Over
the last several decades, the American public has grown increasingly
accepting of interracial dating and marriage. This shift in opinion has
been driven both by attitude change among individuals generally and by
the fact that over the period, successive generations have reached
adulthood with more racially liberal views than earlier generations.
Millennials are no except... |
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Now that Shahid Khan has signed off on a deal to purchase majority
ownership of the Rams, it will be fascinating to watch how the NFL
receives him.
If approved by NFL owners, Khan would become the first minority owner in control of a franchise in league history.
Khan, born in Pakistan, came to the U.S. in 1967 at age 16. He became a
U.S. citizen, was educated at the Univer...
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The unique diversity of Silicon
Valley is not reflected in the region's tech workplaces — and the
disparity is only growing worse.
Hispanics and blacks made up a
smaller share of the valley's computer workers in 2008 than they did in
2000, a Mercury News review of federal data shows, even as their share
grew across the nation. Women in computer-related occupations saw
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While strides have been made to increase faculty and staff
diversity, University President Drew G. Faust wrote in a campus-wide
e-mail, women and minorities remain underrepresented in many campus
circles. The latest development in the effort to diversify focuses on
the university’s non-faculty workforce, an endeavor lead by newly
appointed Chief Diversity Officer Lisa M. C... |
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Students sometimes separate themselves between the minority and the majority. And
that can take its toll on student achievement, as minority-race
students are less likely to share in class, to raise their hand, to ask
for help.
That's
why North Salem High School's English as a second language teacher Mark
Till attended a voluntary training Monday on diversity and cultural
... |
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Just about every medium or large U.S. company talks about its
dedication to diversity, whether in a prominent section of its Web site
or in its corporate mission statement.
But the definition of what, exactly, these firms mean by diversity is often vague.
Only
30 percent of human resources professionals say that their company even
has an official definition of diversi... |
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While the rest of the country wrangled over the behavior of police
officers in the wake of the Henry Louis Gates arrest in July 2009, some
scientists were pulling out their hair over racial profiling of a
different kind: that perpetrated by medical researchers. Experts within
the research community say a small but stubborn streak of racial
profiling has long persisted in the med... |
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Most people regard watching television as a passive activity. You
sit, you watch. Occasionally, you change the channel. But a new study
reveals that even this passive diversion may lead to actively damaging
effects, particularly when it comes to issues of race.
In a series of intricately designed experiments, psychologists at Tufts University
demonstrate that subtle racial... |
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The new Disney fairy tale movie, " The Princess and the Frog" has a familiar storyline. (Girl kisses frog. Weird stuff happens.)
But the look is new: The debut of Disney's first African American princess. Ever.
The animated musical opens this week in New York and Los Angeles (and
everywhere next month) and already Web searches on Yahoo! have grown
over 100% i... |
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by James R. Yeager, BSc., MBA (Former Consultant to the Ministry of Mines and Industry during the Aynak Tender)
Contributors: Eng. M. Mir Ashan Sediq (former Minister of Mines and Industries, Afghanistan); Mr. Ed Smith (former Head of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Group at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan); Mr. David Garner, former advisor to the Ministry of Mines and Ind...
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Diversity Spectrum is the chief US Agent and Media Partner for the
Gateway Trade Mission III to Canary Islands, Spain. Owing to the exceptional opportunities generated last year via the Gateway Trade Mission II, the US Commercial Officer in Spain, Ellen Lenny-Pessagno, will again lead the trade mission to the
Canary Islands as the
Chair.
The trade mission serves... |
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By Lois Romano
After four years as Barack Obama's legislative director in the Senate,
Chris Lu knows the president's preferences and record as well as anyone
-- which puts him in the perfect job these days. He's the Cabinet
secretary -- a title that belies an intense assignment as chief
intermediary between the White House and the federal agenc...
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El español Juan Verde Suárez (Telde, Gran Canaria, 1971), será,
desde el 2 de noviembre, el español que más alto haya llegado en la
política estadounidense. Barack Obama lo ha nombrado su mano derecha
para las relaciones comerciales con el Viejo Continente.
Verde, de 38 años, tomará posesión el lunes de su cargo... |
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On October 28th, Evolve Performance Management will be hosting Managing Diversity, a dynamic and compelling
half-day workshop that empowers managers to maximize the benefits of workplace
diversity in the 21st century.
These workshops are priced at $249 per
session, but we are delighted to announce a limited number of complimentary
passes.
To reserve your seat for this... |
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Documentary filmmaker
and Diversity Spectrum contributor, Kelly Kowalski, won a Rocky Mountain Emmy
Award on Saturday,
October 24, 2009 at award ceremonies in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kelly was nominated for five Emmy Awards for her work at KNME-TV, the PBS
affiliate in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. All KNME nominations this
year involved Kelly’s work.
The Emmy was awarded
for... |
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Today, the United States Senate took an historic step toward ensuring
justice for the victims of hate crimes targeted for violence due to
their sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability.
"Dennis
and I are extremely proud of the Senate for once again passing this
historic measure of protection for victims of these brutal crimes,”
said Judy Shepard, p...
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President Obama’s in hot water again. And it’s that same old nemesis.
No, not Rush Limbaugh. The other really round culprit. You know, the
basketball. Some critics are upset because he’s not more inclusive when
he participates in the sport.
It’s not the first time the president has received criticism for his
interest in basketball. Or his prefe... |
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By Heather Boushey and Ann O’Leary
Download the executive summary (pdf)
This report describes how a woman’s nation changes everything about
how we live and work today. Now for the first time in our nation’s
history, women are half of all U.S. workers and mothers are the primary
breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American
families... |
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