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Why leadership diversity matters in handling crises like COVID-19 | World Economic Forum
Employee health and safety must be the foremost consideration of any business during the coronavirus pandemic. But one of the greatest challenges is understanding the needs and circumstances of employees who themselves are diverse in all of the traditional measures, but also are affected by widely varying life, work and family conditions, writes Lloyd W.…
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Meet the two Black men now at the helm of Madison Ballet
Madison Ballet’s 40th anniversary season closes this weekend and next with a program titled Turning Pointe, which, the company’s website says, “celebrates the company’s past, while it steps into a brilliant future.” Leading the way into that future are two Black men: Jacob Ashley, who was named director of the company’s ballet school in January,…
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Riverview IU6 Recognizes Policy Leader in Stem Education :: exploreClarion.com
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Kelsi Wilcox Boyles, Education Program Specialist of Riverview Intermediate Unit, has been accepted as one of 19 ambassadors in the Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador Program. This program aims to shape the future of STEM education in the commonwealth by targeting vital policy conversations to legislative leadership in the areas of STEM Learning…
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Woody Allen Defends His Films’ Lack Of Diversity: Affirmative Action “Does Not Work” In Casting
It’s not out of bounds to say that Woody Allen movies are pretty damn white. The filmmaker has never been known for his radical inclusion of diverse characters or actors in his projects. And for the most part, that has largely been accepted. However, with inclusion and diversity becoming hot button issues in recent years,…
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Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics
Land use changes forced chimpanzees and bats near human food resources. Credit: Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is a crisis of our own making. That’s the message from infectious disease and environmental health experts, and from those in planetary health – an emerging field connecting human health, civilisation and the natural systems…
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It’s Time to Double Pell Because All Students Deserve a Transformative Education
As a first-generation college student and immigrant, I didn’t always feel that I belonged in higher education. But I had faculty and mentor support that empowered me to become the best version of myself in a new and different environment. Throughout my career in academia, three things that have always been at the forefront in…
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HipHopEd highlights the intersections between the arts and STEM for education stakeholders
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Membermsayles@afro.com As a young boy, New York native Christopher Emdin was always interested in how the universe works. He was an inquisitive child, and his mother would foster his curiosity. When he began school, Emdin quickly developed a passion for science, which endured into his…
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“Roger Goodell And Robert Kraft Asked Me To Look At Buying An NFL Team” | Byron Allen Vying To Become NFL’s First Black Owner
Media mogul Byron Allen is preparing a bid to buy the Denver Broncos, according to reports. If the bid is successful it would make Allen the first Black majority owner of an NFL team. Allen says Roger Goodell and Robert Kraft told him 2019 to look into buying a team and it looks like he’…
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Announcing Fordham University’s 33rd President, Tania Tetlow, J.D.
Dear Members of the Extended Fordham Community, On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am delighted to announce that we met this morning and unanimously elected Tania Tetlow, J.D., the 33rd President of Fordham University. President-Elect Tetlow will be the first layperson and the first woman to occupy the post in Fordham’s 181-year history.…
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Dallas Businessman Dedicates Decades, Millions to Education – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Roland Parrish has given millions to help further the education of young people. Especially those in under-represented communities. He’s the first African American to have a facility named in his honor at Purdue University after his $2 million leadership gift to support the management school library renovation. While he has accomplished so much to this…