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Cape Elizabeth will begin accepting applications in October for appointments to its new seven-member Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, but not everyone in town is eager for the committee to get to work. The Town Council voted unanimously last month to establish the standing DEI Committee, acting on the recommendation of the ad hoc Civil…

Photo: Susan Morse Diversity in clinical trials is lacking, according to Chris Boone, vice president, Global Head of Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Abbvie, a pharmaceutical and research development company. Less than 16% people of color are in clinical trials, when 39% of the U.S. population is made up of people of color. An…

Diversity is a time-honored word in the philosophy of art. But it never stands alone. Just as a string is needed to hold pearls in place to form a necklace, so too, a principle of unity is needed to wed a diversity of factors into a work of art. Hence the adage that art is…

Creating a diversity and inclusion strategy for your organization can seem like a daunting task, but there are practical steps HR leaders can take to get a framework up and running. Change can be challenging and rewarding. However, there’s no shortage of studies that details the benefits of workplace diversity, including greater financial performance, innovation,…

The Board Diversity Census, conducted by the Alliance of Board Diversity and the consulting firm Deloitte, points to the steep deficit companies face when it comes to fulfilling pledges to diversity in their ranks. An overwhelming 82.5% of directors among Fortune 500 company boards are white, according to the census. The census suggests that, until…

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Back in the mid-2000s, I was kind of known for encouraging atheist and skeptic groups to increase the number of women (and non-white people in general) on stage at conferences, because doing so would have…