Leaders from some of the nation’s top historically Black colleges and universities are meeting virtually with Google CEO Sundar Pichai next week to discuss the future of their schools’ relationships with the tech giant in the wake of racism and sexism allegations made by two Black former employees.
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NC IDEA recently announced the formation of the North Carolina Black Entrepreneurship Council, which will lead NC IDEA in its programmatic and grant making ambitions to address the challenges of Black entrepreneurship in North Carolina, according to the organization’s website. And the agenda received a lot of attention during the NC IDEA forum this week.
Read MoreThe second day of the NC IDEA Summit focused on how to “reset” ecosystems to optimize economic recovery. “Every community has the right to prosper in our economy,” said Thom Ruhe, NC IDEA’s CEO. “So today, we focus on how we reset. To help communities become economically dynamic and vibrant.” Here are ideas about what to do – with an emphasis on empathy and equality.
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As a member of several different boards, I’ve been thinking a lot about board diversity, what makes a quality board and why it’s so hard to move the needle toward greater inclusion in the boardroom. Here are some solutions to the challenge.
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The Knight Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and Comcast NBCUniversal’s combined $2.1 million investment in the Center for Black Innovation’s missions to increase Black entrepreneurship in Miami and throughout the nation. Here are the details.
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Facebook is launching a three-month “Season of Support” initiative for small businesses — starting with a campaign to highlight Black-owned businesses, which are closing twice as fast as others during the pandemic.
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This week, the current Justice Department sent Microsoft a letter stating that the tech giant needed to prove that its diversity efforts are not “illegal race-based decisions.” We could get into the meat of the letter and try to parse what it means but we all KNOW what it means. Read more here.
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The Department of Labor last week sent letters to Microsoft and Wells Fargo questioning whether the companies’ commitments to increase the number of Black employees in their leadership ranks constitute race-based discrimination. Both firms defend their decisions.
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Since I started this column three months ago, I have shared many of my thoughts on leadership and professional success. This week, I want to try something new and introduce you to my friend Tim Humphrey of IBM so you can hear his guidance instead.
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