There’s no denying a diversity gap exists in the technology industry. But in recent years tech companies have focused efforts to increase diversity within their ranks.
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Working toward fair data for all: DataWorks at Georgia Tech
By Guest Columnist CARL DISALVO, associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, with BETSY DISALVO, of Georgia Tech, and BEN SHAPIRO, of Georgia State University
When people talk about the roles and responsibilities of higher education in the 21st Century, often those conversations focus on the challenges of educating students for changing work environments and the ever-increasing role of technology in those environments. Certainly, that’s part of what colleges and universities do, but not all of it.
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ATL hits pause on legacy for Mayor Bottoms: Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ legacy may not include a permanent cabinet-level office to regulate city policies related to LBGTQ+, immigrants, sustainability, youth and more.
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High Museum’s Rand Suffolk: ‘A place where all of Atlanta is comfortable coming together’
The year 2020 was a year of reckoning with the issues of race, equity and inclusion for a myriad of institutions across our community and nationally. But the High Museum of Art – the leading museum in the Southeast – has been undergoing such a reckoning for the past five years.
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Metro Atlanta Chamber launches racial equity initiative
Atlanta is often seen as a Black mecca for business. Now the Metro Atlanta Chamber is seeking to make it even more so.
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Park Pride’s MLK Day equity update
By Guest Columnist MICHAEL HALICKI, executive director of Park Pride
Monday, Jan. 18, is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, an occasion that calls on us all to honor the legacy of Dr. King and to consider whether our individual actions follow in his example.
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We can do better Atlanta by adding more diversity to our corporate ranks
Atlanta may be the cradle of the civil rights movement, but it has ways to go to have diversity on its corporate boards and within its executive suites.
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Futurist computer research to be made available by IBM at two Atlanta HBCUs
A cure for COVID-19 is the potential result of a new type of research that IBM is providing through a diversity initiative that includes two Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Atlanta.
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Two Black, Democratic women are the face of change in Cobb, Gwinnett counties
Two Black women, both Democrats, have changed the political dynamics in Cobb and Gwinnett counties in the 2020 election cycle. One is an incumbent county commissioner campaigning for the position of county chair; one promotes candidates and the GOTV effort as head of the county’s Democratic Party.
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Sandy Springs begins talks on inclusion, belonging to address ‘21st Century racism’
Sandy Springs has started a series of virtual conversations on the topics of inclusion and belonging. The Sandy Springs City Council is to review the findings this autumn with the goal of establishing policies to create an environment where more individuals feel welcome and respected.
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Each CAU student to receive free laptop at start of Fall semester
Each of the 4,000 students expected to enroll next month at Clark Atlanta University is to receive a Dell laptop computer upon returning to campus in August. Dell Technologies is providing the computers as part of its 2030 Social Impact Plan to promote Inclusion.
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U.S. Women’s Soccer team showcases top play, equality – including equal pay for equal work
By Guest Columnist MELITA EASTERS, founding chair and executive director of Georgia’s Win List
U.S. Women’s Soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe scored two goals during the June 28 match against France, giving her team a stunning victory over the host country and a semi-final July 2 match-up with England.
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Emory names first diversity officer to strengthen ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’
Emory University on Tuesday announced its selection to serve as the first vice provost for diversity and inclusion, chief diversity officer and advisor to the president. The position is to help Emory fulfill its ambitions to fulfill its four pillars of academic excellence.
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Embracing Diversity and Inclusion at The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc.
By Shirley Anne Smith, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Co-Chair The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. (JLA) exemplifies modern hospitality. Much like Atlanta itself, the JLA strives to be warm, welcoming and inclusive of all. And like Atlanta, the organization values cultivating diversity and inclusion as a catalyst for positive change. The Junior League of Atlanta […]
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An Added Benefit of Increasing Diversity
Do what’s right; millennials will follow. By Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, Rand Suffolk Sitting on Peachtree Street in the heart of Midtown, the High is fortunate to belong to an incredibly diverse community. Our role in this city is so much more than storing and displaying […]
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Atlanta law firm plants seeds of diversity as black lawyers comprise 4.4 percent of bar
Just 4.4 percent of the nation’s 1.1 million lawyers are black or African American. The Atlanta law firm Morris, Manning & Martin has just wrapped up its seventh annual program to introduce a diverse group of high school students to the legal profession as part of its effort to help plant the seeds of greater diversity.
