The “Diversity: In Red, White And Black” series will consist of conversations with business leaders and social influencers representing various industries, segments and sectors who are inspired by and committed to sharing information and thoughts on the subject of diversity and inclusion. Each article is designed to engage and encourage respectful conversation around the topic of workplace diversity.
“Red” questions will relate to a current workplace deficiency, “white” questions will pertain to the status quo and “black” questions will reflect on a positive gain in the workplace. Now let’s start the conversation …
Last month, we packed up our radio show on diversity, employment and more, and headed over to The Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia to do a live remote broadcast from The NBMBAA Conference. According to the organization’s website, “The National Black MBA Association was conceived in 1970 to help Blacks coming into the corporate sector share experiences and insights to help make the journey easier.” As a diversity recruiter, I was impressed by its mission and wanted to learn more.