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By Diana Duqette Family Support Specialist Black innovators are responsible for inventions that have changed our daily lives, including the way we eat, prepare and store food. In fact, food is such an important part of our existence that I’m willing to bet that many of you don’t realize that ways that Black inventors have…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer We often remember Sojourner Truth for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, but her legacy includes more than public speaking. After she escaped a plantation with her daughter, Truth successfully won a court case regarding her son being illegally sold into slavery. As…
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Michelle Hillman Marketing & Communication Manager On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the late icon’s daughter, Bernice King, reminded people to honor the contributions her mother made to the Civil Rights Movement. As you honor my father today, please honor my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of…
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Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture As we wait to see the first Black and Asian woman be inaugurated Vice President of the United States today, it can be tough to reconcile it with the images we saw on January 6th. This seeming conflict was not unforeseen by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Yesterday Representative Jim Jordan called the second impeachment of President Trump an extension of “cancel culture” and then he called for unity. Calling an impeachment of a president for inciting an insurrection cancel culture is a bit like calling the insurrection itself a disagreement. At minimum…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Over the last 100 years women went from having 8 million jobs in the workforce to 78 million. In the last year, over 5 million women have lost their jobs. In December, women were 100% of all the jobs lost. The progress of women as a…
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