Happy #HispanicHeritageMonth! Or is it ¡Feliz #MesdelaHerencia? 🤔 How does one celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month anyway? With tequila and guacamole? Or perhaps empanadas y mate tea? How about with Andean music or reggaeton? And why Hispanic and not #Latino Heritage Month? Each year millions of people celebrate the history, culture, contributions and #DIVERSITY of Hispanic…
“Did you read it?” she asks just before taking a sip from her michelada. “I did”, I reply. And then I start going down my list: “Journalists are not the enemy”, The Boston Globe. “A Free Press Needs You”, The New York Times. “Defendemos la libertad de prensa”, El Diario. “Think your enemy is the…
More hate crimes were carried out in the United States last year, with an uptick in incidents motivated by bias against Jews, Muslims and LGBT people, among others, according to new FBI data released Monday The Washington Post 11/13/17 — The United Hate of America It’s been a year since Donald Trump was elected as…
Today’s largely millennial workforce sees old-world bureaucratic systems favoring decision-making by big titles as unattractive. These people seek positions of influence, which enable them to collaborate with others by integrating their individualities. The key to success isn’t in a company’s ability to create order, but how it introduces a little chaos. I have noticed that…
Diversity is an asset to companies both internally and in the marketplace. But the path to the corporate utopia can often be long and frustrating. Most initiatives are just focused on current staff and not enough on the next wave of talent. It’s been my experience that the foundation of any solid diverse workforce begins…
…You see no one leaves a job they enjoy or a company they trust; especially a top performer. Despite the cordial compliments, there are no happy endings when a valuable member of the team jumps ship. Here’s my latest article for Magic Johnson #ThePlaybook… Four Fabulous Fails why diverse and talented people leave what seem…
As a kid there were few subjects which caused more debate than these: Batman or Superman? Chocolate or Vanilla? Yankees or Mets? You had to choose one and defend it vehemently. There could never be a middle ground. As an adult, I find the same applies to these: Democrat or Republican? Liberal or Conservative? Yankees…
(En español: 3 tĂ©cnicas de pitcheo que todo empleado, miembro de minorĂas, debe estar listo para batear) As soon as I walk into a meeting; I start counting. How many people of color are present? How many Latinos? How many women? I’m always one of a few minorities and more often than I care to…
Many companies embrace diversity, but fail to build a long lasting inclusive workplace environment because they focus too much effort on representation and not enough on integration. In media, the theory is that an audience is distrustful of storytelling marketed as important to their needs when the messengers aren’t reflective of their community. I generally…
I was invited to speak at Howard University about the lack of newsroom diversity and its negative impact on audiences at the Legal Digital Innovator Conference hosted by the Minority Counselor TV. Here’s part of my presentation: There’s a direct link between the lack of diversity in newsrooms and how it shapes the biased perceptions…
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