by Deanna Shoss | Sep 25, 2020 | News and Events
When hiring, companies often talk about finding a candidate who is a “good fit.” In the context of Diversity and Inclusion, many–or more specifically women and people of color–think of this as a euphemism to exclude people based on gender, race, and...
by Deanna Shoss | Jun 12, 2020 | News and Events
We are at a tipping point in the United States. The push-back against the lack of human rights and injustices for people of color has been building since it came to the forefront, yet again, in 2016. That’s when Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem to...
by Deanna Shoss | Jun 12, 2020 | News and Events
I often tell people that when I travel abroad to Europe that I feel more comfortable and welcomed than I do in my home country. This is because Europeans, for the most part, don’t bear the scars and experiences of American racism. Not that racism doesn’t exist in...
by Deanna Shoss | Feb 3, 2020 | News and Events
The first Women’s Rights Convention in the US took place in 1848. 75 years later, in 1923, women began the fight for an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA finally passed the House of Representatives and the Senate in 1971 and ‘72 respectively. It then went out for...
by Deanna Shoss | Dec 17, 2019 | News and Events
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg aside, the vast majority of America’s top CEO’s have a bachelor’s degree. They likely have a graduate degree as well. Where they went to college and what they studied varies. But nearly all launched their path to the executive...
by Deanna Shoss | Jul 22, 2019 | News and Events
Mindfulness is an intense awareness of what you are sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgement. On the flip side, unconscious bias could be said to be an intense interpretation or judgement, without awareness of what or even why you are...
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