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In case you missed it…
By WomenSuite at 10 February, 2009, 8:20 am
Because we did: the recent issue of Women of Color magazine focused on technology and business. You can read the issue online here. We also found a recently launched magazine, Diversity Executive, for diversity practitioners. It includes a neat online community that’s worth checking out.
Read More >>Welcome Linkedin Members!
By WomenSuite at 28 January, 2009, 12:43 pm
Welcome to all of you who are visiting us from our Linkedin group. We are really excited about using new media to advance professional women of color and appreciate your support. Now that we’re over 300 members on LI, it would be great to involve a larger percentage of our members on this site, since [...]
Read More >>When "Going Green" Takes On a Whole New Meaning
By WomenSuite at 6 August, 2008, 5:43 pm
The 2008 presidential election is shaping up to be even more historic than was previously thought. (Disclosure: I am politically independent and am not registered with a political party, but this is significant news for women of color.) The Green Party has nominated the first all women of color ticket in United States history: Cynthia [...]
Read More >>Update
By WomenSuite at 16 February, 2008, 7:54 pm
It has been a few months since I’ve had the opportunity to post, but it isn’t for a lack of pertinent information about professional multicultural women. I’ve been in the process of changing my company’s name, updating the website, and preparing for 2008. We are in the midst of Black History Month, and Women’s History [...]
Read More >>Hispanic Heritage Month 2007
By WomenSuite at 5 October, 2007, 2:12 am
I haven’t been blogging for awhile, but now that I’m back, I must remind you that we are currently in the midst of National Hispanic Heritage Month. This month is celebrated in the United States each year between September 15 and October 15. 2007 Theme: Hispanic Americans: Making a Positive Impact on American Society. Read [...]
Read More >>A questionable article by WSJ.com on diversity
By WomenSuite at 18 May, 2007, 11:57 pm
A recent article on wsj.com discusses certain company’s efforts to de-marginalize diversity departments primarily by placing white males in the chief diversity officer (CDO) role. It’s an interesting article, but like some other recent articles on diversity, it assumes that the actions of a few companies represents a trend. While white males exemplify the indicia [...]
Read More >>Women of Color in the Legal Profession
By WomenSuite at 5 December, 2006, 2:32 pm
Normally, I don’t like to change the focus of my blogs, because it gets a bit messy, confusing, and sometimes tough to sort out the different topics. So generally I stick with women of color in corporate america. I am making an exception today, however. The ABA has released a really important study about women [...]
Read More >>The Early Bird Gets The the Worm
By JFC at 1 December, 2006, 12:21 am
Most mentoring occurs after women of color have already joined an organization. But companies like The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies are starting the mentoring process much earlier in the careers of young women of color. Chubb has developed the Collegiate Women of Color Leadership Development Institute, a program which selects 50 young women of [...]
Read More >>Upcoming Multicultural Women's Town Halls
By JFC at 28 November, 2006, 12:25 am
Since Working Mother Media (WMM) started their Women of Color National Conference in 2003, there has been a surge of interest in issues surrounding women of color in business. The upshot of this increased interest is that WMM has been holding Multicultural Women’s Town Halls all over the country, where women of all ethnicities can [...]
Read More >>Leadership In Your Midst?
By JFC at 23 November, 2006, 4:43 pm
This Harvard Business Review (HBR) article entitled “Leadership in Your Midst: Tapping the Hidden Strengths of Minority Executives” has been out for some time, but I want to revisit it today. The Center for Work-Life Policy, through its Hidden Brain Drain task force, devised a study in 2004 which examines the hidden strengths (and lives) [...]
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