Welcome Linkedin Members!

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 [...]

Our New Home

We are just about finished migrating our blog and site over to this domain. WomenSuite is now a part of Nette Media, a social media company, and we are excited about using our technology to improve the discussion of professional women of color in the workplace–whether in business, law, education, creative/arts, non-profits, government/politics, or medicine.

Groups We Love: Madrinas

It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month! (Yes, I know it’s already begun.) Recognizing the significant contributions made by Latinas to the business world is the order of the day. Today, we will focus on an important group of businesswomen, who call themselves Madrinas (Spanish for “godmother”). Their mission has been to “[support] the career advancement of [...]

2042 or 2039?

According to a recent release from the U.S. Census Bureau, multicultural people will become the majority of the U.S. population in 2042. Its previous release estimated that date to be 2050. For the business-minded, another milestone appears even earlier: among the working age population, multicultural people are anticipated to be the majority in 2039! Of [...]

Statisticienne: Women of Color Veterans

Did you know that one third of veterans are women of color? I had absolutely no idea, until Michelle Chen included that statistic in her recent article “Home from the Military” in Colorlines, the national newsmagazine on race and politics. Colorlines is published by the Applied Research Center, an organization devoted to advancing racial justice. [...]

When "Going Green" Takes On a Whole New Meaning

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 [...]

High-Tech Multicultural Women

Google, anyone? According to a press release sent out yesterday, the Anita Borg Institute will host TechLeaders: Realizing Your Vision for Women of Color on September 10-11, 2008 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. The purpose of the event is to help entry to mid-level women of color develop their influencing skills, refine their [...]

Multicultural Women's Participation Rates in the U.S. Labor Force

So, who’s working out there? To find out, I went to the recent statistics released by the Women’s Data Center of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Here’s what I found: Participation Rates African-American women have the highest participation in the labor force at 63.1%. This rate is 4-6% higher than any other group of [...]

Glass Ceiling? Try Glass Mirror

One of the most difficult and persistent hurdles that multicultural women face is found in one of the few industries where women out-earn men. In other words, in the fashion industry. More recently, efforts have been made to change the representation of ethnically diverse models in the modeling industry. Diane von Furstenberg, designer and president [...]

Influential Multicultural Women Attorneys

Seven multicultural women attorneys were named to The National Law Journal’s list of The 50 Most Influential Minority Attorneys, comprising 14% of this year’s list. They are (in alphabetical order): Preeta D. Bansal, Esq. – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (NY) Sharon R. Barner, Esq. – Foley & Lardner (Chicago) Paulette Brown, Esq. – [...]

Organization Highlight: Indus Women Leaders

I found the Indus Women Leaders organization while doing my usual Google searches, and I have to tell you: this might be one of the best-kept secrets out there. Many companies and professionals are not aware of the variety of resources that exist for professional multicultural women. Indus Women Leaders (IWL) is a non-profit organization [...]

DiversityInc 2008 Top 50 Companies for Diversity

It’s that time of year again… DiversityInc magazine has released the Top 50 Companies for Diversity in its June 2008 issue. I like these lists because they highlight diversity initiatives at various companies, identify key diversity managers and serve as an important benchmark for companies that are actively working to recruit and retain a diverse [...]

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