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By Samuel Hardiman, Tulsa World. Making Tulsa’s workforce more inclusive is key to progress Speakers point to report that shows more diverse companies earn more Chatter filled the downtown Tulsa DoubleTree by Hilton ballroom for five minutes or so Wednesday afternoon. It wasn’t idle chatter. It was hundreds of people reflecting on their upbringing, heritage and what the city’s — and n...

Recruiting CEO Dixie Agostino, Tulsa World. There’s money to be made in diversity. McKinsey & Co., a global management consulting firm, shows ethnically diverse companies are 35 percent more likely to outperform their competitors. Catalyst, an organization that promotes inclusive workplaces for women, show more women on the board leads to a long-term statistical performance adv...

TED Talk featuring Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Tiffin-Seneca Public library Wed 18:30 – 19:30, 2016-10-19 Event description: Tiffin-Seneca Public Library is to host the next event in the TED TALK series on Wednesday, October 19 at 6:30 pm in the Frost Kalnow Room. The talk will feature “Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them.” TED Talks are...

By Claire E. Parker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER. Following a year of of tension and discussion related to diversity at Harvard Law School, administrators unveiled a total overhaul of first-year orientation this year to acclimate students from varying backgrounds. The revamped week-long program included sessions run by second-and third-year Law students, discussions on “Community Engageme...

Liz Dwyer, culture and education editor at TakePart magazine writes about race, parenting and social justice. ‘Circles of Voices’ workshops facilitate dialogue that participants say breaks down bias. Nine people shot and killed by a white supremacist in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. The deaths of Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Jordan Davis, Rekia Boyd...

Maya Salah quotes Vernā Myers in her article on Diversity and Inclusion: How does an organization that is invested in diversity of gender, race, age and sexuality make its mark? June 8, 2016 Minnesota ranks as one of the best places to live in the U.S. for quality of life, with a strong economy and a thriving job market. Historically, it has been a racially homogenous state. The influ...