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When we follow threads back through history, appalling origins or explanations for certain contemporary social issues / racial matters are often discovered.

Inclusive hiring is the practice of minimizing bias and creating an equitable recruitment, application, interview, selection and offer process for a diverse set of candidates.

A recent article in Human Resources Director highlights something that we’ve been hearing a lot about - diversity fatigue. It’s a term from the 90s, but it’s back now and the reasons require serious consideration.

Our nation’s schools have an incredible responsibility when it comes to honoring Black History Month. All too often, they use a “heroes and holidays” approach. While this may be well intended, it has the effect of making Black students feel othered, as though they exist outside of the actual curriculum. A better approach would be to incorporate Black stories and voices into the year-round curriculum – and to incorporate Black students into the everyday classroom.

In an age when faith in our institutions—academic, corporate and government—is at an all-time low, it behooves leaders to “do the right thing.” Paraphrasing Charlamagne, “Right action is better than knowledge, but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.” But how do we know what is right?