Celebrate Black History Month Helping Black Professionals Thrive in America’s Workplaces Many Black children and teens grow up hearing the message from well-meaning parents and other adults that they need to work twice as hard to have their performance considered half as good in a dominant white culture. The constant burden of being judged more [...]
Celebrate Black History Month Five Things White People Can Do Now to Combat Racism While we need governments to address systemic racism, we also need people who understand the importance of that mission in their own lives. Very often, when white people increase their understanding of the ongoing scope of racism, they want to do [...]
Tailor DEI Efforts to Unique Context for Best Results U.S. Celebrating Black History Month and UK Celebrating Race Equity Week No country or culture is immune to bias, discrimination and inequality, but how they manifest and are expressed is contextual and localized, showing up with pronounced differences in different countries and even between regions within [...]
Celebrate Black History Month . . . How to Be a Role Model to People Who Need You While you know that having role models is critical to your success, and you take steps to ensure you have those figures in your life, you may be less aware that you are already a role model [...]
Celebrate Black History Month . . . When You Set Boundaries, You Protect Your Focus If saying “yes” to every opportunity and request for your time and energy feels like your default response, it is time to explore how setting healthy boundaries can help you focus and achieve more. Many of us, women especially, are [...]
Celebrate Black History Month . . . Take These Steps to Land a Mentor or Sponsor Black business leaders often have less access to informal professional networks and are less likely to have mentors and sponsors to help them get ahead. That needs to change, because those resources can make a critical difference in your [...]
Celebrate Black History Month . . . Being Kind to Yourself is a Key Business Strategy Being what author, screenwriter and TV producer Shonda Rhimes calls an F.O.D. (a “first,” “only,” or “different,”) as a woman or person of color in largely white or male spaces can add stress to the already challenging job of [...]
Celebrate Black History Month . . . Leave Perfect Behind and Help Your Business Move Ahead The desire to perform perfectly is understandable in a world that holds women and people of color to a higher standard. But business prizes speed, agility and relentless action over perfection. If everything has to be just right (including [...]
BHM Founders Features: Cole Banks, Founder of Sisters Traveling Solo Monica Motivates was created by founder Monica McCoy to help women, Black and Latinx, and underrepresented founders gain critical access to capital and successfully launch their dreams. Throughout February, in honor of the spirit of Black History Month, we’ve featured founders who are making [...]
BHM Founders Features: Angela Hawkins, Founder of Bamblu February signals the start of a month of celebration and reflection on the many contributions Black Americans have made to the United States and the world. Indeed, the man credited as the visionary for this annual celebration, Carter G. Woodson, hoped to educate young black people [...]
