Diversity,Equity,Inclusion_2nd_Edition

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER Vernā Myers · Diversity advocate Vernā Myers is dedicated to promoting meaningful, lasting diversity in the workplace. URL: https://www.ted.com/talks/verna_myers_how_to_overcome_our_biases_walk_boldly_toward_them/di scussion DEI Issue Type: Culture, Ethnicity, Race

How to Survive a Difficult Conversation: Race Ahead Thoughtful reflection on conversations with people of color and white people and how all of us are in this together one way or another. URL : https://fortune.com/2019/10/21/how-to-survive-a-difficult-conversation-raceahead/ DEI Issue Type: Culture, Language, Race

If There’s Only One Woman in Your Candidate Pool, There’s Statistically No Chance She’ll Be Hired There are more CEOs of large U.S. companies who are named David (4.5%) than there are CEOs who are women (4.1%) — and David isn’t even the most common first name among CEOs. (That would be John, at 5.3%.) Despite the ever-growing business case for diversity, roughly 85% of board members and executives are white men. This doesn’t mean that companies haven’t tried to change. Many have started investing hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity initiatives each year. But the biggest challenge seems to be figuring out how to overcome unconscious biases that get in the way of these well-intentioned programs. This article provides recently conducted research that suggests a potential solution. URL: https://hbr.org/2016/04/if-theres-only-one-woman-in-your-candidate-pool-theres-statistically-no- chance-shell-be-hired DEI Issue Type: Culture

Inclusive Faculty Hiring Increasing the diversity of the faculty is an important goal of the University of Maryland. The Inclusive Faculty Hiring Pilot Program engages search committees in evidence-based practices shown to reduce implicit bias and enhance the recruitment, outreach, evaluation and hiring of diverse faculty. Funded by the Provost’s Office and led by ADVANCE in partnership with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, we are treating

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