The mission of NEPDEC is to create a more inclusive, dynamic culture and to prepare for increasingly complex and diverse workplaces. NEPDEC is committed to breaking down barriers of inequities and exclusion by recognizing the unique traits and characteristics of our constituents. The recent tragic and senseless death of George Floyd and others reminds us…
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. CFR members, including Brian Williams, Fareed Zakaria, Angelina Jolie, Chuck Hagel, and Erin Burnett, explain why the Council on Foreign Relations is an indispensable resource in a complex world. View CFR’s Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Big Topic on Campus: Racial ‘Microaggressions’ By TANZINA VEGA MARCH 21, 2014 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A tone-deaf inquiry into an Asian-American’s ethnic origin. Cringe-inducing praise for how articulate a black student is. An unwanted conversation about a Latino’s ability to speak English without an accent. This is not exactly the language of traditional racism,…
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Culturally Competent Care—LGBT Patients Donnie Perkins Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion University Hospitals Shane Snowdon Director, Health and Aging Program Human Rights Campaign The Human Rights Campaign will detail its Healthcare Equality Index assessing whether healthcare facilities provide equitable care to LGBT patients, and University Hospitals will tell you how it developed successful outreach programs…
Black History Month Timeline 1619 Dutch ship brings 20 Africans to Jamestown, Va., the first enslaved Africans in the U.S. 1793 Eli Whitney’s new cotton gin increases demand for slaves 1793 Congress passes Fugitive Slave Act, making it a federal crime to assist a slave trying to escape 1808 Congress bans importation of slaves 1820…
Have you ever noticed that the greatest dangers in life are those that you can’t see? A diagnosable disease may be nasty, but at least you can do more about it than a vague malaise that you hardly notice, but which is eating away at your health and well-being. Whether it be in my workplace…
What Bullied Targets Can Do Three things that are simple to list, but very difficult to accomplish. It’s an uphill, David ‘n Goliath, struggle. Step One – Name it! Legitimize Yourself! Choose a name — bullying, psychological harassment, psychological violence, emotional abuse — to offset the effect of being told that because your problem is…
What is Gender? For many people, the terms “gender” and “sex” are interchangeable. This idea has become so common, particularly in western societies, that it is rarely questioned. Yet biological sex and gender are different; gender is not inherently connected to one’s physical anatomy. Sex is biological and includes physical attributes such as sex chromosomes, gonads,…
President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed National Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968. The commemoration was expanded to a month in 1988. September 15 is the first day because it marks the anniversary of Independence for five Latin American countries.