Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Should Have Said at NC A&T

March 14, 2017

In case you missed it, Mark Zuckerberg spoke at North Carolina A&T this week. NC A&T invited him as part of their Town Hall guest lecturer series. The visit also coincides with Mark’s 30 state+ tour of the United States to help share Facebook’s vision for the future. With Facebook’s black employees only representing 1% of their workforce, and […]

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White Coworkers – This is What I Want You To Say To Me After Tuesday’s Election

November 10, 2016

I stayed up the night before in disbelief. Not sure how this country elected a man, who has made discriminatory remarks against women, blacks, and muslims, as their next leader. He has made discriminatory remarks against many other marginalized communities, but the intersection of the three communities aforementioned, is where I sit. Yesterday, morning – […]

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For Allies – Ideas On How To Celebrate Black History Month In The Office

February 2, 2016

Its Black History Month! Its the time of year where we get 28 days (29 days this year) to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of African Americans to this country. Unfortunately, in the past, we’ve seen a few companies make faux pas in an attempt to celebrate the month. So we’ve put together a handy […]

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Should Blacks Work At Companies Like Twitter and Google

November 7, 2015

In case you missed it: this week, a former Twitter Engineering Manager, Leslie Miley, wrote a detailed post announcing his departure from Twitter citing diversity related reasons. His departure leaves the company without any remaining blacks in engineering leadership positions. This is the latest in a set of experiences told by blacks about their challenges while working at companies such as […]

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