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8/29/2013

Equal Access In The Workplace: Is Diversity Succeeding On YOUR Job?

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Now that the week of commemorations paying tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington has ended, where is America headed in its fight for freedom and justice for all? President Obama spoke yesterday at the site of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream Speech” ... but has their twin message of equality and activism made its way to the board rooms, offices and factory floors across America?

Is Racial Diversity Succeeding On YOUR Job? Or has it lost its potency in the wake of name changes and add-ons...including words like “Inclusion?”

We’ll look at the landscape of the American workplace with veteran diversity professional and Immediate Past Chair of the National Black MBA Association William Wells, Jr. And we’ll determine the necessary steps companies, human resource professionals, and business leaders should take to keep the effectiveness of Diversity in place for generations to come.

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About William Wells, Jr.

Bill Wells is President, W. Wells & Associates, LLC, a management consulting company specializing in diversity strategy and inclusion solutions. Bill works with his clients to develop strategic plans focused on creating a culture of inclusion and addressing important diversity related issues impacting the workforce, workplace and marketplace. Additionally, Bill provides coaching, consultation and guidance to senior executive leaders through culture change and transformation. Bill’s work is also focused on helping client organizations achieve recognition as an “Employer of Choice” as well as a “Great Place to Work”.

Previously, Bill served as Managing Partner for InclusionINC, serving as a thought leader and diversity practitioner/strategist in the diversity and inclusion space. Prior to this role, Bill served as president of W. Wells & Associates, LLC. In 2000, Bill was appointed to the position of Vice President, Global Diversity /Chief Diversity Officer for The St. Paul Companies (now Travelers). Bill also served as the company’s EEO/AAP Officer. In that role, Bill was responsible for managing the design, development and implementation of the enterprise wide diversity and inclusion process. Earlier in his career, Bill held various executive level positions in both the telecommunications and insurance industries including general management, operations, customer service, finance, marketing, IT and HR.

Bill has also served as co-producer, Master of Ceremonies/Host and legacy contributor, for the Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity & Inclusion. Bill also served as President, Twin Cities Chapter, National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and was instrumental in creating a nationally recognized program designed to enhance recruitment, development, advancement and retention of diverse business professionals in the Twin Cities. The program was also designed to promote the Twin Cities as a destination and great place to live, work and thrive. Bill is also the former Chairman of the Board for NBMBAA and continues to serve on the Association’s national Board of Directors.

As an expert diversity and inclusion practitioner, and organizational effectiveness specialist, Bill speaks at various national, regional and local conferences. Additionally, Bill designs and facilitates a variety of workshops including executive leadership retreats and various other programs addressing organizational and human resources issues. Bill also serves on boards both nationally and locally and continues to work as a mentor/coach for diverse business professionals across the country. Beyond that, Bill has also participated in a special global mentoring program designed to assist high-potential female executives develop important skills to help them effectively navigate and advance their careers in the corporate sector. Throughout his career, Bill has received numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award – Multicultural Forum, Chairman’s Leadership Award - Diversity Champions, Corporate Innovation Award, Outstanding Achiever in Business & Industry and Outstanding MBA of the Year.

Bill holds an MBA degree with a major in Marketing, a graduate certificate in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Psychology major. Bill is a life member of both the NBMBAA and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

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8/22/2013

Freedom Is NEVER Free: Salute To More Than 50 Years Of The Civil Rights Movement

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14 Year Old Emmett Till before and after his brutal murder in 1958

Dr Martin Luther King waving to the 250,000 attending the March On Washington on Aug 28, 1963

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Freedom is NEVER Free. It is always paid for on the backs of those who march, fight, negotiate, and die for our rights. From the birth of America to the Civil Rights Movement, the cost of freedom has been staggeringly high. And the cost of justice and fairness exacts an even higher cost.

Today marks the beginning of a week of tributes to the foot soldiers who paved the way for freedom and justice in the Civil Rights Movement. This weekend commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and next Wednesday marks the 58th Anniversary of the brutal murder of Emmett Till. This December marks the 58th anniversary of the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. ALL of these events come 150 years AFTER the Emancipation Proclamation...reminding us that our fight for Freedom never ended.

Our special guest today, Deborah Watts, will share her family’s story as she leads the organization that keeps her cousin’s memory alive...The Emmett Till Legacy Foundation.

We’ll also pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Dorothy Height, A. Philip Randolph and ALL of the 250,000 foot soldiers who defied the odds at the 1963 March On Washington.
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Who Was Emmett Till?
The story of Emmett Till resonates among the lives of Americans as the start of the Civil Rights Movement. Emmett Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois and was murdered at the age of 14 on August 28, 1955. The reason for his death: reportedly whistling at a white woman. The main suspects were acquitted in only 67 minutes by an all white jury, which outraged the people of America and Europe.

To illustrate how brutal and cruel the murder of her son was, Mamie Till-Mosely held a public funeral service with an open casket. Buried in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, Till's body was exhumed for autopsy when the murder case was reopened in May of 2004. Since his body was reburied in a new casket, the Till family donated the original casket to the Smithsonian Institution.

Who was Emmett Till?
Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till, Born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago's Cook County Hospital to Louis and Mamie Till. At the age of 14, Emmett traveled to visit relatives at the home of Mose Wright in Money Mississippi on August 21, 1955. After going to Bryant’s Grocery and Meat market (owned by a white couple Roy and Carolyn Bryant) for refreshments, Emmett purchases bubblegum and was heard by the kids who were there with him, whistle at Carolyn Bryant. On August 28, 1955, at about 2:30 a.m., Roy Bryant, Carolyn's husband, and his half brother J. W. Milam, kidnap Emmett Till from Mose Wright's home. They brutally beat him, took him to the edge of the Tallahatchie River, shot him in the head, fastened a large metal fan used for ginning cotton to his neck with barbed wire and pushed his body into the river. They were arrested on Aug 29 and held in jail without bond on kidnapping charges. Just 3 days after the kidnapping Emmett’s badly decomposed body was pulled for the river and identified only by the ring that he was wearing.

In summary, Emmett’s lynching, brutal murder, his open casket funeral, the published photos of his corpse in Jet and local newspapers, the acquittal of the murderers who later confessed, shocked and outraged people across the country and even the world. Although, you won’t find Emmett Till’s name and story in the timeline of American History, it represents one of the most horrific inhumane injustices committed against an innocent young person in this country. It also represents the spark that ignited the civil rights movement and an end to the racist Jim Crow laws, lynching and other injustices committed against African Americans across the country.

Source: http://www.emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com

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March On Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom or "The Great March on Washington", as styled in a sound recording released after the event, was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. It took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony during the march.

The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations, under the theme "jobs, and freedom". Estimates of the number of participants varied from 200,000 to 300,000. Observers estimated that 75–80% of the marchers were black and the rest were non-black.

The march is widely credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965).

Source: Wikipedia

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8/15/2013

Race Still Matters: Just Ask Paula Deen and Oprah

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Here we go again!!!! The elephant in the room is RACE and it showed up in a courtroom with Paula Deen and in a Swiss boutique with Oprah. Two different reasons. In two separate countries thousands of miles away. Paula Deen admitted to frequent use of the “N” word with staff, friends, family and colleagues. Oprah strolled into a fashionable Swiss boutique and was refused service when the clerk thought the purse she wanted to see was too expensive for her tastebuds.

Let’s clear the record, Electing a popular and prolific Black President does NOT make this country post racial! And now it doesn’t make the world post racial! Race is embedded in the DNA of our society, even though it is merely a social construct crafted by the slave owners of the 1600s.

We’ll explore the reasons why race still matters with Mary-Frances Winters, a veteran diversity professional who has personally felt the sting of racial injustice and understands why it persists to this day.

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About Mary-Frances Winters
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Mary-Frances Winters is president and founder of The Winters Group, a 28-year-old organization development and diversity-consulting firm, specializing in research, strategic planning, training, and public speaking with an emphasis in ethnic and multicultural issues.

Prior to founding The Winters Group in 1984, Winters was affirmative action officer and senior market analyst at Eastman Kodak Company, where she worked for 11 years. She is a graduate of the University of Rochester with undergraduate degrees in English and Psychology, and a master’s degree in business administration from the William E. Simon Executive Development Program. She received an honorary doctorate from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1997.

Winters was selected to serve as Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Continuing Education’s 1994-95 Distinguished Minett Professor where she taught a leadership course titled, 21st Century Leader: Visionary, Inspired, and Spiritually Grounded at the graduate level.

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8/8/2013

New Media And The Face Of Journalism: An Inside Look At NABJ

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While the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) held their 38th Annual National Convention in Orlando, Florida last week, The Cleveland Plain Dealer laid off one third of its newsroom staff. Last year The New Orleans’ Times-Picayune cut staff and is now published only three days a week. The impact of these cutbacks is embedded in the mounting evidence that social media, the Internet, cable news organizations and citizen journalism have revolutionized the face of journalism throughout the world.

We’ll talk to NABJ Immediate Past President Greg Lee, Jr, newly installed President Bob Butler, Boston Chapter President Gary Washburn and Boston University Associate Professor Michelle Johnson to learn how these changes are affecting members of their association.

Regardless of how you get your news, the impact of these changes are significant to all communities across the world. Today’s show will give insight into how African American journalists are adapting to an industry in transition.
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About The National Association of Black Journalists
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is an organization of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services to and advocates on behalf of black journalists worldwide.

Founded by 44 men and women on December 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation.

Many of NABJ's members also belong to one of the professional and student chapters that serve black journalists nationwide.

NABJ is committed to the following:

Strengthening ties among black journalists;
Sensitizing all media to the importance of fairness in the workplace for black journalists;
Expanding job opportunities and recruiting activities for veteran, young and aspiring black journalists, while providing continued professional development and training;
Increasing the number of black journalists in management positions and encouraging black journalists to become entrepreneurs;
Fostering an exemplary group of professionals that honors excellence and outstanding achievements by black journalists, and outstanding achievement in the media industry as a whole, particularly when it comes to providing balanced coverage of the black community and society at large;
Working with high schools and colleges to identify and encourage black students to become journalists, and to diversify faculties and related curriculum; and
Providing informational and training services to the general public.

NABJ holds an annual convention and career fair each summer with dozens of plenary sessions and workshops for professional development. The career fair draws hundreds of recruiters and is among the best means of finding a job in the industry. The annual Salute to Excellence awards and special recognition honors (Lifetime Achievement, Journalist of the Year, Community Service, etc.) are bestowed at each convention.

Each year, NABJ awards nearly $100,000 in scholarships and internships to college and high school students nationwide, as well as fellowships for seasoned professionals.

The NABJ Media Institute provides professional development and technical training for black journalists at venues across the country.

NABJ is headquartered on the campus of the University of Maryland-College Park, 1100 Knight Hall, Suite 3100, College Park, Maryland 20742.

Every two years, the membership elects a president and national board of directors to govern NABJ. An executive director leads the national office staff.

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8/3/2013

Presidential Highlights With NABJ's Greg Lee, Jr.

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What a way to end a presidency! National Association of Black Journalists National President Greg Lee ends his run as the leader of this prestigious organization tomorrow following the Gospel Brunch. He stopped by our exhibit booth to share some words of wisdom with us yesterday.

Greg was the former senior sports editor at the Boston Globe before taking a position in Florida as the Sun Sentinel Executive Sports Editor. He is passionate about journalism, lived in Boston for eight years, and oversaw the national convention going to his home town of New Orleans in 2012. He pitched hard to bring the convention to Boston, and successfully delivered the goods for 2014.

Hats off to Greg Lee, Jr. and his team leadership spirit for NABJ.

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8/2/2013

National Assn of Black Journalists Nat'l Convention In Full Swing: Michelle Johnson Audio Interview

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Carole with Award Winning Journalist Michelle Johnson

The National Association of Black Journalists National Convention is in full swing, making it the third conference I have attended in the past two weeks! Below is an audio interview with Michelle Johnson, Associate Professor of Multimedia Journalism. Michelle chairs the NABJ Student Online/Website Initiative (www.nabjmonitor.org) and is receiving one of the distinctive awards this evening. New Media is a strong component of the organization.

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For more information visit www.nabj.org.

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Equal Access In The Workplace: Is Diversity Succeeding On YOUR Job?

Freedom Is NEVER Free: Salute To More Than 50 Years Of The Civil Rights Movement

Race Still Matters: Just Ask Paula Deen and Oprah

New Media And The Face Of Journalism: An Inside Look At NABJ

Presidential Highlights With NABJ's Greg Lee, Jr.

National Assn of Black Journalists Nat'l Convention In Full Swing: Michelle Johnson Audio Interview

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