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8/11/2018

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Here's this week's quiz to keep you on your toes and to start the conversation within your network on race, diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. Each time we’ll pose specific questions to test your knowledge and to help stretch your understanding of the importance and subtleties of how we think, act, and engage with each other culturally, ethnically and personally.

So get your thinking caps out and get ready to expand your thinking one question at a time.

You’ll find all of the answers below.

Have a good question to pose? Send me an email at [email protected], and you might see it reposted in a future issue of “The Diversity Quiz Factor!”
-Carole Copeland Thomas

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Below are 5 Questions/Statements With 6 Different Responses. All Answers Are Below.

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1. In The US Workforce women make up _____% of social workers and _____% of HVAC and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers.

_____a. 30% and 25%
_____b. 82% and 1%
_____c. 65% and 10%
_____d. 12% and 89%

2. The United Nations states that 1 in _____ girls in Africa miss school during their menstruation cycle.

_____a. 257
_____b. 100
_____c. 1500
_____d. 10

3. With the United States making up only 5% of the world's population, what percentage of the world's prison population does it represent?

_____a. 21%
_____b. 95%
_____c. 37%
_____d. 78%

4. Who recently became Boston's first African American in history appointed as the Boston Police Commissioner?

_____a. Ray Hammond
_____b. David Thomas
_____c. Jacques Carter
_____d. William Gross

5. Dr. Daphne Koeller is the co-founder of what online educational platform launched in 2012?

_____a. Udemy
_____b. Coursera
_____c. Thinkific
_____d. Teachable

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1. b. 82% and 1% Source: US. Bureau of Labor Statistics Women at Work

2.  d. 10 . This is a major issue in developing countries, where all girls do not have access to sanitary napkins. Several humanitarian projects in the US include sending/distributing sanitary napkins to girls in rural villages. When I lead my yearly group tour to India, our travelers take extra suitcases filled with sanitary napkins for village girls in the countryside.

3.  a. 21% . Source: NAACP . This is a shameful percentage, coupled with several state prison construction projects conducted across the United States.

4.  d. William Gross . Commissioner Gross was installed as the first African American on Monday August 6, 2018. Listen to Carole's radio podcast and learn more about Commissioner Gross. Click Here to Listen.

5.  b. Coursera . This TED talk features Dr. Koeller and her remarkable journey as an online innovator. Click Here To Listen.

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8/24/2017

Eyewitness Account Of The Boston Protest March And Rally Why I Had To Be There: Where We Go From Here

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The anxiety levels were on full alert, with no certainty that all would stay calm. It did stay calm and the day was declared a big success for those on the side of social justice, equity and real freedom.

I witnessed the August 19th Boston Protest March and Rally with my own eyes at Boston Common. 40,000 strong. And I witnessed the quiet escape of the 50 or so alt-right Boston Free Speech rally participants get escorted off the Parkman Bandstand by the police to ensure their safety.

Today’s show will give you all of the details of why this modern day civil rights march was indeed the right thing to do and why the world needed to see it happen in Boston.

About The March and Rally

The Boston Free Speech Rally took place at the Boston Common on August 19, 2017 The organizers and participants were characterized as adherents of the alt-lite, a loosely organized right-wing political movement. Around 50 people attended the rally, and they were met by tens of thousands of counter-protesters.The rally was organized by John Medlar and others in the Boston Free Speech Coalition.It was intended to feature Kyle Chapman, Joe Biggs, Shiva Ayyadurai, and Samson Racioppi as speakers, although the rally ended before all of the speeches were made.

Police erected barricades and blocked streets near the rally, and weapons of any kind were banned.The city planned for around 500 police officers to be present for the event.
The alt-lite rally ended early, and all rally attendees left the Parkman Bandstand by 12:50 pm. Most of the planned speeches did not take place, although Republican Senate candidate Shiva Ayyadurai gave a speech to other rallygoers making reference to "fake news" describing the rally as a Nazi event. Samson Racioppi, who was scheduled to speak, said "I really think it was supposed to be a good event by the organizers, but it kind of fell apart."

The rally drew only a handful of attendees, while between 30,000 and 40,000 people participated in the counter-protest. The counter protesters were organized by Black Lives Matter, various Faith-based organizations, trade unions, the NAACP and other social justice groups. The event was largely peaceful, with no injuries reported as of the afternoon of August 19. A total of 33 people were arrested, largely for disorderly conduct. There were a few arrests for assaults on police officers. During a news conference in the afternoon of August 19, Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans said that some rocks and bottles filled with urine had been thrown at police officers but that over all there was "very little injury and property damage."

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9/24/2013

NAACP Get Out The Vote Campaign with Eric Esteves

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By Carole Copeland Thomas

Eric Esteves, Chair of the Political Action Committee of the Boston Branch NAACP, is serious about social action and empowering the community about voting rights. Filmed in the Boston Branch offices in Roxbury, Massachusetts on Saturday September 21, 2013, the branch was busy preparing the community for the upcoming City Council and Mayoral Primary Election set for Tuesday September 24th. Michael Curry is the Boston Branch President.

For More Information visit their website at www.www.bostonnaacp.org.
Or Visit The National Website at www.naacp.org

GO VOTE!!

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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

Can't attend this weekend's March on Washington? You can participate virtually!
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9/15/2011

Today's Radio Show at 1pm Eastern: Boston NAACP One Hundred Years Later: Are We Post Racial Yet?

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In 1903 Dr. WEB DuBois’s prophetic book, The Souls of Black Folk highlighted that the principle problem facing the 20th Century would be the color line. This Massachusetts native would go on to become the first editor of Crisis Magazine, the literary arm of the National Association For The Advancement of Colored People and long time advocate for social justice in America. Now some 100 years later the war against ethnic injustices continues, with the Boston Branch NAACP leading the charge in New England.

This weekend the Boston Branch celebrates one hundred years of advocating for the rights and freedom of Black, Brown, Asian and Native people throughout the region. Branch president Michael Curry will walk us through the history of this celebrated branch and answer a burning question we have: Are We Post Racial in an Obama Era?
Branch History

In the Fall of 1909, the National Negro Committee in New York (which, in 1910, changed the name to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) held a meeting in Boston to bring together persons interested in civil rights for “colored” Americans. From this meeting came the Boston Committee to Advance the Cause of the Negro. This committee grew in membership and activity during 1910 and 1911. When the NAACP's Second Annual Conference was held at the Park Street Church in Boston in 1911, Boston was recognized at the first Branch of the organization.   The early organizers in Boston were a small group made up of White abolitionists and their descendants such as the Garrisons, and Black professionals such as Butler Wilson, Clement Morgan and William Monroe Trotter. The early organizers had long recognized the great abuses to the Black citizens in Boston and throughout the United States , so they banded together “to assure equal opportunity and justice for each and every citizen.”   It was on the evening of February 8, 1912 that 56 Bostonians, Black and White, male and female, gathered at the Park Street Church to receive the official Branch Charter inscribed with the following statement of purpose:

“To uplift the colored men and women of this country by securing to them the full enjoyment of their rights as citizens, justice in all courts, and equality of opportunity everywhere”

Over the years, the activities and accomplishments of the Boston Branch have been significant and varied. The problems and issues faced, and the strategies used, have changed and varied from year to year, only to reappear and reappear again.

Boston Branch Today
Today, the Boston Branch has a membership of approximately 1,000 people and holds regular monthly meetings at Roxbury Community College . Every month, the general public is invited to attend, participate in discussions, vote on key policy decisions, and voice concerns about local issues. The Boston Branch encourages individuals to join one of the many active committees that are designated to execute directives from the national office and meet the needs of the residents of the City of Boston . The Boston Branch is designated as a 501(c)(4) membership organization.

For more information visit their website at:
www.bostonnaacp.org
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Here's Diversity Quiz #4 Take It and Share With Others!

Eyewitness Account Of The Boston Protest March And Rally Why I Had To Be There: Where We Go From Here

NAACP Get Out The Vote Campaign with Eric Esteves

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

Today's Radio Show at 1pm Eastern: Boston NAACP One Hundred Years Later: Are We Post Racial Yet?

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