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Tim Cook says Apple s $100 million racial equity initiative is about giving people opportunity
Tech giant Apple is spending $100 million to expand opportunities for communities of color in technology and entrepreneurship.
Speaking with CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Vice President Lisa Jackson are revealing new details about the racial equality initiative, launched last summer after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. It s about giving people opportunity, Cook said. I can t wait to see students that are able to enjoy the innovation hub at the Propel Center.
The company said it would team up with Historically Black Colleges and Universities around the country to open special learning hubs propel centers at 100 or so of these educational institutions across the country.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s (D-Mass.) chief of staff, Sarah Groh, said in a recent interview that panic buttons she had previously used in the congresswoman’s office had been taken out before the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol last week.