How large CT companies try to support Black employees
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Kidest Shiferaw is a Stamford-based HR surveillance analyst for Synchrony and a member of the company’s African American Network +.Synchrony / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Susan Stith is Cigna’s vice president of diversity, inclusion and civic affairsContributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Fred McKinney is the Carlton Highsmith chair of innovation and entrepreneurship for the Lender School of Business at Quinnipiac University.Autumn Driscoll / Quinnipiac UniversityShow MoreShow Less
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Black History Month has been a fixture on corporate calendars for many years.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic and a growing recognition among major companies that they need to do more to tackle racial injustices and inequalities, the Black History Month observances have taken on even greater importance in 2021. Several of the Fortune 500 firms headquartered in Connecticut h
Stacy Graham-Hunt: Call me Black, not BIPOC
Stacy Graham-Hunt
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Hundreds of people protest police brutality in Danbury last summer after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
With every generation comes a new name for Black people. Most recently, white people, many of whom, who work for non-profits and in other organizations claim to improve conditions for Black people have adopted a term for this generation.
The term is “BIPOC.” It stands for Black, Indigenous, People of Color. It’s useless. Do not address me this way.
When my ancestors were kidnapped from Africa, shackled and chained to boats and brought to the United States 400 years ago, white slave owners beat us and killed us if we didn’t give up our African customs. They tortured my forefathers for using the names they were born with.
Disney TV Execs and Producers Talk Building a More Inclusive Talent Pool
Mónica Marie Zorrilla, provided by
Feb. 25, 2021
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Disney Television Studios mounted a panel Thursday at the TCA press tour entitled “Inclusion is Not A Spectator Sport” a panel on which five of the participants were white and two were Black. According to Tim McNeal, vice president, creative talent development and inclusion and DMA (Donna Michelle Anderson), director, creative talent development and inclusion at Walt Disney Television, that structure was intentional.
“Because these panelists represent decision-makers, producers and executives, a majority of whom are still white, who have the ability and accountability to significantly change mindsets and practices,” McNeal said.
New Analyses Show Johnson & Johnson s One-Dose Vaccine Works Well
Carl Zimmer, Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere, New York Times
Feb. 24, 2021
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The one-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson provides strong protection against severe disease and death from COVID-19, and may reduce the spread of the virus by vaccinated people, according to new analyses posted online by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.
The vaccine had a 72% overall efficacy rate in the United States and 64% in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant emerged in the fall and is now driving most cases. The efficacy in South Africa was 7 points higher than earlier data released by the company.