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In celebration of Black History Month, Common Impact is spotlighting remarkable Black nonprofit leaders and their many contributions to creating more positive, healthy, and equitable communities.
Today we hear from Jerelyn Rodriguez, Founder & CEO of The Knowledge House, a South Bronx-based nonprofit committed to building a diverse pipeline of tech talent from low-income communities as a critical step in achieving its broader vision of alleviating poverty. The Knowledge House provides high school students and young adults with training, fellowships, and internships to prepare them for successful careers in technology. Like Jerelyn, all staff are people of color who hail from the same communities as these fellows.
Talanx appoints diversity & inclusion manager
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European insurance group Talanx has appointed a diversity & inclusion manager to promote the recognition, appreciation and integration of diversity into its business culture, and create a working environment free of biases.
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Challenging environmental racism
BC s Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Forum on Racial Justice in America to host second major event on February 23
The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College will host its second major event on environmental racism for the University s Forum on Racial Justice in America titled “Challenging Environmental Racism: Stressful Landscapes, Toxic Exposures, and What One BC Student Is Doing About It,” on Tuesday, February 23, from 4:30-6:00 p.m.
The event will feature environmental scholars Richard M. Mizelle Jr., and Kimberly L. Jones, as well as BC senior and environmental justice advocate Adin Henderson.