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Presentation Synopsis
How do you successfully host volunteer events despite the pandemic? Now and in the future, volunteer events will need to transform to include individuals who work remotely, in hybrid situations, in person, and at various levels of the company.
In this presentation, America s Charities President and CEO Jim Starr is joined by Give To Get s Account Director Amber Greviskes and Sr. Manager, Social Impact Programs Tory Woods in a discussion about:
How the pandemic has affected employee volunteer campaigns from planning to implementation
CONTENT: Press Release
HOUSTON, April 15, 2021 /3BL Media/ - DiversityFirstTM will be hosting the 17th Annual National Diversity and Leadership Conference on April 21-22 and April 28-29, 2021. The conference will be held virtually with this year’s theme being “
Be a Changemaker”. The four-day conference will honor a number of diverse talent from different industries.
“As diversity, equity, and inclusion are finally being seen and acknowledged as serious, pressing matters of discussion, we are delighted to honor and recognize those who have been tirelessly championing belonging and allyship - even before the topic was on the forefront of Americans’ minds. We thank you, our top 50 General Counsel, for your work and commitment, and we look forward to witnessing all that you’ll accomplish, all the leaders that you’ll develop, and the impact you’ll leave behind in the DEI sphere.” says National Diversity & Leadership Conference founder Dennis Kennedy.
Dive Brief:
Goodwill Industries International and Accenture are launching a virtual reality tool that allows job seekers with criminal backgrounds to practice their interviewing skills, interact with human resource professionals and hear from workers who have found employment after incarceration, the organizations announced April 7.
Through the project, called Project Overcome, job seekers will learn to “speak comfortably about their incarceration” and use up-to-date technologies.
Ten nonprofit Goodwill organizations around the U.S. will implement the project.
Dive Insight:
A handful of stakeholders are attempting to address the difficulties job seekers with criminal backgrounds face. State and local governments are enacting legislation that implements stronger protections for such job seekers. Illinois, for instance, recently passed a law that forbids employers from taking adverse actions against job seekers and workers based on past criminal activity, unless certain exce
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Rockwell Automation is a co-presenting sponsor of Mandela: The Official Exhibition, which runs April 23 through August 1 at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Milwaukee is the first city in the United States to host this exhibit, which is being presented in partnership with America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
“This is a powerful exhibit that celebrates the life of Nelson Mandela, and we are excited to share this experience with our community and employees,” said Patricia Contreras, Rockwell Automation’s vice president of public affairs.
Contreras was one of 50 leaders from Wisconsin’s civic, corporate, education, government, and philanthropic communities that both museums brought together to assist with programming and guidance in linking Mandela’s journey to the Wisconsin experience.