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American Diversity Report · 1w ago

Going Southern

 Not from around here?  That’s not surprising.  The US Southeast is now a hub for international companies and is about to acquire a revolutionary on-boarding strategy to support its global village.  Southern states have thousands of international facilities and trillions of dolla...
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American Diversity Report · 1w ago

School of the South opens Going Southern Training

 Not from around here?  That’s not surprising.  The US Southeast is now a hub for international companies and is about to acquire a revolutionary on-boarding strategy to support its global village.  Southern states have thousands of international facilities and trillions of dolla...
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American Diversity Report · 1W ago

It’s May and it’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month!

Asian /Pacific American Heritage Month traces its origin to the first Asian /Pacific American Heritage Week celebrated in 1979.  The prior year, President Jimmy Carter signed the joint resolutions by Congress and declared the first week of May as such to commemorate the arrival of the first Jap...
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American Diversity Report · 3W ago

Asian American Voting Trends

May is Asian American Month in the US Multicultural calendar.  What is the impact of this cultural community? WASHINGTON – Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters are still largely untapped by presidential candidates and their parties even though they are expected to vote in record nu...
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American Diversity Report · 1M ago

Do All-White Juries Convict Black Defendants More Often than Whites?

DURHAM, N.C. -- Juries formed from all-white jury pools in Florida convicted black defendants 16 percent more often than white defendants, a gap that was nearly eliminated when at least one member of the jury pool was black, according to a Duke University-led study.  The researchers examined mo...
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American Diversity Report · 1M ago

Lawyers' Committee Statement on Arrest in Trayvon Martin Case

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law continues to follow developments in the tragic shooting and death of Trayvon Martin.  Following the arrest of the shooter George Zimmerman the Lawyers' Committee released the following statement:  A crucial first step in ...
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American Diversity Report · 1M ago

Chattanooga's Youth Multicultural Contest Begins!

The American Diversity Report announces the 2012 YOUTH MULTICULTURAL VIDEO CONTEST.  Student teams from Chattanooga TN area schools and youth organizations are invited to make & submit a 5 minute video on “Giving Thanks by Giving Back.” The videos are judged by a panel of national and internati...
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American Diversity Report · 1M ago

Telemundo Media Launches Ninth Edition of Its Education Initiative

BUSINESS WIRE--Telemundo Media announced the launch of the network’s 2012 edition of “El Poder de Saber” (The Power of Knowing), a multiplatform education campaign. Now in its ninth year, the company-wide effort focuses on promoting the educational advancement of young Latinos, with an emphasis on s...
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American Diversity Report · 1M ago

The Sad Anniversary of the OK City Bombing

April 19 is the anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and a good time to reflect on our the civility or lack of it in public discourse. On that date, domestic terrorism became a popular buzz word. One of our own blew up a Federal building and 168 peo...
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American Diversity Report · 1M ago

Thanking Returning Veterans and their Families

We ended the war in Iraq in December, but parades in honor of the troops have been few and far between.  Those of us who lived through the Vietnam War aren't surprised at the lack of celebration and reports of suicides, domestic abuse, unemployment and homelessness among returning soldie...
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