diversity - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-29T14:56:02Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/diversityAfrican-American PR Firm, CD Global Strategies Group, shares lessons learned with police departments to recruit qualified & diverse police officershttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/african-american-pr-firm-cd-global-strategies-group-shares-lesson2017-12-06T17:11:59.000Z2017-12-06T17:11:59.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><h1 class="justify" style="text-align:center;"><br />African-American PR Firm Helps Police Increase Recruitment & Diversity One Department at a Time.</h1>
<div class="tablelist justify" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f8d822_2eed82f9a0084381b7d8c033d706cada~mv2_d_2550_3300_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_281,h_364,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/f8d822_2eed82f9a0084381b7d8c033d706cada~mv2_d_2550_3300_s_4_2.webp" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f8d822_2eed82f9a0084381b7d8c033d706cada~mv2_d_2550_3300_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_281,h_364,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/f8d822_2eed82f9a0084381b7d8c033d706cada~mv2_d_2550_3300_s_4_2.webp" class="align-center" alt="f8d822_2eed82f9a0084381b7d8c033d706cada~mv2_d_2550_3300_s_4_2.webp" /></a>Washington, DC based public relations firm, CD Global Strategies Group, shares lessons learned with police departments to recruit qualified & diverse officers.</strong></span></div>
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<p><span>This week, CD Global Strategies Group (CDGS) shared lessons learned from its work with police departments across the United States to increase recruitment of women and minorities in PoliceOne, the leading online resource on news, trends, and training for police officers and departments. The article, "7 Q’s to ask before hiring a police recruitment consultant," is a part of the special PoliceOne series, “Recruitment & Retention Crisis: The Struggle to Hire – and Keep – Good Cops,” which takes an in-depth look at the recruitment and retention challenges police agencies currently face, and potential solutions to the crisis.</span><br /><br /><span>“There are common misperceptions about promoting diversity – notably that this promotion is in exchange for quality of applicants,” advised Calvin Dark and Rasheedah Thomas, CDGS principals and authors of the article. “Being able to effectively communicate the importance of diversity will help your existing force better understand and partner with the communities they serve.”</span><br /><br /><span>In the article, Dark and Thomas drew on their experiences working with small to large law enforcement agencies around the country to highlight six questions they recommend that police departments ask themselves when hiring a recruitment consultant:</span><br /><br /><span>What type of recruitment consultant should we look for?</span><br /><br /><span>What exactly can they do to help us?</span><br /><br /><span>How much will this cost?</span><br /><br /><span>How long should our contract with this consultant last?</span><br /><br /><span>Where should my recruitment consultant be located?</span><br /><br /><span>Does everyone in the department need to know we are doing this?</span><br /><br /><span>How will we know we’re successful and that it was worth the money?</span><br /><br /><span>The CDGS article is available at <a href="https://www.policeone.com/recruitment-retention-crisis/articles/462770006-7-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-a-police-recruitment-consultant/">https://www.policeone.com/recruitment-retention-crisis/articles/462770006-7-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-a-police-recruitment-consultant/</a>. To arrange interviews or background discussions to find out more about our innovative solutions on police recruitment, diversity, and police-community relations, please contact Calvin Dark, (202) 309-0372, calvin@cdglobalstrategies.com</span><br /><br /><em>CD Global Strategies Group specializes in domestic and international strategic communications, police and law enforcement recruitment and crisis communications, and media relations. CDGS provides media coaching and social media workshops, reputation management, crisis management, creates awareness campaigns. For more about CDGS, please visit its website (<a href="http://www.cdglobalstrategies.com">www.cdglobalstrategies.com</a>) and follow on Twitter (@CDGlobalStrat).</em></p>
<p><span>Washington, DC, December 04, 2017 --(</span><a href="https://www.pr.com/">PR.com</a><span>)--</span></p>
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<p></p></div>Kiesse Kids, Ethnic and Diverse Party Supplies for Children of Colorhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/kiesse-kids-ethnic-and-diverse-party-supplies-for-children-of2017-09-12T17:51:02.000Z2017-09-12T17:51:02.000ZLeShelle, host of MinorityReporthttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/LeShellehostofMinorityReport<div><p><span>Linda Kiedi saw a need and decided to fill it! Themed party products featuring children from around the world. I sat with Linda and she shared with me how she came to develop supplies for children of color. Have a party coming up? Get your supplies at <a href="https://kiessekids.com">https://kiessekids.com</a>! </span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqWnPNQkrSs" target="_blank"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828597897,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="3828597897?profile=original" /></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqWnPNQkrSs" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p><p></p><p><span>Don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE! </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?q=%23BlackBlogger" class="yt-uix-sessionlink">#BlackBlogger</a><span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?q=%23BlackVlogger" class="yt-uix-sessionlink">#BlackVlogger</a><span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?q=%23BlackYouTuber" class="yt-uix-sessionlink">#BlackYouTuber</a><span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?q=%23YouTubeBlack" class="yt-uix-sessionlink">#YouTubeBlack</a><br /><br /><span>***PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR PRODUCT REVIEWS AND WORD OF MOUTH MARKETING. LET'S GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS! info@minorityreporttvshow.com***</span><br /><br /><span>www. MinorityReportTVShow.com</span><br /><span>FACEBOOK.COM/MINORITYREPORT717 </span><br /><span>Instagram.com/MINORITYREPORT717</span><br /><span>Twitter.com/MREPORT_TV</span><br /><span>Google.com/+MinorityReportTVshow</span><br /><span>and on YouTube as MinorityReport_TV</span></p></div>National Black Farmers Association Opens 2016 Scholarship Application Periodhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/national-black-farmers-association-opens-2016-scholarship-applica2016-03-01T16:00:00.000Z2016-03-01T16:00:00.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><div class="news-release-detail"><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-9"><ul type="disc"><li><b><a href="https://scholarsapply.org/blackfarmersassociation/images/header-backgrounds/exteriorbanner8.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://scholarsapply.org/blackfarmersassociation/images/header-backgrounds/exteriorbanner8.png" class="align-full" alt="exteriorbanner8.png" /></a>Scholarships funded by the FCA Foundation support the development of a new generation of African-American farmers</b></li>
</ul><p>The <a href="http://www.nationalblackfarmersassociation.org/" target="_blank">National Black Farmers Association</a> (NBFA) Scholarship Program today opened the application period for 2016 scholarships. The application site, <a href="https://scholarsapply.org/blackfarmersassociation" target="_blank">https://scholarsapply.org/blackfarmersassociation</a>, will remain open from <span class="xn-chron">March 1 to May 2, 2016</span>, or until 100 applications have been received, whichever comes first. </p>
<p>Funded through a grant from the <a href="http://www.fcanorthamerica.com/community/Pages/Overview.aspx" target="_blank">FCA Foundation</a>, the charitable arm of FCA US LLC, the program provides scholarships of up to<span class="xn-money">$5,000</span> to students pursuing agriculture-related study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school. </p>
<p>"Higher education provides transformational tools, knowledge and resources," said <span class="xn-person">Lesley Slavitt</span>, Head of Civic Engagement, FCA US LLC, and CEO of the FCA Foundation. "It is a privilege for the FCA Foundation to be a partner in ensuring that the next generation of African-American farmers receives the training and skills that will help them to thrive." </p>
<p><b>Scholarship Applicants <br /></b> NBFA scholarship recipients are selected based upon several criteria, including academic performance, demonstrated leadership and participation in agricultural and community activities, and career goals and objectives. </p>
<p>"The scholarship funds went toward my tuition, which has helped to lift some of the financial burdens placed on my family and I," said <span class="xn-person">Michael Coleman</span>, a 2015 NBFA scholarship recipient who is pursuing a degree in animal science at <span class="xn-org">Alcorn State University</span>. Coleman, a <span class="xn-location">Raymond, Miss.</span>, native, was awarded a <span class="xn-money">$5,000</span> NBFA scholarship. </p>
<p>Established in <span class="xn-chron">May 2015</span>, the National Black Farmers Association Scholarship Program awarded 19 scholarships nationally – a total of<span class="xn-money">$87,000</span> – to support the development of a new generation of African-American farmers. </p>
<p>"In 1910, nearly 1 million black farm families owned over 15 million acres of land. Today, less than 45,000 black farm families own 3 million acres," said <span class="xn-person">John Boyd, Jr.</span>, President of the National Black Farmers Association. "The National Black Farmers Association Scholarship Program is a huge step in the right direction for the survival of America's black farmers.</p>
<p>"Educating black farmers provides an opportunity to increase and advance agricultural technology, which will be passed on as a vital part of our rich farming legacy to future generations." </p>
<p><b>About the National Black Farmers Association</b><br /> The National Black Farmers Association is a non-profit organization representing African-American farmers and their families in <span class="xn-location">the United States</span>. As an association, it serves tens of thousands of members nationwide. NBFA's education and advocacy efforts have been focused on civil rights, land retention, access to public and private loans, education and agricultural training, and rural economic development for black and other small farmers. </p>
<p><b>About the FCA Foundation</b><br /> Since 1953, the FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of FCA US LLC, has invested more <span class="xn-money">$500 million</span> in charitable organizations and initiatives that help empower people, and build strong, viable communities. The FCA Foundation invests in programs that generate meaningful and measurable societal impacts in the following areas:</p>
<ul type="disc"><li><b>Education</b> – programs that inspire young minds, particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM);</li>
<li><b>Military </b>– programs that support financial and basic needs of military service members, veterans and their families;</li>
<li><b>Multicultural/Diversity</b> – programs that promote inclusion and opportunity for diverse populations; and</li>
<li><b>Youth Development </b>– programs that help young people develop the skills and leadership qualities to succeed in school, at work, and in life.</li>
</ul><p>Additionally, <span class="xn-person">FCA US</span> seeks opportunities to support communities through its Motor Citizens® volunteer program. This innovative program enables <span class="xn-person">FCA US</span> salaried employees to use 18 hours of paid time each year to be an <i>Engine for Change</i> by investing their time and talents in community service projects.</p>
<p>SOURCE FCA US LLC<br /><a title="Link to http://www.fcanorthamerica.com" href="http://www.fcanorthamerica.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fcanorthamerica.com</a></p>
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<p></p></div>Black History, R. I. P.?https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/black-history-r-i-p2009-05-13T13:30:00.000Z2009-05-13T13:30:00.000ZAri Merretazonhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/AriMerretazon<div>by Dr. Pamela D. ReedNow that Barack Obama is President of the United States, why don't we just pretend that America wasn't built on slaveholding?If the spate of recent "post-racial" articles suggesting that we need no longer commemorate the African American struggle for freedom and equality in this country is any indication, this seems to be where we're heading.This is a classic case of the phenomenon called selective history/memory, or as some have termed it, historical amnesia.We've been bombarded with calls to end affirmative action and claims of reverse racism. Indeed, it seems like just yesterday I was writing in defense of Black History Month, which is now deemed racist, counterproductive, and/or irrelevant by some prominent African Americans, as did Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist (and former editorial page editor) Cynthia Tucker in a commentary earlier this year.Most recently, Corey Dade's Wall Street Journal article "Civil-Rights Gains Test New Memorials' Relevance," poses the following curious question: "Does the America of 2009, led by an African-American president, need any more museums or monuments to the struggle for civil rights?"Dade's piece details the fundraising hurdles confronting the organizers of the proposed Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) in Atlanta. According to Doug Shipman, would-be executive director of the future CCHR, primary among them is the question that is apparently uppermost in the minds of some potential donors: "Why does it [the Civil Rights Movement] matter today?"Perhaps this explains why, presently, public and private pledges total less than half of the $125 million needed for the completion of the historic 100,000-square-foot museum, scheduled to open its doors in 2011.Hopefully, this problem will not carry-over to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which is moving toward its groundbreaking, and is tentatively set to open on the National Mall in 2015.In an effort to broaden the pool of contributors, CCHR organizers have had to rethink their original vision of a monument dedicated solely to the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., housed in the city of his birth--and widely considered the seat of the movement. As it were, there are still many who are in denial about the ugliness of America's past. This segment of the population doesn't want to even hear about lynchings, cross-burnings, or the Ku Klux Klan, let alone see exhibits about them.Says Lonnie King, a member of the CCHR planning committee (but not the MLK family): "There are people who wanted to turn it into a museum that will glorify a lot of things other than civil rights." Consequently, although the 10,000-piece collection of King papers will be the centerpiece, only one-third of the facility will focus on King and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 60's.Another third of the building will be devoted to early American history, particularly the enslavement period and the systemic discrimination that followed in the Jim Crow era. The remaining tierce will highlight the "modern era" of human rights struggles of other American groups since the 1970's: primarily, women, Hispanics, and gays, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.This is a recurring theme in the African American saga.Even the advisory council of the NMAAHC had to fight for its placement on the National Mall. The New York Times reports that BET founder, Bob Johnson threatened to resign from the council if the long-awaited museum had not been built on the Mall. "To have relegated this museum to another site," he said, "when people are looking to it to answer everything from the need for an apology for slavery to reparations, would have been the ultimate dismissal."Especially since at no time since the abolition of the "peculiar institution" of American enslavement has there been any program or initiative intended for the sole purpose of attempting to make whole the formerly enslaved--and their descendants.Not one.Not the Freedmen's Bureau, formed during Reconstruction, and charged with rebuilding the lives of the newly "freed"--and the war-torn south, and poor Whites, and the former enslavers who, by the way, were compensated for their lost "property." In stark contrast, the Black Freedmen (and women and children) were--by and large--given nothing but the clothes on their backs...and a hard way to go.Not affirmative action, which is routinely pointed to as a form of reparations for African Americans for centuries of enslavement. Of course, nothing could be farther from the truth. Granted, because of affirmative action, many African Americans have made tremendous strides in the areas of business, education, government, journalism, etc.But, let's be clear. It is White women, as quiet as it's kept, who have reaped the lion's share of affirmative action benefits. And, I hasten to add, there's nothing wrong with that, as they outnumber all other "minorities." I'm saying, let's just keep it real. And, without question, women have suffered--and continue to suffer--grave injustices in this country, but that is a separate issue from that of the African American. By the same token, Hispanics have also been--and continue to be--treated as second-class citizens in America. The same is true for the GLBT community.But here's the problem. There is this constant effort to lump the Black American story under the "civil rights" or "human rights" umbrella. Moreover, the tendency to dismiss the singular experience in this country that is the African Americans', like yesterday's news, is downright disrespectful.It's like there is an expiration date or statute of limitations on Black history, after which it will be deemed irrelevant--or dead, even.Frankly, I find insulting the suggestion that just because the American people have elected an African American President, the past 400 years of American hegemony are no longer relevant.This is simply not acceptable. Nor is it credible. It would be just as ludicrous to suggest that we should one day cease telling the story of the Trail of Tears, or other chapters of the near annihilation of the Native American peoples because one Native American crossed a certain threshold previously reserved for White Americans.I mean, there's a reason why we study past events, and why History is one of the oldest and most venerated of the disciplines of the academy. As Malcolm X observed in 1964, "Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research."Yet, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, who is charged with the admittedly awesome task of bringing the CCHR to fruition, reasons thus, according to the Wall Street Journal. "If this center only looks backward it won't be successful."While, I agree that we must be forward-thinking and embrace and promote racial and intercultural harmony, I believe that, in the long-run, we will do more harm than good to race relations by attempting to water down --or bury--the past.<b><i>Dr. Pamela D. Reed is a diversity consultant, cultural critic, and assistant professor of English and African-American literature at Virginia State University.</i></b></div>