Category: PDJ
As millions of Americans navigate the changing health care landscape, CVS Caremark is providing expert care, guidance, and support. One of the most prominent ways the company is doing so is through its annual Project Health wellness campaign. Project Health provides free health services to multicultural communities across the country. To date, the program has… Read the full article
School of Rock, the national leader in performance-based music education, and its growth equity partner, Sterling Partners, has announced the appointment of Dzana Homan as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Homan will lead School of Rock into its next phase of growth by leveraging her extensive career leading large franchise organizations, her experience as a franchisee,… Read the full article
Second Annual Civil Rights Film Festival Will Hold Free Screenings July 15th through 19th With Panel Discussions and Live Performances The March on Washington Film Festival has announced that it will visit New York City as part of its three-city tour. From July 15th through July 19th, 2014, the festival will host free screenings of documentaries and scripted films… Read the full article
Time Warner Cable (TWC) announced that it will be sponsoring three upcoming conferences that support African-American and Hispanic communities: the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and National Urban League (NUL). In addition, TWC will air Public Service Announcements in support of the organizations and have an employment booth… Read the full article
The US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) are pleased to announce that Comcast and NBCUniversal joined as the Founding Technology Partner of the USBLN and AAPD’s new Disability Equality IndexSM (DEISM), an online tool that offers businesses the opportunity to objectively measure their full inclusion of people with… Read the full article
Guest blog by Jon Gordon You care deeply about your clients, employees, and coworkers. Of course you do. But if you’re like most people in the workplace (be they leaders, front line workers, or someone in the vast middle ground in between), you may occasionally do (or not do) things that send the wrong signal. And… Read the full article
Last Saturday was a picture-perfect day for the American Conference on Diversity’s Annual Diversity Stride Walk-a-Thon in New Brunswick, NJ. Attracting hundreds of walkers and more than a dozen corporate and community teams, the fundraiser helps educate tomorrow’s leaders through its signature LEAD FOR DIVERSITY (LFD) program. You may remember an article we recently featured on Lead… Read the full article
The YWCA of the City of New York honored Vanessa Bush, Aja Monet and Reshma Saujani at its annual Summer Soiree, held June 20th to celebrate their professional accomplishments and contributions to their respective sectors. The Summer Soiree is one of the YWCA of the City of New York’s signature annual events. Conceived to promote… Read the full article
What makes a woman beautiful? It’s no secret that the overuse of Photoshop in American media has helped to create an impossible standard of beauty. But is it a U.S.-only phenomenon? That’s what human-interest journalist Esther Honig set out to discover with her project “Before and After.” Honig sent nearly 40 individuals from 25 countries—from Sri… Read the full article
Kathie Sandlin, Editor in Chief Nominations for the 14th annual Women Worth Watching award close Friday, June 20. This is your opportunity to recognize a woman in your organization who’s accomplishing great things. So why “get all up in your face” about it? Because I firmly believe that nothing influences a woman to succeed like another’s success. I… Read the full article
