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Confessions of a former DEI skeptic  

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After all, I’m a Black woman from Jamaica who works in human resources. It was here that I first encountered bias, when some assumed that the education I’d received in Jamaica was somehow less rigorous. Knowing this to be untrue, I disregarded it, persevered, and returned to Jamaica with my degree to launch my HR career.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This most inspiring case study on cyberstrategy was about how to change the culture of the prison from penal to rehabilitative using a network of computer labs linked to FM radio. If you could change the culture of prisons, you could change the culture of the country?" " Oh no. The background piece can found here.

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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

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The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a student-governed, nonprofit organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with chapters at universities all over the world. In 1971, two students–Edward E. At the time, 80 percent of all Black freshmen students were dropping out after their first year in the engineering program.