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A heated debate about DEI might be missing the point

Focus has been on DEI rollbacks, but that detracts from the bigger problems, says Alphonso David.

Fortune · Oct 11, 2024

The CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum says we’re ‘asking the wrong questions’ when it comes to DEI

Alphonso David says that leaders should be probing into the corporate world’s systemic inequalities.

Fortune · Oct 9, 2024

Three-quarters of employees say work stress is causing weight gain

Stress "has ratcheted it up over the last six years, and I think a lot of it gets down to political discourse," Headspace CEO Russell Glass says.

Fortune · Jun 14, 2024

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DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace

Opponents of diversity programs are increasingly banking on an 1866 civil rights law meant to protect Black people from economic exclusion as a way to challenge corporate diversity and equity policies as well as funding to Black-owned businesses

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024

Execs are rethinking how to weigh in on social issues in the face of economic headwinds

While many shy from saying “ESG,” they maintain their aspirations to work toward a more equitable future are intact.

Fortune · Nov 9, 2023

13 civil rights groups just formed a coalition to defend workplaces against the ‘anti-woke’ movement

"We need to make sure that we rise up because the threats to black and brown people in this country are very real," said Alphonso David, president and CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum.

Fortune · Sep 13, 2023

LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign settles racism lawsuit with ex-leader

Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the United States, and its Black former president, Alphonso David, have settled a lawsuit in which David had alleged racial discrimination in his firing, the two sides said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Mar 15, 2023

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Former leader of Human Rights Campaign sues group

NEW YORK — The former head of the Human Rights Campaign is suing the nation’s latest LGBTQ+ rights organization, claiming he was underpaid and fired because he is Black, according to his lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022

Ex-president sues Human Rights Campaign, alleging racial discrimination

HRC accused by Alphonso David, fired last year for advising Andrew Cuomo during sexual harassment scandal, of ‘racist, biased culture’

The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2022

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