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| Date: 2/1/2008 | Announced by: [Staff] | Announcement:
Environmental Groups Ignore Diversity Survey Groups Responding: The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council, World Resources Institute, Environmental Law Institute & Environmental Defense Only 5 of 25 groups (TNC, NRDC, WRI, ELI & ED) completed the survey. The other 20 groups can still submit reports but arrogantly refuse to do so. Traditional environmental organizations should call President George Bush and Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich and ask them how to hire blacks in high-level positions. Traditional environmental organizations do not even hire blacks in low level professional positions. No research assistants, no research associates, no project and program directors, no vice presidents -- nothing, except secretaries and receptionists. We commend the progressive groups listed above that completed the survey. However, there will be a black president of the United States before there is a black president of a traditional environmental organization. But that is okay. It is one of the reasons we formed the African American Environmentalist Association in 1985. The traditional environmental movement is now a $6 billion per year industry and diversity has changed very little in the past quarter century. It appears that 21st Century discrimination is alive and well in the environmental movement. AAEA requested responses to its in order to publish a The refusal of the groups to complete the survey conveys the appearance that there are discriminatory practices being shielded from public view. |
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| Date: 6/20/2007 | Announced by: [Staff] | Announcement:
Nuclear Power Company Gets Urban League Diversity Award
NEW YORK -- On Feb 4, 2004 The New York Urban League (NYUL) hosted their first annual “Champions of Diversity” awards breakfast. This event paid honor to and saluted Entergy Nuclear Northeast, Essence Communications, Estée Lauder, IBM, Turner Construction and Verizon for their outstanding commitment to diversity. The NYUL “Champions of Diversity” breakfast was co-sponsored by Winston and Strawn, itself a leader of diversity in the legal community, and took place at their New York City headquarters located at 200 Park Avenue. The “Champions of Diversity” breakfast is just one way for the NYUL to salute those dedicated to supporting world-class diversity initiatives” says Darwin M. Davis, President & CEO of the New York Urban League. The Champions of Diversity award was inspired by the outpouring of corporate and business support for the June 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding the basic tenets of affirmative action. The New York Urban League decided to begin recognizing these entities for their outstanding corporate citizenry, as well as their hiring, vending, promotion and philanthropic practices. “We all recognize that diversity makes good business sense and that only those that fully embrace it will succeed,” noted the breakfast chairperson, Dwight Johnson, President of Dwight Johnson Design and NYUL Board Member. ABOUT THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE “The mission of the New York Urban League is to work to affect policy in the public and private sectors, so as to eliminate racism and its effects, promote opportunities and help African Americans and other individuals, families and communities achieve their full potential.” In 2003, 50,000 constituents were served. During 2004, the New York Urban League is celebrating 85 years of providing employment, education and social service needs to African Americans, individuals, families and communities. The League is one of over 100 affiliates of the National Urban League, the nation’s oldest direct service movement. www.nyul.org |
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| Date: 8/5/2004 | Announced by: [Staff] | Announcement:
Lack of Diversity in Washington Press Corps According to a survey, Diversity in the Washington Newspaper Press Corps, released by Unity: Journalists of Color, a consortium of four minority journalism associations, shows that white journalists make up 90 percent of reporters and editors in the Washington Press Corps, while less than 70 percent of the U.S. population is white. The survey rates the press corps as "fair" to "poor" in covering race-related issues. The Washington Press Corps is made up of reporters who write about the White House and Congress for the nation's newspapers. asians, African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans make up less than 12 percent of bureau reporters, while minorities represent more than 30 percent of the population. The Washington Post national staff's ethnic diversity is about 9 percent. Minorities make up about 12 percent of newsroom employees in all newspaper departments, according to a 2003 American Society of Newspaper Editors report. Several newspapers, including the New York Times, Hearst Publications and the Washington Times declined to divulge the minority makeup of their national staffs. The lack of cooperation from some journalism organizations is similar to that of most environmental organizations. They demand information and often use the Freedom of Information Act and the courts, such as in the case of Vice President Cheney's Energy poliy panel, but when asked for diversity information, they refuse to cooperate. Black journalists do not get to cover some of most important issues affecting the United States. The lack of diversity leads to fewer story ideas on issues affecting minorities. White journalists often fail to quote minority experts. |
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