Diversity

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Diversity take the knee during Britain's Got Talent semi-finals (Sky News)

Dancer Ashley Banjo said he stood by their use of the symbolic gesture against racism, which is linked to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Dancer Ashley Banjo said he stood by their use of the symbolic gesture against racism, which is linked to the Black Lives Matter movement. Dancer Ashley Banjo said he stood by their use of the symbolic gesture against racism, which is linked to the Black Lives Matter movement. Dance group Diversity have taken the knee during a performance at the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent.

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Want To Gauge And Enhance Diversity And Inclusion In Your ... (Forbes)

This article—the third in a series on diversity, equity, and inclusion in investing—examines how investment committees and boards of leading institutional ...

A number of asset owners look forward to commenting on the guidelines, and others are calling on SEC Chair Gary Gensler to prioritize this rulemaking as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the vast majority of asset owners do not plan to report diversity statistics externally and some public entities are prohibited from doing so. Regardless on perspective on public disclosure, asset owners direct capital to diverse managers through private disclosure. A number of catalysts provide the basis for cautious optimism. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) Senior Director of External Portfolio Management Anne-Marie-Laberge explains that CDPQ engages in dialogue with managers whose diversity statistics lag those of their peers. Asset owners also generally gauge leadership diversity and investment team diversity as secondary matters. In other words, they do not want what they view as the “floor” to become the ceiling. 3. Taking a DEI Baseline. Some investment teams are constrained from surveying the managers in their portfolio for diversity. Other state university endowments in more conservative states are discouraged from trying to incorporate diversity into their investment portfolios. Asset owners have struggled with global definitions of racial and ethnic diversity. Current best practice in gauging portfolio diversity is requesting that managers ask their employees to self-identify. What can we learn from institutional allocator best practices on defining diversity, selecting diversity metrics, taking a diversity baseline, setting diversity targets, ongoing DEI monitoring and engagement, and externally reporting DEI?

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Pale, male and stale: Fixing hospitality awards' diversity problem (The Caterer.com)

Accolades in the hospitality sector are still stuck in the past with recognition still mainly going to white, male chefs cooking European cuisine.

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Entrepreneurs and Tuck MBAs Partner through Tuck's Diversity ... (Tuck School)

Run in collaboration with the Tuck Center for Entrepreneurship, the new initiative matches Tuck MBA students with Diversity Business Program participants to ...

For the entrepreneurs in the program, partnering with Tuck students offers a unique chance to gain an outside perspective from talented emerging professionals. “This work with Barry helped me apply a lot of what I learned in my operations and strategy courses to see where a new product fits, its value proposition, and how to execute the day-to-day. “From a learning perspective, it was cool to put in place some of the materials we had learned from our core curriculum. Cole sought out help with two projects: a process map for his existing business and a pitch deck for a new venture. That’s why, in 2019, Tuck launched a new initiative partnering MBA students with Diversity Business Program participants, called the Diversity Entrepreneurship Collaboration Program. Run in collaboration with the Tuck Center for Entrepreneurship, the highly selective program matches MBA students and program participants to work on a specific project or problem that the entrepreneur is facing.

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Diversity address BLM dance controversy with powerful BGT semi ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Dance troupe Diversity once again took the knee on the Britain's Got Talent stage as they performance yet another powerful dance routine during Wednesday's ...

Sometimes it fills you with struggle and pain. Nothing but love for those that stood by our name." It fills you with hope and joy.

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Diversity return to Britain's Got Talent to take the knee again two ... (Manchester Evening News)

The dance troupe were back to address controversy over their performance in 2020.

"Hindsight 2020 – that is what the performance was about," he said. Keep on telling it like it is #BGT." @Alex05923602 wrote: "Big up Diversity for not changing their stance." Former Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity returned to Britain's Got Talent to address the controversy and thank supporters following their powerful Black Lives Matter performance in 2020. Tonight (Wednesday) Diversity were back with another spellbinding performance about social media and connectivity during the third Britain's Got Talent semi-final show. "You know what I've learned, you can't be angry at the rain. ITV stood by its broadcast of the dance, which garnered around 24,500 complaints to the broadcasting regulator Ofcom.

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BGT viewers all say the same thing as Diversity return to show for ... (The Sun)

DIVERSITY returned to the Britain's Got Talent stage for the first time tonight since their controversial Black Lives Matter performance.Back in 2020,

A third echoed that, adding: "Unsurprisingly had me emotional. Absolute role models." And viewers all had a similar reaction to their performance, which referenced Magic Mike as the boys ripped their tops off and danced as they got wet.

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BGT 2022: Diversity return with powerful reminder of BLM routine (Metro)

Diversity paid homage to their Black Lives Matter routine during Wednesday's Britain's Got Talent after it sparked intense backlash.

If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us [email protected], calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you. While some viewers were clearly impressed by the emotional performance, flocking to social media to praise the dancers, others complained to Ofcom in their droves. The dance troupe – who were crowned winners of the ITV series in 2009 – returned to the stage with an electrifying routine, and the group which includes members Perri Kiely and Jordan Banjo took the knee while Ashley declared: ‘You have to stand by what you believe in if you want to make change.’

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance Focused on Clinical Trial Diversity (Policy & Medicine)

The US Food and Drug Administration is recommending sponsors include a plan to increase diversity when proposing clinical trial designs for investigational ...

Additionally, it should discuss any variations across racial and ethnic populations in the applications or uses of available prevention, screening, or diagnostic strategies and treatments for the disease or condition. FDA cites health care access inequities, racism, and historical mistrust of the clinical research system as reasons for the absence of underrepresented racial and ethnic populations in clinical research. The US Food and Drug Administration is recommending sponsors include a plan to increase diversity when proposing clinical trial designs for investigational products to agency reviewers.

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Diversity return to BGT and take the knee again after sparking 20000 ... (OK! Magazine)

The dance troupe's BLM dance in 2020 sparked more than 20000 complaints to Ofcom - but this didn't stop Diversity returning to the stage with another ...

One Twitter user wrote: "Yet again another outstanding performance from @Diversity_Tweet. So glad they did a throwback to that performance where there was loads of totally stupid complaints. Sometimes it fills you with struggle and pain. It fills you with hope and joy.

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