June has been largely recognized as Pride Month by the LGBTQ+ community for decades, first as a way to commemorate the Stonewall riots that occurred in late June 1969. Stonewall was a series of spontaneous demonstrations from members of the LBGTQ+ community over the course of June 28 through July 3 and is often cited […]
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We are so excited to be sharing the stories of these 9 influential leaders as we celebrate Juneteenth today. Their stories, like Juneteenth, are often glossed over in American history. These stories define courage. From Daisy Bates desegregating Arkansas schools to Ida B. Wells who educated others on the conditions of Black Americans in the
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As a team, the conversations we’ve had at Millie often led us to the broader question of — how do we zoom out from the current conversation and look at the systemic racism beyond policing. Where else is racism embedded? Where else can we make an impactful difference? While policing is one part of the
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Growing up, “2020” was the year everyone referred to as the future. There was an idyllic aura around it. “Researcher’s say that in 2020…”, with jokes, tv shows, books often using “2020” as the reference point for that thing we would finally accomplish in the future. Here we are. We’re in what I had imagined
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It is hard to imagine that today, thousands of innocent people in the United States are placed in jail or prison for a crime that they did not commit. Since 1989, there have been 2,095 exonerations of innocent inmates in the United States. In that time, over 18,250 years were served by those wrongfully convicted.
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Time and time again, Black communities find themselves in situations that deny them of their humanity and consequently their lives become endangered. On May 25, 2020, George Floyed, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota when Derek Chauvin, a white police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46
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What is an Employee Volunteer Program? Employee volunteer programs also called workplace volunteer programs or company volunteer programs are built to support a company’s larger corporate social responsibility program. It is an effective way for companies to contribute to the community by providing employees the opportunity to serve the community. Why start an Employee Volunteer
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1. Assess Company Needs Start by assessing the needs of your company community. Think about the areas within your community that you hope to improve or work on: is it employee engagement or devastation in the community? Maybe you are just excited for your company to give back. Once you identified an area or areas
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Employee engagement is on the mind of every employer as we make our way into the new year and understanding what your employees want is the best way to make sure you put the programs in place to keep them at your company and, most importantly, happy. The best way to engage with your employees
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One of the biggest challenges employers face is unengaged employees, and employee giving programs are one of the fastest-growing engagement programs companies are using to attract and retain top talent in their organizations. With almost 70% of employees not feeling engaged in their jobs, companies that have corporate giving programs will see that employees feel
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