It’s been over 50 years since the Stonewall Uprising, six days of protest and civil unrest inflamed by a police raid of a New York City gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. This
Advancing gender equality in the workplace is an important part of Inclusiveness, one of our Sysco Values. It is also a key business imperative that helps us better reflect our customers and communities. International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Recognized first in 1911 in Europe, International Women’s Day is now observed around the globe in support of advancing gender equality.
Viacom, in partnership with The BEAT (the African American Employee Resource Group), hosted a career day for over a dozen girls from Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH). The girls, grades 7-11, were exposed to the world of media and entertainment and a peek into Viacom’s culture. The event was all part of Viacommunity’s (Viacom’s corporate social responsibility arm) All Good, All Year Initiative. All Good, All Year aims to engage employees each month with at least one volunteer event. In honor of black history month, February’s event aimed to show FSH girls what a career in the media industry looks like.
Amanda made a career of crushing her goals. 10 years after starting as a Walmart cashier, she now manages an Arkansas Walmart supercenter. Read her full story here.
As a small gesture toward positive change, Benevity is matching donations on a 1-to-1 basis up to $50,000 to three local organizations that are making meaningful efforts to address some of the unique challenges facing women: YWCA Calgary, Canada Learning Code and the Women's Centre of Calgary.
Last week, the Cone team headed to the Benevity Goodness Matters conference in Palm Springs, California for more than two days of conversation around imagining what’s next in the world of employee engagement.
New research from FSG on how to advance women into management roles in the retail sector. In doing so, companies are able to improve retention rates, reduce the cost of turnover, improve customer loyalty, and strengthen retailers’ performance.
Melody Birmingham-Byrd was 22 when she vaulted into management, taking a job as a front-line supervisor at a General Motors plant in Rochester, N.Y. She oversaw members of the United Automobile Workers whose backgrounds were about as different from hers as they could possibly be – most were male, white, older and experienced.But Birmingham-Byrd was determined to do right by her team, to provide the type of supportive, positive leadership she felt her parents never got in their assembly line jobs.
Meet the winners of The 2019 Corporate Goodness Awards! “The Goodies” were presented last night at Benevity's Annual Goodness Matters client conference to recognize progressive companies who are leading the social impact space with innovative, inclusive approaches to community investment and employee engagement in giving, volunteering, activism and positive actions.
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