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Posts:September 2020, Careers and Culture
Real Talk, Real People, Real Issues: A Conversation with Activist Corey Rae
by Amanda Gadaleta Alonso| September 25, 2020
Corey Rae, the world’s first transgender prom queen, recently joined us for a compelling virtual discussion as part of Ketchum’s ongoing internal DE&I series “Real Talk, Real People, Real Issues.” As a woman of trans experience who is now an activist, actress, model, speaker and writer, Corey has found success working with brands, speaking at […]
Hispanic, Latino, Latin(x), Spanish: Clarifying Terms for Hispanic Heritage Month
by Giannina Seaman| September 18, 2020
Saludos! For many years I identified as Hispanic, and, as I got older and more informed, I navigated toward now identifying as Latina. My reasons for changing how I identify are part political—regarding the origins of how the term Hispanic came about—and part personal: I am from Latin America—specifically Peru—and found that calling myself Latina […]
HBCU Week: Investing in the Future of Black Students
HBCU Week Foundation is an organization set up to encourage high-school aged youth to enroll into HBCUs, provide scholarships for matriculation and sustain a pipeline for employment from undergraduate school to corporate America. Since HBCU Week started in 2017, more than 2,000 on-the-spot college acceptances have been given to students, and over $5M in scholarships […]
