Sentences with phrase «women and minorities advance»

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Jennifer Tory, a regional president in Greater Toronto Region with RBC, won the 2011 Business Leader Champion award for her efforts to advance women and visible minorities, both in the bank and her community.

These companies are also taking steps toward creating a better workplace for women and minorities to thrive, advance their careers and move into more leadership roles.

As Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and an army of like - minded souls work to change the role of women on the business side of things, others are striving to advance the role of women and minorities within the predominately male Silicon Valley engineering culture.

She serves as co-chair of the National Venture Capital Association's Inclusion and Diversity Task Force, which seeks to create and advance opportunities for women and minorities across the venture capital universe.

These men and women have fought for the abolition of slavery (Wilberforce), established orphanages for abandoned children (Mueller), advanced civil rights for racial minorities (King), fought against HIV / AIDS (Koop), provided human touch, restored dignity, and shelter for the poor (Mother Teresa), created places of belonging and contribution for people with disabilities and special needs (Tada), and fought against the sex trade and human trafficking (Caine).

To recall the set of propositions that opened this article, one can make justifiable judgments here: Some people were advancing causes of racial minorities and women better than liberal Protestants or Christians in general.

The Comptroller emphasized three important needs for advancing New York City's economy: raising the hourly minimum wage to $ 15, investing in small businesses, particularly those owned by women or minorities, and improving corporate diversity.

The Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity provides consulting services to universities and colleges seeking to enhance student participation — especially that of women and minorities — in STEM programs.

To attract a diverse talent pool, especially in areas such as engineering and science, GM has also partnered with organizations such as Advancing Minorities» Interest in Engineering, the National Society of Black Engineers, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and the Society of Women Engineers.

This also means expanding opportunities for high - quality education — from greater access to Advanced Placement courses to the expansion of high - quality charter schools — so that children from poor and minority households, especially young black men and women who did the worst on NAEP this year (and have less access to college - preparatory courses in traditional districts) can succeed in school and in life.

The Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity provides consulting services to universities and colleges seeking to enhance student participation — especially that of women and minorities — in STEM programs.

Baker Botts is subject to Executive Order 11246 and is required to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Firms can promote engagement in spite of these obstacles by presenting an exciting vision for the future; offering meaningful long - term alternatives to partnership; elucidating criteria for becoming partner; providing support and resources to associates who desire partnership; and advancing women and minority lawyers into partnership and leadership positions.

Over the course of its 30 plus - year history, Cowles & Thompson has trained and advanced some of the best women and minority lawyers in the state.

Outside of the relatively conservative firm context, Boomers used the legal workplace to fight for their deeply - held beliefs, advancing the rights of women and minorities in the courts via impact litigation.

In 2017, Nareit launched its Dividends Through Diversity Initiative, with the goal of raising awareness and advancing the inclusion of women and other minority groups within REITs and the broader commercial real estate industry.