In a recent article in PR News, the communications industry’s top publication, Red Banyan’s Evan Nierman offers a CEO’s perspective on the challenges businesses often face in addressing diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
PR News interviewed educators, business owners and executives on issues surrounding the killing of George Floyd in addition to COVID-19 and its disproportionate devastation on black and brown communities in America.
Regarding the struggle that brands are facing to engage in public dialogue appropriately and effectively, Nierman notes that “Many don’t know what to do or say externally or how to talk internally to employees [about D&I].”
Read the full article here and learn more about what steps thought leaders are encouraging brands to take to ensure that they are helping and not hurting in the movement towards equality and equity for the black community.