Diversity Initiatives - Events
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 11 a.m., Scibelli Hall Gym,
Nicholas Kristof. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New
York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof is often called the "reporter's
reporter" for his human rights advocacy and his efforts to give
a voice to the voiceless. In 1990 Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn,
also a New York Times journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for their
coverage of China's Tiananmen Square democracy movement, making
them the first married couple to win a Pulitzer for journalism.
Their most recent book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity
for Women Worldwide, immediately hit The New York Times Bestseller
List after being published in September 2009 reported columns that,
at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that
gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world.' Kristof
has also won the George Polk Award, the Overseas Press Club award,
the Michael Kelly award, the Online News Association award, and
the American Society of Newspaper Editors award.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 11 a.m., Scibelli Hall Gym,
Susan L. Taylor Susan L. Taylor is synonymous with Essence
magazine, the brand she built as its fashion and beauty editor,
as editor-in-chief and editorial director. For nearly three decades,
as the driving force behind one of the most celebrated Black-owned
businesses of our time, Taylor has become a legend in the magazine
publishing world. And, for 27 years, she authored one of the magazine's
most popular columns, 'In the Spirit.' She was the first and only
African American Woman to be recognized by the Magazine Publishers
of America with the Henry Johnson Fisher Award'the industry's highest
honor'and the first to be inducted into the American Society of
Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. She is the recipient of the NAACP
President's Award for visionary leadership and has honorary degrees
from more than a dozen colleges and universities. A fourth-generation
entrepreneur, Taylor grew up in Harlem working with her father in
his women's clothing store. She founded her own cosmetics company,
a first for Black women, which led to the beauty editor's position
at Essence. She is the author of four books: In the Spirit: The
Inspirational Writings of Susan L. Taylor; Lessons in Living; Confirmation:
The Spiritual Wisdom That Has Shaped Our Lives, which she coauthored
with her husband, Khephra Burns; and her most recent, All About
Love, Favorite Selections from In the Spirit on Living Fearlessly.
She is an avid supporter of a host of organizations dedicated to
moving the Black community forward, but her passion and focus today
is the National Cares Mentoring Movement, a call to action, which
she founded in 2006 as Essence Cares. The Cares Mentoring Movement
is a massive campaign to recruit one million able adults to help
secure our children who are in peril and losing ground.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013, Time/Location TBA, Steven
Pemberton, Chief Diversity Officer, Walgreens Steven
Pemberton, business leader and child advocate, is the chief
diversity officer and divisional vice president for Walgreens,
and the first such person to hold that responsibility in the
company's 110-year history. Pemberton was named Fortune's "top
20 chief diversity officers in corporate America;" and named one
of the "top 100 influential African Americans in corporate
America" by Savoy in 2008. Pemberton has made opportunity,
access, and equality pillars of his personal and professional
life. He is the author of a memoir, A Chance in the World: An
Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called
Home (Thomas Nelson, 2012), which chronicles his difficult path
through foster care and determined search for his family. Author
and educator Stedman Graham said, "Pemberton's beautifully told
story is a rags to riches journey-beginning in a place and with
a jarring set of experiences that could have destroyed his life.
But Steve's refusal to give in to those forces, and his resolve
to create a better life, shows a courage and resilience that is
an example for many of us to follow."
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Thursday, April 25, 2013, 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m, Scibelli
Hall Gym Pieces of a Dream The group was born in Philadelphia and has traveled the world for
more than three decades.' They started playing as children and their
musical careers have just expanded.' They were the first act signed
by Grover Washington and they continued to perform with him for many
years. James Lloyd is a classically trained pianist and has written
and co-written for many of the jazz greats.' Curtis Harmon the other
member of Pieces is a phenomenal musician who also writes for other
artists and produces new talent. Together they have staying power after
having been together for so many years and continue to mentor others.
