diversity

An NBC Bay Area investigation shed light on discrimination claims from nearly a dozen current and former Sutter Health physicians who say they were treated unfairly by the hospital group because they are Black.

Current and former Sutter Health physicians say the hospital system has discriminated against Black doctors for decades. Following a series of reports from the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit, Sutter’s CEO ordered major changes and vowed serious reform. Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban discusses why the CEO’s efforts are now being met with skepticism.

Legendary skater Tony Hawk is uplifting diverse skateboarders and training them how to build a skatepark in their neighborhoods via his fellowship program, The Skatepark Project.

Ricardo Berrón talks with the President of The University of San Diego, Dr. James T. Harris III, who discusses the extraordinary student body, the diversity, and ‘The Horizon Project’. Creating changemakers and working to make a positive impact in the community and beyond! For more information, please visitSanDiego.edu

During the unveiling ceremony for the Obamas’ official White House portraits on Wednesday, former first lady Michelle Obama spoke emotionally about the significance of diverse leadership. “This day… is about telling that fuller story, a story that includes every single American in every single corner of the country so our kids and grandkids can see something more for themselves.”

A state bill aimed at allocating $18 billion in federal money in the Bay Area and statewide for environmentally and socially disadvantaged communities gets high scores for promoting gender and racial equity, according to the Gender Equity Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank that exposes the impacts of policies, processes and practices of businesses and government.

As Clary Salandy pushes open the kitchen door at a nondescript community center in west London, her visitors pause, astonished by what they find. A dozen giraffe heads, in shades of orange and brown with top hats and flowing eyelashes, smile in a tidy row, while a herd of zebras peer out from near the refrigerator. That sense of surprise...