Originally published in The Chattanooga Times Free Press Have you heard that Kanye West might buy the self-styled free speech platform called Parler? Supposedly “conservative”, the app was used to organize and recruit for the Capitol siege. Parler continually enables hate with accounts that use swastikas as their profile pictures along with posts with Holocaust … Continue reading Hate enablers should not prevail – by Deborah Levine
Racism, when it has become “structured” into a society and into its institutions, is a very complex thing. We like to think it is an “unfortunate incident” which happened because the person to whom it happened was complicit in some way. It is not. Every action you take is governed by the bigotry structured into … Continue reading A Personal History of Blacks and Jews Part 1- by Marceline Donaldson
DEI OVERVIEW Editor’s Note: This was the introductory presentation at the 2021 Diversity Town Hall in partnership with the Gary W. Rollins College of Business /U. of TN at Chattanooga (Moderator Dr. Gail Dawson) and the American Diversity Report. CLICK to hear presentation TRANSCRIPT: I appreciate both the eagerness and anxiety about the future of … Continue reading Diversity Town Hall 2021: Deborah Levine – ADR Editor
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) of the future October 2021: American Diversity Report presented its 2nd annual Diversity Town Hall in partnership with the Gary W. Rollins College of Business at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Speaking virtually, the panel of business leaders explored the relationship of business and community in … Continue reading DIVERSITY TOWN HALL: LINKING BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY
ADR PODCAST BLACK-JEWISH DIALOGUE Hear the conversation about equity in education from these experts based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This podcast is part of the ADR Black-Jewish Dialogues. Ardena Garth Hicks: Education Activist Ardena is a Hamilton County native and practicing attorney who is the 2020 Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. She … Continue reading Ardena Garth Hicks Podcast – Equity in Education Podcast
A Diversity Futurist’s Perspective In my more than half a century dealing with diversity, I have seen multiple changes in the field of training, coaching, and consulting. COVID presents an unprecedented mountain of changes in the DEI field that merit an overview of the past, present and future. As much as I appreciate some of … Continue reading The DEI Future: Old, New and Maybe – by Deborah Levine
DIVERSITY TRAILBLAZER DEBORAH LEVINE HONORED BY GLOBAL WOMEN’S PEACE NETWORK FOR LIFETIME OF COUNTERING HATE CHATTANOOGA, TN – The American Diversity Report announced today that founder and editor-in-chief, Deborah Levine, has received the distinguished ‘HerStory Award’ from the Women’s Federation for World Peace USA (WFWP), with chapters nationwide in all 50 states and locations in … Continue reading Deborah Levine Receives ‘HerStory Award’
Antisemitism goes back long before the term was coined by a German historian in 1781. Violent attacks and expulsions of Jewish communities span centuries. The Babylonians exiled Jews from Zion, the earliest use of the term, into Middle Eastern and Mediterranean regions. The Romans forced Jews into Europe. Blamed for causing the Black Plague, Jews … Continue reading Explaining antisemitism – by Deborah Levine
Health disparities, i.e., differences in outcomes from disease experiences, are well-described and documented. The statistics that tell us of the incidence and prevalence of diseases within our populations (epidemiology) are readily available. In large measure, the prevalence (the number of cases within a population at any given time of measurement) of heart disease/high blood pressure, … Continue reading Health Disparities and the Culture of Lack – by William Hicks
Long before The New York Times had its first woman Executive Editor, Ruth Holmberg was the Editor of The Chattanooga Times. Holmberg is a member of the family that founded both newspapers and she has shared her compelling life story as friends and admirers gathered to hear her speak. Holmberg is a former director of … Continue reading The Art and Civics of Publisher Ruth Holmberg: Making History — by Deborah Levine
