Black women in corporate America aren’t competing just against their peers in order to advance…
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Working While Black - Episode 19 - Shauna Jones
Black professionals have had to wear a mask long before covid…
Working While Black - Episode 18 - Calvin McCargo, Jr.
What’s it like to Work While Black? It is to work without ever being able to make a mistake…
Working While Black - Episode 17 - Jateya Jones
“I knew the audience would not be able to receive the words coming out of my mouth because they would be too busy being ‘distracted’ by my hair”…
Working While Black - Episode 16 - Marcus Daniels
Another story about a Black man being questioned on his qualifications, based solely on his race…
Working While Black - Episode 15 - Laurel Djoukeng
See how one Black entrepreneur found creative ways to grow his business without any money…
Working While Black - Episode 14 - Vernon Green
This is a story that demonstrates how race + power = racism…
Working While Black - Episode 13 - Kendrick Tilghman
Diversity is an enforced mandate on the leadership team for Black small business owners, but the Fortune 500 leadership is as white as the North Pole and somehow that's always been just fine…
Working While Black - Episode 12 - Anna McCorvey
Did you know there’s a profession that’s known as “the white gentlemen’s profession?”
Working While Black - Episode 11 - Cheryl Wade
What is the toll that police killing after police killing of unarmed Black Americans takes on Black professionals who still have to show up and do their job?
Working While Black - Episode 10 - Jasmine Correy
“The only” syndrome is a real thing for Black professionals…
Working While Black - Episode 9 - Stefanie Lomax
Learn how your HR strategy, even if you haven’t hired your first employee yet, helps you ensure a workplace culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion…
Working While Black - Episode 8 - Melvin Stallings
Learn how diversity or lack of diversity in the classroom in the early years impacts workplace behaviors down the road…
Working While Black - Episode 7
Where we still are in the summer of 2020…
Working While Black - Episode 6 - Voices From The Series
Find out why so many Black women executives are leaving Corporate America behind to start their own businesses…
Working While Black - Episode 5 - Cornelius Henderson
Hear the journey of a corporate accountant who left the industry behind to build a real estate development company.
Working While Black - Episode 4 - Cheron Burns
Hear one woman’s journey from pharmaceutical sales to leaving Corporate America behind to run her own catering business…
Working While Black - Episode 3 - Ebony Thomas
Tips from a senior executive on how to find mentors to help you advance your career…
Working While Black - Episode 2 - Lohn Evans
“Lohn, you’re tall. I bet you went to school on a basketball scholarship."
Working While Black - Episode 1 - Angela Thornton-Young
In this episode, Angela Thornton-Young shares why so many Black women leave corporate America to start their own businesses…