Glenn Llopis makes a great case for multicultural talent matching multicultural marketing. Ironically, as Glenn notes, many organizations still “don’t’ get it.” To authentically capture the growing multicultural market segments in America, corporations must be more strategic in how they integrate multicultural talent to support business growth. For example, just because Hispanic purchasing power is…
Interesting question raised by Gina Carroll over at BlogHer. The question: should college applicants disclose their racial backgrounds? Frankly, I think it takes more than one box to identify individuals in a country that is increasingly multi-racial. With regard to checking or not checking the race boxes, the general sentiment among students seems to be…
LATISM was represented last week at the Hispanic Policy Conference in Washington D.C. Here’s a great overview by LATISM Director Elianne Ramos. With 150 Latino leaders from a variety of backgrounds and settings, the meet up at the White House was genuinely momentous. Having been involved in these types of meetings for years (as I know many…
There’s no way – no way – I would’ve made it through my undergraduate and graduate programs without the help of Pell grants. Economically, it would’ve meant attending college in an “on-ramp/off-ramp” environment. So when Pell grant funding seems to be coming under the axe in the ridiculous deficit reduction talks, I worry for the thousands…
Has it been two years? It’s hard to believe that I began HTM over two years ago this month. The last year was filled with change and new realities. Our move to Madison, Wisconsin from Cincinnati, Ohio was the biggest event of the year for me and my family. Not surprisingly, many of the same…
The day after arriving from our vacation, we moved out of our temporary housing and into our new town “home.” Anyone that’s experienced relocating can appreciate my current situation – boxes everywhere! I’m moving in my second year anniversary of HTM. Hard to believe – much has changed over the last two years and more…
