by Gail | Jul 30, 2013 | 65th Anniversary, News
By Elizabeth Williams-Riley When you peel back the onion on the national and global dialog surrounding race after the George Zimmerman verdict, you discover that everyone suffers. Whites suffer. People of color suffer. Our nation suffers. We still struggle to live out...
by Gail | Jul 18, 2013 | 65th Anniversary, Elizabeth Williams-Riley, Lead for Diversity, News, Partners in Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Brunswick, NJ – On July 13 at 10 p.m., 17 months after fatally shooting African-American high school student Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter. Although the fallout from this...
by Gail | Jul 18, 2013 | Educators' Institute, Lead for Diversity
Dr. Khyati Y. Joshi’s life as a social-justice educator has come full circle in numerous ways. After immigrating from India as a young child, she spent her first night in the United States in Bergen County, NJ. Fast-forward to adulthood, and this summer, the...
by Gail | Jul 9, 2013 | Elizabeth Williams-Riley, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Brunswick, NJ – The American Conference on Diversity President and CEO Elizabeth Williams-Riley was awarded the prestigious South Asian Business Alliance Network (SABAN) “Chairman’s Award” at the 7th Annual seminar, showcase, and awards gala...
by Gail | Jul 1, 2013 | Elizabeth Williams-Riley, News
By Elizabeth Williams-Riley Since the Trayvon Martin case has become a national and global focus, I have not entered a single boardroom where the circumstances of his death have not significantly impacted someone’s life beyond the town of Sanford, FL. After Trayvon’s...