Joe Gerstandt | keynote speaker, freedom fighter, freak-flag flier

Big Brothers Big Sisters is hiring! Below is the job description for an Enrollment and Match Coordinator for our Hispanic Mentoring Program, please forward to anyone you know who might be interested. Applicants can send their resume to Cindy Reilly, Program Director/COO at programdirector@bigomaha.org , by fax at 330-2492 or by mail at Big Brothers   [Read More…]

  Who:       Greater Omaha GLBT Professionals When:     Thursday, January 3rd, 6:00 PM   Where:     Film Streams (14th & Webster Streets)   Please join us for at Film Streams on Thursday, January 3rd.   Film Streams will be showing the documentary, "For The Bible Tells Me So" at 6:30 PM.  Tickets are $8   [Read More…]

"We live in a world where power is very unbalanced. Power imbalances are at the root of most social problems. Correcting power imbalances will go a long way towards solving many problems at once. We’d be wise to attend to this no matter what issues we work on." -John and Tom Atlee I do not   [Read More…]

Some additional "business case" material…this is from the Workplace Professor Blog.  There are some real numbers here and this is just looking at the tax inequalities on benefits. The Williams Institute at the UCLA Law School and the Center for American Progress have published a new study on the impact of taxation of domestic partner   [Read More…]

Changes in buying power (2000-2006), Selig Center for Economic Growth, June 2006   The inappropriately labeled "business case for diversity" has many components, and its makeup can vary a great deal across industries and organizations.  There are a couple of components that apply to all industries and all organizations; 1) changing populations demographics, and 2)   [Read More…]

Anti-Racism Public Dialogue   Saturday, January 19th, 7:30 am to 4 pm UNO Milo Bail Student Center – Ballroom and Nebraska Room Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Snacks will be available!!*   In preparation for meaningful dialogue, prior to January 19th participants must have read The Heart of Whiteness by Robert Jensen, and Omaha World-Herald series   [Read More…]

I have written (glowingly) about the work of Scott Page before…this is a pretty good article of his.  It is from The Center for American Progress.  Those of you that work in organizations where people are running around screaming about innovation might want to forward this on to some co-workers.  Enjoy. Diversity Powers Innovation By   [Read More…]

Police: Omaha teen fired AK-47 at random  

I just sat down to look through the new HR Magazine from SHRM and I got caught up on page 22.  The article "C-Suite Worries Over Succession Planning", caught my eye because of some of the research attached to it.  The article is based on a survey conducted by SHRM and Hay Group, which asked   [Read More…]

Catalyst is a cool organization that does a lot of really good stuff.  Here are a few things they have recently released that will be of value to you: 1- Damned or Doomed Damned or Doomed—Catalyst Study on Gender Stereotyping at Work Uncovers Double-Bind Dilemmas for Women Study examines how a "men-as-default-leaders" mindset derails women’s   [Read More…]