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By Emil Rustamli I’m Emil, 21, from Azerbaijan. And surprisingly, in the past two decades of my life, I’ve somehow managed to face political persecution, worry for my family’s safety and future, and achieve a lifestyle that, just four years ago, I couldn’t have even deemed feasible. Today, I’ll try to convince you that if… Continue reading From A Small Mountainous Village in Azerbaijan to Wall St.

By Uchechi Ihenacho Navigating Job Searches and Embracing Diversity Trying to find a first job or internship after college is difficult enough, but last year, that stress was further amplified for students when the academic year was cut short by the pandemic. For students of color, who were even further traumatized by the events that… Continue reading A Black College Student Reflects on Her Childhood and the BLM Movement

NEW YORK (October 31, 2022) — After two years of operating as HIVE Diversity, the sophomore startup will begin doing business under the name hellohive. The change went live on October 15th, 2022, the company’s second anniversary of its founding in 2020. The company’s scope of services – including career development resources for students and… Continue reading HIVE Diversity rebrands to hellohive

*NOTE: THIS HAS BEEN REPUBLISHED FROM A GUEST POST FOR THE RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSOCIATION BLOG. Diversity is not a quota system. At least not to college seniors like Mya Brown—an active student leader and D&I campus advocate, Brown believes the problem with today’s diversity and inclusion initiatives is the very definition of diversity. To… Continue reading Workforce Diversity Will Forever Evolve

It’s only natural that college students will want to learn material they can relate to. But as a first-year student at UCLA, taking a variety of cultural and gender-study classes has shaped my belief that all students could greatly benefit from taking classes that focus on backgrounds outside of their own identities. Understanding how other… Continue reading Educating Ourselves on Others

The Pressure to Succeed Upon coming to college, I felt like such a small fish in a big sea. Everyone around me had parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents who had attended college, but I was among the few who had no idea what they were doing or what college had in store for me.… Continue reading My Journey as a First Generation College Student

The Modern Startup Environment Let’s talk about startups. The traditional impression of startups is college-aged bros, sitting alone in their dorm room, coding away on their computers, ready to launch the next Facebook or Apple. However, in 2021, the typical startup workplace looks more like teams working remotely, communicating through Slack and various Zoom calls,… Continue reading The “Bro Culture” Problem Within Startups

The Impact of COVID-19 on My Graduation In May of last year, I received my bachelor’s degree in public health and minority health, only two months into the COVID-19 quarantine. When my school told me that our commencement ceremony would be completely virtual, I was devastated. I had worked so hard for four long years… Continue reading How the Pandemic Led Me to Freelancing

Amplifying Black Women’s Voices Last year, I witnessed a 19-year-old Black girl plea for help via Twitter after a sexual assault incident, and go missing – only for Tallahassee police to find her dead body one week later. I witnessed a 26-year-old Black woman fail to receive justice after Louisville, Kentucky police officers wrongfully murdered… Continue reading How One Student Podcast Host Tells the Stories We Don’t Hear

Challenging Tone-Deaf Rhetoric Oh my god! Zendaya is so relatable, she’s like my spirit animal!” “For rush week, we’re going to have a pow-wow to get to know each other better.” “I’m 1/16th Native because of my great (x4) grandmother, so I totally qualify for this scholarship.” These are just some of the many phrases… Continue reading Indigenous Representation is Critical to Cultural Diversity

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