by Rob Larimer Published: October 21,2011
Tags: diversity
The Colorado Springs Diversity Forum and the Colorado Springs Business Journal honored six local organizations yesterday that promote diversity and inclusion through their business and civic engagement.
This year’s awardees are:
For-Profit
HealthSouth Rehabilitation
Kaiser Permanente
Nonprofit
Citizens Project
Colorado Springs Conservatory
Pikes Peak Library District
USA swimming
Click here to view the Diversity Awards special section.
Click here to view photos from yesterday’s awards [...] [...]
More than 400 community and business leaders attended last night's mayoral forum to hear candidates' views about topics that ranged from Colorado Springs' image to economic development. [...]
by Contributing Writer Published: August 12,2010
Tags: diversity
By Dennis Huspeni
To anyone else, the huge pile of old computers stacked at Blue Star Recyclers looks like trash.
But Bill Morris sees something else in that jumbled pile — jobs.
And the bigger Morris can make that pile, the more jobs Blue Star can create.
“That’s our mission statement,” said Morris, Blue Star’s president. “Create jobs by [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: August 12,2010
Tags: diversity
The economic slowdown meant less spending on diversity programs at area corporations.
Diversity remains important to many of these companies, but efforts are more “targeted,” or “streamlined,” and their recruiters are trying to make better use of the Internet rather than, say, attending or hosting job fairs for minorities.
The effect shows up clearly in the numbers. [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: August 12,2010
Tags: diversity
Immigrant-rights advocates welcomed a federal judge’s decision last month to temporarily block Arizona’s immigration law. But the ruling appears to have only strengthened the resolve of anti-immigration forces to pass similar legislation in Colorado and elsewhere.
The legislation, blocked by the judge before it could go into effect, would have given law enforcement sweeping new powers [...] [...]
Eric Austin Attard has been the executive director of the Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center since May. He’s also busy working on a master’s in marriage and family counseling.
The Springs has a reputation for being intolerant. What’s your take?
I think where you immerse yourself is vital to that question. A lot of members [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: August 12,2010
Tags: diversity
The late 1980s and early 1990s were watershed years for minority chambers in Colorado Springs.
Those were the years when Hispanic, black and women business leaders set out to establish their own independent chambers.
The Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber felt that women needed more networking and business-training opportunities specifically aimed at advancing women-owned businesses. Black Chamber founders [...] [...]
How about this for multiculturalism?
Mother born in Casablanca, Morocco; father hails from Bucharest, Romania.
Birthplace of their progeny? Israel.
That would be me, which makes me a crossbreed of sorts. While both of my parents are of Jewish extract, they came from such vastly different parts of the world, their union was scorned by some in the [...] [...]
Whole Foods wins green award
Whole Foods Market has received a 2009 Green Choice Award from Natural Health magazine for its commitment to sustainable, earth-friendly initiatives which inspire other companies and consumers to follow suit.
Some of the company’s environmental stewardship programs include:
Purchasing renewable energy credits to offset electricity used in all Whole Foods Market locations in [...] [...]
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