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Another fact unknown to most corporations: minority women feel a powerful need to give back to their community, says Hewlett. That leads so many of them--fully one-third of survey respondents--to take on social-outreach activities. The more hours they put in on the job, the more time they devote to volunteerism. Many take on leadership roles in their volunteer work, learning and honing skills that translate directly back to their jobs. But they downplay or even hide their volunteerism, sensing tacit disapproval from bosses. "It's not the opera or a charity, which the corporate world recognizes...
...manner at meetings took her white male bosses aback. Other minorities who worked there suggested that she "lie low, not make any waves," says Braxton. "I'm outspoken. I'm passionate. I didn't want to have to change that." She left the think tank and became a community-outreach supervisor at Ikea, where she says she feels her style of communicating is embraced...
...could to promote and sell tickets. “I’m fairly positive that had there been tickets in students’ hands [to sell] in the dining hall, we [still] would not have sold 3,500 tickets,” said McCambridge. “Our outreach has been better than in the past. Demand wasn’t there.” While it is unclear what effect the concert’s cancellation might have on the HCC’s future ability to secure artists, at least one insider in the entertainment industry...
While Harvard’s health experts are working to inform students, there is no shortage of campus student groups that focus on nutrition, either. Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) is dedicated to peer-counseling those with concerns about body image, eating disorders, and nutrition concerns. The Undergraduate Council (UC), generally regarded as a source of party funds and not health help, is forming a freshman dining committee with the hope of informing HUDS about the freshman dining experience at Harvard...
...Mehlman has been particularly aggressive in this initiative. Since taking over as head of the Republican Party earlier this year, the former White House political director has spoken at 31 events focused on outreach to African-Americans, from historically black colleges to small NAACP chapters. He's pointedly criticized the so-called "Southern Strategy" Republicans used in the past to appeal to white voters in the South by using race as a wedge issue. Mehlman's message is twofold: that some GOP policies appeal to blacks better than those of the Democrats, and that because blacks give 90% of their...