Professional Women of Color: Patterns in the Tapestry of Difference
On May 6, 2004, the Center for Gender in Organizations and the Simmons School of Management hosted the conference “Professional Women of Color: Patterns in the Tapestry of Difference,” part of Working Mother’s best companies for women of colors initiative. Nearly 200 women came together with the purpose of promoting a deeper dialogue among women both within and across racial/ethnic groups in order to identify barriers and helpful strategies for working across differences for increased organizational excellence.
Keynote speakers at the conference included CGO Senior Research Faculty Evangelina Holvino and Gail Snowden, FleetBoston Financial Executive Vice President, and the highlight of the day was a lively town hall session led by Emmy award-winning media commentator Callie Crossley. (Click here for a full list of speakers and agenda for the event.)
Dr. Holvino’s keynote was published as CGO Commentaries No. 5, “Women in Organizations: Why Our Differences Matter and What to Do About It” in December 2005. (Click here to read CGO Commentaries No. 5.)
The conference received coverage from the Boston Globe, WBZ-AM radio (Boston), Christian Science Monitor, and Black Enterprise online.
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