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PowerToFly, the leading platform for diversity recruiting and retention, is honored to announce Richard Lui, MSNBC and NBC News journalist, filmmaker, and author, as the first Resident DEIB Research Fellow at PowerToFly. Of the appointment, PowerToFly’s Senior Director of DEIB, Sienna Brown, said, “We’re thrilled to have Richard Lui join us as our first DEIB Research Fellow; his advocacy in the AAPI community and his expertise in both storytelling and research will be pivotal in continuing to elevate the voices of underrepresented communities.”
Lui was the first Asian American Pacific Islander to anchor a daily cable news show and is a vocal advocate for issues related to Communities of Color, including the AAPI, Black, Latino, and Native American communities. He has covered racial conflict for over 25 years. He is the author of the book Enough About Me. It is an autobiographical analysis and critique of racism and political divisiveness that offers a modern take on the age-old value of thinking of others as a solution. As Resident DEIB Research Fellow, Lui will host a series of free conversations with game changers in business, policy, and beyond through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The conversations will reach millions of users worldwide. Lui’s conversations will be part of PowerToFly’s Diversity Reboot Summit Series, which has featured speakers such as Arianna Huffington, Ai-jen Poo, and Rep. Mark Takano. Lui will also collaborate with PowerToFly to research and identify key areas for action and conversation in the DEIB space, while challenging the narratives that slow progress. “It’s an honor to be named a PowerToFly DEIB Research Fellow,” said Lui. “The opportunity to dig into data and ideas to affect the way business thinks about inclusion is exciting — it can benefit top and bottom lines with relevant ROI. But there are long-standing misunderstandings on why we should do this stuff: what feels right versus the real data that shows it actually is right for EBITDA. My research will focus on the practical meat on the bone to bridge these narrative gaps.”

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Motherhood is a training ground for leadership. The loss of working mothers from the paid workforce makes the US economy less competitive and families less prosperous, leading to worse outcomes for households over the long term. That’s why HeyMama, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing online community of entrepreneurial and working moms, is bringing back its Motherhood on the Resume initiative, which urges moms to add “mother” to their resumes to underscore the value mothers bring to organizations and the workforce. “Last year, more than 1,000 women added ‘motherhood’ to their resumes, and while awareness has been raised, we are still seeing and hearing mothers in our community speak of increased stress and emotional distress,” said  Erika Feldhus , CEO of HeyMama. “Of the women who stopped working during the pandemic, 82% could not afford to be out of work. The time is now to tear down the cultural bias against mothers that’s impacting their careers and recognize the strengths moms bring to their professional lives because of parenthood.”
On May 17, 2022, HeyMama will kick off its Motherhood on the Resume campaign with a virtual event to raise awareness of the historical and current disparities working moms face and to change the way working moms are viewed in the workplace. Over the course of the event, participants can attend interactive workshops and panels designed to provide inspiration and support for working mothers and moms who want to return to work. Workshops and panel topics include:
Working Mom Skills: Motherhood makes women better employees and team members. This workshop will cover how and why that’s true and ways moms can gain visibility in the workplace. The New Working Mom: This panel will detail the importance of normalizing kids on Zoom calls, working reasonable hours and lifting awareness of both roles: parent and professional. Back and Better Than Ever: Returning to work as a mother adds value to her team and family. This workshop seeks to provide moms with confidence in their ability to return to work. Mom on the Calendar: In addition to putting “mother” on their resumes, this workshop encourages working moms to put motherhood on their calendars too, making the time moms devote to their kids (e.g., pumping, doctor’s appointments, dance recitals, etc.) visible and valuable in the workplace. Guest speakers and panelists include Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey, global head of inclusion for women of color at Google; Lauren Smith Brody, founder of the Fifth Trimester; Noelle Johnson, global DEI strategist and trainer at PowerToFly; Limor Bergman, director of Product Business Development at PowerToFly; Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD, founder and CEO of Gemma; Julie Solomon, brand expert and coach, author and host of “the Influencer” podcast; Alexandra Sourbis, senior public relations and communications manager at Elvie; and Sarah Lacy, founder and CEO of ChairmanMe. “The income penalty for moms taking a break from work is 15% per child under the age of 5, and for Black and Indigenous women, it is nearly 20%,” said Amri Kibbler, co-founder and chief community officer at HeyMama. “The unprecedented departure of women from the labor force over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic could set women back financially for decades. The Motherhood on the Resume® campaign has never been more necessary. It’s imperative that employers and colleagues recognize the skills we bring to the table because we are mothers, not in spite of it.”

HeyMama Launches Its Second Annual ‘Motherhood on the Resume’ Campaign and Event To Address Growing Female Recession

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An unprecedented 1.1 million women left the labor force during the COVID-19 pandemic. This initiative aims to support moms who want to return to work and empower working moms to make motherhood more visible in the workplace. NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Motherhood is a training ground for leadership. The loss of working mothers from the paid workforce makes the U.S. economy less competitive and families less prosperous, leading to worse outcomes for households over the long term. That's why HeyMama, the nation's largest and fastest-growing online community of entrepreneurial and working moms, is bringing back its Motherhood on the Resume® initiative, which urges moms to add "mother" to their resumes to underscore the value mothers bring to organizations and the workforce. "Last year, more than 1,000 women added 'motherhood' to their resumes, and while awareness has been raised, we are still seeing and hearing mothers in our community speak of increased stress and emotional distress," said Erika Feldhus, CEO of HeyMama. "Of the women who stopped working during the pandemic, 82% could not afford to be out of work. The time is now to tear down the cultural bias against mothers that's impacting their careers and recognize the strengths moms bring to their professional lives because of parenthood." On May 17, 2022, HeyMama will kick off its Motherhood on the Resume® campaign with a virtual event to raise awareness of the historical and current disparities working moms face and to change the way working moms are viewed in the workplace. Over the course of the event, participants can attend interactive workshops and panels designed to provide inspiration and support for working mothers and moms who want to return to work. Workshops and panel topics include:
Working Mom Skills: Motherhood makes women better employees and team members. This workshop will cover how and why that's true and ways moms can gain visibility in the workplace. The New Working Mom: This panel will detail the importance of normalizing kids on Zoom calls, working reasonable hours and lifting awareness of both roles: parent and professional. Back and Better Than Ever: Returning to work as a mother adds value to her team and family. This workshop seeks to provide moms with confidence in their ability to return to work. Mom on the Calendar: In addition to putting "mother" on their resumes, this workshop encourages working moms to put motherhood on their calendars too, making the time moms devote to their kids (e.g., pumping, doctor's appointments, dance recitals, etc.) visible and valuable in the workplace. Guest speakers and panelists include Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey, global head of inclusion for women of color at Google; Lauren Smith Brody, founder of the Fifth Trimester; Noelle Johnson, global DEI strategist and trainer at PowerToFly; Limor Bergman, director of Product Business Development at PowerToFly; Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD, founder and CEO of Gemma; Julie Solomon, brand expert and coach, author and host of "the Influencer" podcast; Alexandra Sourbis, senior public relations and communications manager at Elvie; and Sarah Lacy, founder and CEO of ChairmanMe. "The income penalty for moms taking a break from work is 15% per child under the age of 5, and for Black and Indigenous women, it is nearly 20%," said Amri Kibbler, co-founder and chief community officer at HeyMama. "The unprecedented departure of women from the labor force over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic could set women back financially for decades. The Motherhood on the Resume® campaign has never been more necessary. It's imperative that employers and colleagues recognize the skills we bring to the table because we are mothers, not in spite of it." Reaching more than 350,000 mothers in all 50 states, HeyMama is redefining the way working motherhood is valued. For more information about HeyMama's Motherhood on the Resume® campaign and to register for the event, visit Motherhood on the Resume 2022 . This year's sponsors of HeyMama's Motherhood on the Resume® include Elvie, Evereve, PowerToFly and MullenLowe . About HeyMama: HeyMama is a membership-based professional networking group for moms that connects mothers who are growing careers and families. The juggle is real, and we're here to provide you with a community of women and experiences to propel you forward. Follow us on Instagram , Facebook and  Twitter. Contact:

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HeyMama Launches Its Second Annual 'Motherhood on the Resume'® Campaign and Event To Address Growing Female Recession

White Men Are Getting The Most Funding In The Diversity Recruitment Space
An Unsought $50M Round Raises Questions about how Change Happens
Jibril Sulaiman is founder of Incluzion, a firm in the diversity recruitment space. Three weeks ago, Canvas, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based diversity recruitment platform, hit headlines for its $50 million series C round. There’s just one thing: the diversity hiring platform was founded by two white men. Canvas, previously JumpStart, was founded in 2017 by Ben Herman, who started his career as a director of quantitative trading at Westbourne Partners in London and later founded a recruiting firm, and Adam Gefkovicz, who, according to the Forbes article, interned in Silicon Valley and noticed everyone looked like him. With its most recent round, the company has raised a total of nearly $83 million, according to Crunchbase . Herman told Forbes the company wasn’t even actively raising capital, but couldn’t turn down working with Bay Area-based Owl Ventures. New York City-based Jopwell, Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams’ successful hiring platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American people, has raised nearly $12 million, according to Crunchbase . San Francisco-based Blendoor, founded by Stephanie Lampkin, provides diversity ratings to companies. She’s raised about $165,000, according to Crunchbase . Canvas’s funding round highlights old patterns in early stage venture and venture capital, which despite all the attention paid to diversity in 2020-21, show few signs of changing. There’s immediate outrage, followed by little sign of change. Meanwhile, women and people of color who have long been working in the space put their heads down and go back to work. Immediate Outrage
The immediate outrage was clear. “excuse me what the fuck, how many poc and woc specifically have been working on this problem out of deep personal understanding and motivation and this is how the funding goes? ?” wrote Tracy Chou, who co-founded Project Include, on Twitter. Canvas did not return a request for comment and Owl Ventures could not be reached at the time of publication. Jibril Sulaiman, who founded Incluzion in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2019, spoke out, but saw little result. “One week update since the Canvas diversity outrage. Not one investor (Black or otherwise) has reached out nor has a single warm intro has been made. It’s okay though,” he wrote on Sept. 23. He did get two requests following that tweet, but none that fit right. Sulaiman has raised $76,000 through regulation crowdfunding, he said. He feels like he hit a “brick wall” while pitching his company and applying to accelerators in 2018 and 2019. When he was raising, he found some investors said they weren’t interested because they had a recruitment-related company in their portfolio already– even if it was unrelated to Incluzion’s diversity and remote-work focus. He’s also noticed investors are more likely to fund white male-founded startups that are finding product-to-market fit, but for founders of color, investors want that product-to-market fit already intact. “There are a number of DEI solutions out there that should be funded in the same way,” he said. … “That’s the least that I would like to see as a positive outcome of all of this. Because no matter what, you can’t take that money away from them (Canvas).”
Meanwhile, the decisions of some founders of color and women, who have long been working in the space, to grow their companies slowly and deliberately were thrown into sharp relief. The Different Experience of White Women
Katharine Zaleski founded New York City-based PowertoFly with Milena Berry in 2014 and the two raised about $8 million in 2015. Since then, the women haven’t tried to raise more because they’d rather focus on building a highly scalable product and retaining customers and partners than rushing to build connections to reach the goals set for investors, Zaleski said. When the two pivoted the platform to diversity recruitment from focusing on working mothers, Zaleski and Berry hired people with diverse experiences to fill the gaps they couldn’t. “As a white woman, I really had to take a step back and hire people who had very different experiences than me and listen to them and learn from them in order to build a platform that really serves underrepresented groups and get the results that they need,” she said. They have a team of 30 people in the U.S. Most established founders in the space are staying silent, at least publicly. One questioned the advantage to be had in speaking out in an emailed response to Times of E. 
“As time and time again we’ve seen, the level of funding received by the all white-male team trumps that of founders of color — in this case at least 8x for the all-white male team,” Kimmy Paluch, the co-founder of Long Beach, Calif.-based BetaBoom, which funds mostly Black and other diverse founders, wrote in an email in response to Times of E’s query. “The most striking part is not just the funding level, but how easily the Canvas team says they received funding even when they weren’t looking for it — the team wasn’t even knocking on doors. “I think this is the point that stung hardest for underrepresented founders where they feel this would never be the case,” she said.“It’s tough to know everything from the outside but it does echo in ways that we’ve seen too many times for us not to ask questions.”
Herman does represent diversity in a different sense, Paluch notes: he’s a high school dropout from the UK and has spoken about being previously incarcerated. Zaleski is not worried the large funding round will automatically make Canvas impossible to compete with. The industry is one based on relationships and connections, she said, and PowertoFly, like many other platforms in the space, has strong ones. “At the end of the day, funding doesn’t give clients underrepresented hires that they’re looking for, that’s built on relationships and a really solid product, and providing the right kind of content to the talent that you’re looking to recruit,” she said. “You can’t buy that.”
 
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White Men Are Getting The Most Funding In The Diversity Recruitment Space

Diversity-Focused Career Fair And Talks With Valerie Jarrett, Carla Harris, & More On Feb. 1st - Feb. 5th
PowerToFly's Diversity Reboot 2021: The 100-Day Kickoff Connects 10k+ with Leaders and Hiring Managers focused on Inclusive Workplaces
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Women-led startup PowerToFly is hosting their third Diversity Reboot Summit from February 1st to February 5th, culminating in a virtual career fair connecting underrepresented talent with companies committed to building more diverse and inclusive teams. "Presidents use their first 100 days to supercharge their future-oriented progress," explained PowerToFly CoFounders Katharine Zaleski and Milena Berry. "We're bringing that same energy to thousands of participants with the help of our incredible speaker lineup, from Representative Val Demings to legendary organizer Ai-jen Poo. "We want attendees, whether they're looking for a new role or want to build out a team, to make actionable plans that they can execute on," added Berry. Zaleski explained the importance of concluding the Summit with a career fair: "We'll be connecting people directly to Facebook, Amazon, and more companies that have made very public diversity and inclusion commitments. It's on us to ensure these companies meet thousands of diverse candidates who we know will make fantastic hires. " 
Career Fair attendees will hear about companies' open roles, DEI initiatives, and culture, but the majority of the time will be left for attendees to ask company representatives their questions. "We've known for a long time that it's not about telling underrepresented candidates to apply. It's about showing them they belong. The career fair will help candidates get a sense for this virtually at a time when they can't visit offices in-person," said Berry. The Career Fair, like the rest of the Summit, will be especially focused on increasing Black and Latinx representation. Zaleski added, "Gender diversity is just one component of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As we expand, we're actively shifting towards a more holistic and intersectional approach to DEI." Learn more about the Summit and register for free here . ABOUT POWERTOFLY
Major brands  partner with PowerToFly to build and retain more diverse teams, leveraging their database of 25+ million diverse candidate profiles. View original content: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diversity-focused-career-fair-and-talks-with-valerie-jarrett-carla-harris--more-on-feb-1st--feb-5th-301216543.html

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