Diversity & Inclusion training programs are only as effective as the willingness of leadership to demonstrate and model inclusion. “When managers, supervisors and leaders model inclusive behaviors, employees are going to follow,” says Elmer Dixon, President of...
Elmer Dixon, president of Executive Diversity Services, was the Featured Speaker among dozens of artists and performers at the 2017 Festival Sundiata’s Black History Month “Cultural Xpressions”. The Sundiata African American Cultural Association presented the event...
An anonymous donor commissioned Seattle Artist Adrienne La Faye to paint portraits of “black icons of the past” to exhibit around Seattle, and brothers Aaron and Elmer Dixon were front center in the exhibit of her work as well as in the history of the civil rights...
Social Justice and Inclusion have always been intertwined. At Executive Diversity Services our focus is on understanding cultural differences and creating greater inclusion in the workplace, but we don't do it at the expense of understanding the root causes of racism,...
by Truc Thanh Nguyen There's an old saying that you don't realize what you have until it's gone and so it goes with privilege. According to the Webster's Dictionary – privilege denotes "a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of...
By Donna Stringer When Peggy McIntosh first published her paper on White Privilege and Male Privilege in 1988 I, like many Whites, was astounded at the list of privileges she identified. I could see my life in the entire list—many items I had been acutely aware of for...
Elmer Dixon, President of Executive Diversity Services, broadcasted the first session of a long-awaited series via Facebook Live Wednesday. The topic of his discussion was “Challenges of Policing in Diverse Communities.” Dixon acknowledged that the country “Has been...
The arrest and death of Sandra Bland is the latest episode in a string of horrifically brutal and too-often tragic encounters between law enforcement officers and Black people captured on video for the world to see and judge. Many have expressed outrage over what they...
