GD eNews | Vol. 3, No. 5 | March 12, 2004

Announcing New GreaterDiversity.com
and GDN Sponsors:

Progress Energy
Progress Energy provides equitable opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses to participate in the supply of goods and services. [FURTHER_ DETAILS]
North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development
The Institute's working philosophy is that--information and business development are critical to wealth creation and to building the asset base among low-wealth sectors of the population. [FURTHER_ DETAILS ]

A Road to the Future - Latina, Laotian, Hmong and Mixtec Women: One Story
In a project sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Fresno, the Hmong, Lao, Mexican, Salvadoran and Mixteca women grew close as they met together to discuss their lives and hopes for a better future. The book "Immigrant Women, A Road to the Future" is the end of one process and the beginning of another: the common future that they are committed to build. [FULL_TEXT]

Race, Racism and the Law
The US News & World Report rankings are out, and law professors are dashing to find out how their schools rank, so this is a good time to issue an alert: If you are a black, Hispanic, Asian or Indian law school applicant who has been denied admission — Listen up! You may have been discriminated against based on your race. [FULL_TEXT]

Access for People With Disabilities Will Be
Critical This Election Year
A few years ago, I found out that my neighborhood Democratic caucus was in a private home, but the home has four or five steps to the front door. That posed a problem for me as a wheelchair user. I was tempted to stay home and watch the results on television. But I showed up anyway, asserting my right to participate in the democratic process. The whole meeting was moved to the host’s front lawn. [FULL_TEXT]

Prisons No Place For the Mentally Ill
It is rare to find police, sheriffs, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, prison officials and human rights activists all on the same page. But across the criminal justice spectrum there is a striking consensus that something has gone painfully awry: the nation’s jails and prisons have become mental health facilities — a role for which they are singularly ill-equipped. [FULL_TEXT]

Fayetteville State University Psychology Students Selected to Attend SMEP Minority Student Conference

Fayetteville, NC — Two Fayetteville State University (FSU) students, Ms. Jeanette Burke and Mr. John Sampson, have been selected for the first time by the Society of Mutivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) to attend the Minority Student Conference at the Atlanta University Center (site of Clark-Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College and Spelman College) in Atlanta, Ga., from March 13-14, 2004. Conference sponsors will pay student expenses. [FULL_TEXT]

Our Sponsors: We feature companies who have demonstrated a commitment to greater diversity in their communities and employment practices. The below companies, by listing their jobs with GD, are expanding the equal opportunity umbrella for minorities and women. Discover the power of greater diversity, contact us about adding your company to Diversity Profiles! [LEARN_MORE]

NBFEA.com Endorser Comments
Renounce and Denounce the N-word Resolution
Please help all of us stop the use of this word in public schools.
(online at http://www.NBFEA.com)