Chief Diversity Officer (CDO)

Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2021 Gains Traction

By Joanna Kim-Brunetti | August 5, 2021

Gender-based pay inequities have long pervaded American sports, but a growing number of lawmakers and athletes are advocating for a solution: “equal pay for equal play.” This principle is embodied in the “Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2021,” a bipartisan piece of legislation reintroduced to the Senate on Jul. 13, 2021. Originally brought…

DEI Measurement, Analysis, & Implementation During COVID-19

By Mark Dwyer, PhD | September 3, 2020

7 minute read: COVID-19’s Assault on Equality It is well-known that the global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities by race/ethnicity, gender, education level, and income. Here in Los Angeles, the mortality rate for the least affluent communities is four times larger than that in the most affluent communities. Black and Hispanic/Latinx death rates are more…