As Jackson, Mississippi residents have been denied the basic human right of clean water access, Jackson becomes the latest American community of color to fall victim to environmental and systemic racism.At the writing of this piece, the water from Jackson faucets is ranging from tan to dark brown with low to no water pressure. With temperatures in Jackson hovering in the mid-80s, it’s an...

Few things are more troubling to our society than the polarization gripping our country. It impacts our ability to deal with the most pressing issues of the day, ranging from climate change to energy production and consumption, from public health to economic growth. Just as importantly, it impacts our ability to have civil conversations with one another, friends, family and colleagues....

As corporate America continues to migrate back to the office following an unimaginable two-year-plus stint at home, many companies are now hyper-focused on how to keep employees engaged. Corporate citizenship has long been an important area of business, but we are at a pivotal moment where people are reevaluating their path in life and their careers. Employees want to make a stronger personal...

For the past seven years, I have served as the senior advisor for the National Millennial & Gen Z Community, a student-led group representing over 40 states and several foreign countries. Throughout the course of my advisement, I have chaperoned 32 field trips meeting dozens of college students and young professionals under 30. My conversations with young adults have shifted my views on...

I have spent more than 30 years in agency life. I am a highly competitive person — and have been from the start of my career. And while my competitive spirit is more than alive and well today, the most gratifying experience of my career has been pioneering the concept of Agency Allyship with my partner and now friend Teneshia Jackson Warner, founder and CEO of the award-winning, multicultural...

One of my colleagues asked the other day, “Has running a business always been this complex?” My initial instinct was to model resilience — of course, there have always been challenges, both internal and exogenous. However, the only accurate response was simply: no.

Recent risk reports validate this fact. For example, OnSolve measured an astonishing increase in threats facing businesses...

As companies focus on their sustainability goals it’s imperative that we prioritize people most impacted by climate change to ensure a just transition.

In addition to my CEO role at WE Communications, I’ve been working on the ground with relief organizations in Africa for nearly two decades, as my personal passion. One of the inventive projects that comes to mind when I think about...

There is no more critical issue facing our country today than voting rights. If we don’t have the right to freely cast a vote, actually cast that vote, and have it counted accurately for the candidate of our choice, our democracy is in serious jeopardy.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, last year Republican-controlled legislatures in 19 states passed 34 laws restricting...