b"BEING BLACK . continued from page 11520 identify as Black, 1,783 as White,150participants;aqualitativeques-549 as Hispanic, 674 as Asian, 135 astionnaireofnearly200participants; two or more races, and 75 as anotherand one-on-one interviews with more race or ethnicity) between the ages ofthan 40 people.21and65currentlyemployedfull- ResearchPartner:TheExecutive timeorself-employedinwhite-collarLeadershipCouncil.Research professions, with at least a bachelor'sSponsors: Danaher, Interpublic Group, degree. Data were weighted to be rep- Johnson&Johnson,KPMG,Morgan resentative of the U.S. population onStanley,Pfizer,Unilever,TheWalt key demographics (age, sex, education,Disney Company.race/ethnicity,andcensusdivision). ThebaseusedforstatisticaltestingResearchAdvisors:Dr.EllaBell was the effective base. Smith,Professor,TuckSchoolof This survey was conducted by NORCBusiness,DartmouthCollege;Trudy at the University of Chicago under theBourgeois,FounderandCEO,The auspicesofCTI.NORCwasrespon- CenterforWorkforceExcellence; sible for data collection, while CTI con- Dr.KatherineGiscombe,Founder, ducted the analysis. The research alsoGiscombe & Associates; Skip Spriggs, includesin-personfocusgroupsandPresidentandCEO,TheExecutive virtualfocusgroupswithmorethanLeadershipCouncil;Dr.AdiaHarvey Wingfield,ProfessorofSociologyand MaryTilestonHemenwayProfessorin Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis.AbouttheCenterforTalent Innovation:TheCenterforTalent Innovation(CTI)isanonprofitthink tankdedicatedtohelpingleaders designdiverseandinclusivework-placeswhereeverypersonbelongs. Foundedin2004,CTIhasproduced dozensofresearchreportsandhun-dreds of best practices on cutting edge topics.CTI'sworkisregularlycited by elite media, such as the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and theWashingtonPost.ItsTaskForce andconsultingpracticeservemulti-national corporations that impact mil-lions of employees globally. For more information,visitwww.talentinnova-tion.org.Please contact Silvia Marte (Marte@TalentInovation.org)orLaura Continued on Page 16LOCAL CALENDARDon't foget to send us your FEB Events for a FREE listing!email info to:info@bocnews.comBODY OF CHRIST NEWS JANUARY 2020 15"