SVLG CEO Ahmad Thomas criticized the recent Supreme Court ruling against the use of race as a criterion for higher education admissions — rolling back long-standing precedents that permitted affirmative-action programs.
Members, we hope you can join SVLG’s roundtable in San Jose on April 25 from 3:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. PDT with Supervisor Ellenberg and SVLG’s SVP of Inclusion and Belonging, Lisa Gauthier. They will dive into her priorities for her term and discuss opportunities for engagement between the county and SVLG member companies.
Members, we hope you can join SVLG’s roundtable in San Jose on April 25 from 3:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. PDT with Supervisor Ellenberg and SVLG’s SVP of Inclusion and Belonging, Lisa Gauthier. They will dive into her priorities for her term and discuss opportunities for engagement between the county and SVLG member companies.
Join us at SVLG member San Francisco State University on March 7 from 10:00 A.M – 11:30 A.M. PST for the first roundtable under our Inclusion & Belonging – Center of Expertise! We’ll hear from experts like Carmen Domingo, Dean of SFSU’s College of Science & Engineering, and Kristin Campbell Reed, Executive Director of Citizenship …
As part of SVLG’s commitment to fostering high-quality education in our region and ensuring the readiness of our future workforce, we joined with member company IBM to convene a special forum to dive into K-12 teacher preparedness and diversification.
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group invites you to join us at San Jose State University on October 12 from 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. PDT for a Teacher Diversity Forum, presented by IBM. As part of SVLG’s commitment to fostering high-quality education in our region and ensuring the readiness of our future workforce, we are …
When a tiny light went on at a table in the lunchroom at ACE Academy, cheers erupted from a group of girls working on an electronics project made up of tiny metal parts pinned to a foam block. Debbie Andres, one of three volunteers from SVLG member companies guiding groups of middle school girls through the project as part of the 2021 Young Leaders Forum, leaned in as she coached each girl, then went around to other tables to help other groups.
WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 2, 2021)—UNCF – the nation’s most effective minority education organization – and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) – California’s most dynamic business association, representing more than 350 leading companies in Silicon Valley – today announced a partnership and initiative that will connect HBCU students to internship and career opportunities within the Silicon Valley tech companies, and address longstanding tech-workforce diversity issues.
SAN JOSÉ, CA (December 1, 2021) — Federal officials from the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services will join an important conversation around mental health challenges among the nation’s youth stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation comes on the heels of a recent report issued by SVLG examining how Bay Area schools are addressing the underlying stressors and concerns facing local youth during the pandemic. The summit will also include an important announcement around establishing new career pathways between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem.
SAN JOSE, CA (October 21, 2021) — “Providing equal work for equal pay is not only fair, it’s also critical if our goal is to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology sector and innovation economy. Yet today on Latina Equal Pay Day, it’s painfully clear how much work remains to ensure that Latina employees are paid their fair share. In the U.S., Latinas are paid 43 percent less than white men and 28 percent less than white women. This means that on average, a Latina must work more than twenty three and a half months to be paid the equivalent annual earnings of her white male counterpart. SVLG urges business leaders, policymakers, and advocates to remain focused and to take action to close the gender wage gap for Latinas.”
To learn more about efforts to close the gender wage gap, please visit: http://www.equalpaytoday.org/latina-equal-pay-day-2021
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