INROADS Impact Series
Investing in Racial Equity: More Than A Moment
With more than $66 billion invested by corporations over the last year, can the momentum towards advancing racial equity be sustained? If so, how? These were among the questions examined during INROADS’ virtual roundtable that featured four executive thought leaders representative of consumer goods, asset management, healthcare, and management consulting industries.
Featured Panelists:
- Susan Stith, Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion & Civic Affairs, Cigna; Executive Director, Cigna Foundation
- Frantz Alphonse, Senior Managing Partner, Ariel Alternatives & Co-Founder, Project Black
- Shelley Stewart III, Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Barron Witherspoon, Senior Vice President, Global Industry Affairs & Corporate Race Initiative, P&G
Resources:
The Economic Landscape (Presentation Slides)
- Racial Wealth Gap (McKinsey)
- Wealth & Health Connection (McKinsey / Cigna)
Solutions & Examples (Presentation Slides)
- Ideas for Fortune 500 CEOs (Ariel Alternatives)
- Cigna’s Building Equity & Equality Program
- Internal/External Strategies (McKinsey)
- Key Factors for Collaborative Approaches (McKinsey)
More:
- Read how INROADS helps curb the racial wealth gap
- Read McKinsey articles, It’s time for a new approach to racial equity (McKinsey) and America 2021: The opportunity to advance racial equity (McKinsey)
- Watch Susan Stith speak on Why Inclusion, Belonging & Equity Are More Important Than Ever
- Watch Frantz Alphonse speak on Inclusion Capitalism
- Learn about the launch of Ariel Alternatives and Project Black
- Watch P&G’s The Choice and The Look: A Story About Bias in America (P&G)
- Read about P&G’s Corporate Race Initiative
- Learn more about the multi-corporation initiative: Take on Race
- Review Cigna’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Promise and watch highlights from Cigna’s Experience Diversity Summit