BASICS
CORPORATE
HISTORY 101
HISTORY 202
DEI FACTS & STATS
100
True or False: Equity and Equality are the same?
False! Equity = fair treatment and equal opportunities. Equality = everyone gets the same
100
The founder of this company has given away his entire $3 Billion dollar company to combat climate change?
Patagonia (Yvon Chouinard)
100
True or false: As of June 2021, 13% of executives in the music industry are from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups?
True. However, nearly half (50%) of the performers on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end charts over the last 10 years were from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.
100
How many Americans (out of ~340 million total) currently live with food allergies?
20 million
100
Of all Fortune 500 CEOs, 4% (N=20) are ____?
Hispanic/Latinx
200
What does a 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion conversation' begin with?
Acknowledging inclusion
200
The CEO of this consumer tech company, is one of the most outspoken advocates for LGBTQ+ rights
Apple, Tim Cook
200
Who is the Sequoia tree named after?
Cherokee Chief Sequoya or Sikwayi invented a phonetic alphabet of 86 symbols for the Cherokee language (a 'Syllabary'). Born between 1760 and 1776, in Tuskegee; Died in 1843, near Tyler, Texas.
2 minute, 22 second video: 
200
President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which did this?
The US Government apologized for forcibly relocating and incarcerating about 120,000 people of Japanese descent into ten American concentration camps during WWII and paid $20,000 to 82,000 Japanese Americans (~$52K in 2023 money, adjusted for inflation ~10% of the Japanese American population in the U.S.).
200
Of all Fortune 500 CEOs, 3% (N=15) are _____?
Asian (includes both East Asian and South Asian)
300
Why is DEI important in workplaces?
To create a positive and innovative work culture
300
In June 2020, this streaming service showcased content about 'Racial Injustice and blackness'
Netflix
300
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta’s (leaders of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s) efforts resulted in this American history first?
One of the first successful labor unions of farm workers - United Farm Workers.
Together, they founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later merged with other organizations to become the United Farm Workers of America, and improved some of the living and working conditions in the Latino community. Huerta is also known for coining “Si se puede!” (Yes we can!), which has become of the most recognizable slogans and has inspired many civil rights causes.
300
True or False: The first Special Olympics competition was held in Chicago (Soldier Field) on August 2, 1968.
True
300
Of all Fortune 500 CEOs, 81% (N=405) are ___?
White men
400
True or false: the best way to embrace diversity and inclusivity is by practicing empathy?
True
400
True or False: Goldman Sachs will only take companies public if they have at least one 'diverse' board member, with a focus on women.
True
400
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (signed into law by President Gerald Ford in 1974) gave American women the right to do this?
Open a credit card or bank account in their own name (without a signature from a man).
400
"We are coming to Washington to get our check!" was a line in a speech given by this famous Civil rights leader?
Martin Luther King Jr. 1 minute & 15 seconds video below. February 1968 (text below the video)
“At the very same time that America refused to give the Negro any land, through an act of Congress, our government was giving away millions of acres of land in the West and the mid-West, which meant that it was willing to undergird its white peasants from Europe with an economic floor.
“But not only did they give the land, they built land grant colleges with government money to teach them how to farm. Not only that, they provided county agents to further their expertise in farming. Not only that, they provided low interest rates in order that they could mechanize their farms. Not only that, today many of these people are receiving millions of dollars in federal subsidies not to farm.
“And they are the very people telling the black man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps. And this is what we are faced with. Now this is the reality. Now when we come to Washington, in this campaign, we are coming to get our check."
400
True of False: 10.4% (N=54) of all Fortune 500 CEOs are women
True!
500
How much money does a family of 4 have to make (per year in 2024) to be at the poverty line in the U.S.?
$31,200 per year.
500
This northeast based company is well-known for its activism related to the environment, gender, race, and sexual orientation.
Ben & Jerry's (Vermont)
500
Where & when did the first Pride Parades take place?
1970 in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago
500
How many food deserts are currently in the United States?
There are over 6,500 food deserts in the U.S. These are places where economics and geography make it harder for people to access healthy, nutritious food.
500
Of all Fortune 500 CEOs, 1.2% (N=6) are ___?
Black/African American. Only two (as of June 2024) are Black Women:
1) Toni Townes-Whitley, CEO of SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation):
2) Roz Brewer, CEO of Walgreens:
