#black-employee-network
💥 Cracker Barrel is reading the room:

“CULTURE & BELONGING”

“These voluntary, employee-led organizations are open to all employees and provide opportunities to network, develop leadership skills, and serve as cross-functional resources for our teams.”

Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ employee groups:
August 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hey @naebumaye.bsky.social and @jazzpomegranate.bsky.social , you'll never guess what my company called one of their DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) employee resource groups...
May 9, 2024 at 2:50 PM
I'm sorry are you addressing me or the Black Employee Network?
May 9, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Cenk, Hasan, DSA Lefty are all anti-Black, I've known this for years. I called out Robert Kennedy Jr last year as a white supremacist but people didn't care.

variety.com/2018/digital...
Young Turks Founder Cenk Uygur Denies Ex-Employee’s Race-Discrimination Allegations
The Young Turks has been targeted with a racial-discrimination complaint by a former employee — which TYT Network founder and CEO Cenk Uygur has called “baseless.” Andrew Jones, a black journalist who...
variety.com
April 23, 2026 at 4:40 AM
At a powerful Black History Month breakfast this week, the Minneapolis Black Employee Network honored Black leaders, was affirmed by a City Council resolution, and addressed rising ICE activity and its impact on our neighbors. Celebration and solidarity go hand in hand.
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said, “And in the [DEI] programs where we were having a real impact, we doubled down.” (CNBC)

Oklahoma's Treasurer announced in Feb. he was targeting Amazon, saying "too many corporate actors are using their influence" to "double down on DEI."

www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-j...
Enjoyed kicking off Black History Month with our employee-led group, the… | Andy Jassy | 149 comments
Enjoyed kicking off Black History Month with our employee-led group, the Black Employee Network (BEN), on campus earlier this morning. We’re fortunate to have… | 149 comments on LinkedIn
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March 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
post 2020, every black/black studies prof I knew was getting calls about doing Juneteenth keynotes.

I did several myself for some community colleges, a black employee network within a large corporate entity… but I’d say I stopped hearing about that kind of thing by 2023.
May 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Keep in mind that the employee who sued Paula Deen for racial discrimination was Lisa Jackson, a white woman.

Be like Lisa.

She blew the whistle on Deen’s racism against Black employees, n-word use, and her desire for a plantation themed wedding for her son with Black servers as enslaved people.
September 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Now in its 10th year, the Black, Latino, Asian, and Multiracial Employee Resource Network (BLAM) at MSK is hosting a food drive to benefit MSK’s Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities Service (IHCD) Food to Overcome Outcome Disparities.

Learn more: bit.ly/3WuevPD
January 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thank you to our Black Employee Network (BEN) for hosting a cookout that brought colleagues together to connect, build community, and celebrate the unique experiences of Black staff at the Office of the Attorney General.
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Former Chick-fil-A worker #ThomasWade filed a lawsuit alleging racist abuse from his colleagues.
www.binnews.com/content/2025...
Black Chick-fil-A Worker Called 'Ape', Threatened To Be 'Put In Cage' | BIN: Black Information Network
A Black employee at Chick-fil-A has filed a lawsuit alleging that he endured racist abuse from coworkers who called him an "ape" and threatened to be put in a cage.
www.binnews.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Butterfly Conservation's newest Scotland team member is on a mission to help farmers make money by helping wildlife 🦋

Apithanny Bourne is inviting land owners and managers in the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway to take part in a study to see if they could benefit from #GreenFinance schemes.
May 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
CNN has reported that a DOGE employee nicknamed "Big Balls" has accounts on Russian social media platforms, he worked for a network marketing firm know for hiring reformed Black Hat hackers and owns an LLC that owns several web domains some of which are registered in Russia.
February 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 The company will maintain internal employee groups such as "Trans at Google," "Black Googler Network" and the "Disability Alliance," but are not looking to hit goals of hiring more employees from under-represented groups.
Google scraps diversity-based hiring targets
www.rnz.co.nz
February 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
so.. we have these different employee resource groups at my jobs where marginalized folks can find community and network with people like themselves.. I'm in charge of the black people one for my site and i'm also the science ed chair for the group nationally. Anywho.. we put together...
July 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I thought this part in particular was interesting! I'll have to pay close attention to her interactions when I get back to normal Overwatch
April 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Natalie Smith is a Springer Nature Production Controller, a SN Black Employee Network leader, and a Well-being Champion. In this Q&A she talks about mental health and the Black experience.

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MentalHealth
SDG3: Natalie Smith on mental health and the Black experience
Nat is the SN Production Controller, a SN Black Employee Network leader, and a Well-being Champion. This Q&A relates to SDG3 Target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
spklr.io
May 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Good on you, UP.

“Union Pacific's "We Are ONE" Employee Resource Group (ERG) Commemorative Locomotive debuted in 2021, celebrating UP's employee resource groups. No. 1979 is numbered for the year UP's first ERG, the Black Employee Network (BEN), was established.
April 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy Wednesday y'all. Volunteering at a pride employee network event today. Upping that visibility. Hope your day is going well.
June 26, 2024 at 5:23 PM
We are excited to share that SN BEN has been shortlisted as finalist in the Outstanding Ethnicity Network category at the Employee Network Awards 2025.

Congratulations to all colleagues involved! 🎉

See all finalists: http://spklr.io/63321B6oiR

#ENA25 #BePartOfProgress
June 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM