A group of Black state lawmakers is stepping up pressure on Google, Facebook, Twitter and others to diversify their workforces in 2015 through more robust outreach, training and hiring in minority communities.
The National Black Caucus of State Legislators recently ratified a resolution, “Supporting the Diversification of Tech Industry’s Empowerment,” which was sponsored by State representatives, Gilda Cobb-Hunter,D-S.C., Joe Armstrong, D-Tenn., Alan Williams,D-Fla, and Geraldine Thompson, D-Fla., among others, who hope the effort will begin to take root in 2015.
The group hopes to raise awareness about the problem and take concrete steps to increase minority representation in the tech industry by providing training at the local level, including at schools, universities and through business partnerships. They are also calling on Google and others to use job-training models established by civil rights groups and the telecom industry, which has worked hard to recruit minority workers over the years.
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