Moving the needle on progress

Moving the needle on progress

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In no uncertain terms, 2020 has truly been a year of reckoning for the US: Donald Trump is vying for a second term in the White House. Tragic killings of black civilians at the hands of white law enforcement provoke widespread outrage and demands to ‘defund the police’. A deadly global pandemic is ruining lives and upending the economy, and the President suggests intravenous disinfectant may be the cure.

As the year’s events exceed even the sharpest satire, and with the country at its most divided in living memory, to the average onlooker it may appear impossible to envision anyone making inroads to promote tolerance, mutual respect, diversity or inclusion. On the contrary, such widespread discontent has compelled individuals and companies alike to double down on their commitment to equality, take pause to examine their attitudes to race, to gender, and to any traditionally ‘othered’ group in society, and ultimately to take bold and meaningful actions to combat injustice.

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