National Portrait Gallery Adds Performances to Diversify

This article is part of our latest article Special section on museumsfocusing on new artists, new audiences, and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. WASHINGTON — For centuries portraits and busts have been devoted to capturing images of the elite, leaving a distorted historical record largely confined to the “rich, pale and male”, says Kim …

The Only Solution to the Shortage of Skilled Workers? diversify

other programs such as UPGRADE They work to encourage, train and place women in construction jobs in Birmingham, Ala. Kathleen Culhane, president of Unconventional Employment for Women, or NEW, which has trained women in construction and other occupations since 1978, said the organization’s union partners now reserve 15 percent of their jobs for NEW graduates. …