Kansas City Chamber Defiantly Defends DEI

Tonight we share a glimpse at the cowtown corporate discourse that contradicts a great deal of conservative criticism and recent legislation.

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THIS WEEK KANSAS CITY CORPORATE LEADERS PROCLAIM COMMITMENT TO DEI DESPITE CRITICISM!!!

Here's the rallying cry that garnered applause from the biggest companies in the metro . .  .

The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce awarded H&R Block its 2024 Champion of Diversity award Friday at the annual POWER of Diversity Breakfast. The event drew more than 900 people to the Marriott Downtown Hotel, bringing together the region’s diverse business community to celebrate leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Champion of Diversity honoree is meant to be a business that is making exceptional efforts to foster DEI in the community they serve, according to the Chamber.

Michael Gonzales — who also co-founded the Kansas City Diversity and Inclusion Consortium — said he has had many clients and consortium members ask him what to do now that they have threaded DEI into the tapestry of their organization — only to have it questioned and minimized in the current political and social climate.

“I think what you need to do — and what I tell my consortium members and my clients — is that we can’t wait for the anti-DEI wave to hit us,” Gonzales explained. “We have to be proactive and either internally or externally go and reinforce the inherent value of DEI to your organization. It can help the bottom line and how it can help you understand and relate to the emerging market.”

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KC Chamber, businesses: We won't back down from DEI initiatives; city's top diversity advocates honored