“Local employers should be commended for taking a bold step to explore diversity in their hiring and procurement practices because this work can collectively transform how we retain professionals of color and support minority-owned local businesses. "The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga has been working for years to bring attention to endemic racial disparities in our region, most notably through our recent State of Black Chattanooga report that documented how Black households continue to fall behind with regard to educational attainment, employment, and earnings,” said Candy Johnson, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, which is partnering with Hinton & Company on the CCI. The CCI will use data to create a window into how our local employers are doing and where there still may be areas of opportunity.” I think there is a collective sense that while everyone wants to make Chattanooga a more inclusive city for all but we need to know where we are as business community. “The number of organizations that have responded indicate to us that there is a clear appetite among local leaders to understand the state of DEI at their organizations and to see how some of the most impactful employers in our region are making progress in this. "The response we have seen so far has been really encouraging,” said Hinton & Company founder Wade Hinton, who designed the CCI survey.
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