PinnedCultivating Economic Shifts through Centering Black Women BestBy: Fanta Traore In 2020 and 2021, the death of George Floyd — may he rest in eternal peace — caused a corporate racial reckoning. Leaders of businesses large and small proclaimed their commitments to making a serious change to address systemic racism and oppression. In aggregate, 49.5 …Economics3 min readEconomics3 min read
PinnedA Year in Review Since “An Open Letter to Economic Institutions in the Face of #BlackLivesMatter”Addressed to our Allies in the Economics Community It’s been one year, and a few weeks since the Sadie Collective original Open Letter was published, sparking and adding to public discourse about the role of economic institutions in addressing racism and inequities. This letter, a response to the original, intends…Black Women6 min readBlack Women6 min read
PinnedWhy are Black Women Missing from Corporate Leadership?To understand our absence, academic and corporate settings must begin with who enters the pipeline. — From Apple and Google to PepsiCo and Estée Lauder, the past several months have seen corporations making high-dollar public commitments and launching new initiatives to combat racism in the workplace and in society at large. Still, with recent controversial comments from the CEO of Wells Fargo about a supposed lack…Diversity9 min readDiversity9 min read
Mar 1, 2021Our Next ChapterWelcoming Fanta Traore as CEO of The Sadie Collective and Anna Gifty Opoku Agyeman as Chair of the Advisory Board. — In August 2018, I embarked on a journey that changed my life forever. As one of the co-founders of The Sadie Collective, I joined Fanta Traore to help bring more attention to Black women in economics and related fields after our shared experiences of racial isolation. The journey has been…Diversity3 min readDiversity3 min read
Jun 12, 2020Member-onlyAn Open Letter to Economic Institutions In The Face of #BlackLives MatterAddressed to Our Allies in the Economics Community — This letter is about whether you will choose to stand on the right side of history as your Black colleagues are hurting. Every day we do our best to show up for work, despite understanding that COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted our communities. Additionally, over the past weeks, the proliferation of…Economics10 min readEconomics10 min read
