Women of Color Scaling the Corporate Ladder Is Topic
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, Oct. 20

Presented by the University’s School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences, the lecture on "Organizational Leadership and Management Including Women of Color" will take place on Monday, October 20, in the Library Learning Center Room 124. A networking reception begins at 7 p.m. followed by the workshop at 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required as seating is limited.

The keynote speaker is Tasha Kersey, an associate at Catalyst, a premier nonprofit research and advisory organization dedicated to helping women advance in the business world. It is ranked as number one among U.S. non-profits focused on women’s issues by The American Institute of Philanthropy. Its dual mission is to enable women to achieve their full professional potential and to help employers capitalize on women's talents and abilities.

"The workshop is intended for anyone interested in climbing the career ladder," says organizer Beverly Lyons, an associate professor of public administration in the business school, "We prepare our graduates for leadership positions in companies seeking diversity."

The event is co-sponsored by the Master of Public Administration Program, the Public Administration Society and the MPA Alumni Association. For more information and to RSVP, call Maria Yangas at (718) 488-1071.

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Some 30,000 students currently are enrolled at the university’s three residential and three regional campuses, including nearly 11,000 at the Brooklyn Campus. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.