Bridging the Opportunity Gap: Joshua Pierce and The Diversity Org

While Black

REVOLT

Education, Self-improvement

4.1 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In this episode of While Black, we sit down with Joshua Pierce, the visionary Founder and CEO of The Diversity Org. Joshua has been on a mission to transform the career landscapes for underrepresented students, and through his nonprofit organization, he's been instrumental in teaching students about corporate and high-income careers, paving the way for diverse talent to shine. Joshua shares his remarkable journey of establishing national and global partnerships with prestigious institutions and major corporations, including Warner Bros. Discovery, J.P. Morgan Chase, and more. His dedication to creating opportunities for the underrepresented is nothing short of extraordinary. Get ready for a conversation that's not just inspiring but also a call to action for a more inclusive and equitable future. Make sure to follow The Diversity Org on their website Don't forget to get social with While Black IG: WHILE_BLACK; TWITTER @whileblackpc; FB @whileblackpodcast or email: [email protected] Recorded @ drsatl.com Theme song Produced by Wahid Gomes and licensed through Verde Music Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.9	All of my friends were the students who were the bad students,
0:03.8	the ones who got suspended, expelled,
0:06.1	the students who were low income,
0:07.4	the students who had low grades,
0:08.8	the forgotten, the students who were in gangs,
0:11.0	all that in high school.
0:12.3	So I'm like, okay, now that I have this awakening moment,
0:16.0	this is an opportunity for me to be able to do something
0:19.6	that influences that,
0:20.8	so that I don't wanna black and brown people,
0:23.6	we could do so much more than just what we believe
0:26.8	we can do in the specific industries
0:28.8	that we've been targeting,
0:30.0	that we can do anything possible on the planet,
0:32.7	but we need to know what's there,
0:34.1	and they need that exposure young,
0:35.5	and we can't wait until it's too late.
0:37.2	Too late, too late, too late, too late.
0:46.0	Well, welcome to Wild Black,
0:48.6	a seriously opinionated podcast,
0:51.5	bringing you the real and raw on anything happening
0:54.9	Wild Black.
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