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A Diversify Summit For This Moment In Chattanooga

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published June 16, 2020 at 9:12 PM EDT

Chattanooga’s Diversify Summit takes place on Friday.

The summit - hosted by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce - highlights diversity, inclusion and the 21st Century workplace.

But this year, due to COVID-19, Diversify will be held on Zoom - as a virtual seminar and discussion session.

The summit comes as the Chamber recently adopted a statement of solidarity to fight racism, after the killing of George Floyd and ongoing protests against police brutality.

Keynote speaker for “Diversify” is Professor Manuel Pastor, director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

We spoke with him - and Darian Scott, the Chamber’s director of talent and economic inclusion...