NBA Cares works with internationally recognized youth-serving programs that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes, including: Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Special Olympics, YMCA of the USA, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, UNICEF, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Share Our Strength and GLSEN.
“TMCF is proud to identify talent from our nation’s publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions to learn, engage and make a positive impact in such a critically important policy area.”
HBCUs, a common acronym for the institutions, is a crucial albeit often overlooked part of our country’s history. Some, like Cheyney, were founded before the Civil War. But the vast majority of HBCUs were founded after the war’s end to educate the millions of freed African-Americans.
For McDonald’s and its independent franchisees, core soft skills like teamwork, customer service and responsibility are vitally important to the work in McDonald’s restaurants. And, as a brand that gives many young people their first jobs every year, we know these skills are especially important to those just starting out.
It also has a range of recruitment efforts to attract employees of different backgrounds. One unique program is Moguls in the Making, a collaboration with rapper Big Sean and his foundation and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. It’s a competition that “aims to prepare and empower young black entrepreneurs,” said Reggie Willis, senior director of diversity and inclusion at Ally.
Theodore (Ted) Colbert, CIO of The Boeing Company, won the Digital Innovation Award at the ITSMF Technology Achievement ceremony on Friday in Atlanta, GA. Currently, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors for The Thurgood Marshall College Fund.