There are 3 article(s) tagged Roquita Coleman-Williams:

• April 2019

  • Diversity isn’t an item on a bucket list

    'My insight on diversity had come from experience as the diverse candidate or double minority. My experience had come as a benefactor of diverse hiring initiatives that opened doors that would have otherwise been closed to someone like me.' 

    By Roquita Coleman-Williams April 10, 2019

• March 2019

  • A ‘hard-headed woman’ committed to inclusion

    'I’m pretty certain it was that Memphis grit and grind that I wasn’t always so comfortable with that helped me earn a license as a locomotive conductor at nearly 40 years old.'

    By Roquita Coleman-Williams March 24, 2019

• February 2019

  • Empathy a common theme among 2019 TEDxMemphis speakers

    In a series of 18 TEDxMemphis talks, speakers shared their "ideas worth spreading," with the common thread of empathy emerging during the event. 

    By Elle Perry February 03, 2019