PBN summit: Diversity effort evolving ‘beyond the surface level’

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MAKING A POINT: Shameem Awan, second from right, senior assistant vice president of Amica Mutual Insurance Co., speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ 2025 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards Program on Dec. 4. Also on the panel, from left, are Monika P. Zuluaga, CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; Tracey G. Wiley, executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Bally’s Corp.; and moderator Kevin Matta, senior director of people and culture at United Way of Rhode Island Inc.
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MAKING A POINT: Shameem Awan, second from right, senior assistant vice president of Amica Mutual Insurance Co., speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ 2025 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards Program on Dec. 4. Also on the panel, from left, are Monika P. Zuluaga, CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; Tracey G. Wiley, executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Bally’s Corp.; and moderator Kevin Matta, senior director of people and culture at United Way of Rhode Island Inc.
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Kevin Matta has watched the definition of diversity, equity and inclusion evolve before his eyes in Rhode Island’s corporate community. In his six years of moderating panel discussions at Providence Business News’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards Program, the senior director of people and culture at United Way of Rhode Island Inc. said

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2 COMMENTS

  1. DEI IS TOXIC, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, AND ANTI-AMERICAN. WE HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY THROUGH MERIT, INNOVATION, AND COMPETITION. THIS DEI PUSH IS WEAK + DISCRIMINATORY TO THOSE OF US WHO PERSERVERE ON A DAILY BASIS WITHOUT NEEDING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 TO END GARBAGE LIKE THIS. ENOUGH WITH THE NONSENSE PEOPLE.

  2. DEI is destructive, exclusionary and incomplete. To hire someone based off of skin color, sexual orientation or gender vs actual merit is as “anti-progressive” as it gets.