The city of Fort Wayne was looking for a pathway to healing after the death of George Floyd.
As a result, city leaders and businesses came together to see how more opportunities could benefit the black and brown community through a new initiative called United Front.
The city of fort wayne was looking for a pathway to healing after the death of george floyd.today city leaders and businesses came together to see how more opportunities could benefit the black and brown community through a new initiative.fox 55's jentill neal tells us more.
Fort wayne united's mission is to enhance the life of black men and boys.their newest initiative introduced today called united front will give presidents and ceo's of local companies the tools to understand their employees and become appealing to people of all backgrounds.> 00:30:54-00:30:54"ceos and presidents were already asking us what do we do and how do we do it, so for us to provide that answer to them, it has not been a hard sell at all which was very encouraging."to facilitate the strategies,they will have dr. pascal losambe conducting educational sessions.some of the things covered are implicit bias, facing the fears of having open dialogue, and stress of minorities.starting in october, there will be zoom sessions on these topics for ceo's and presidents to join.> 00:27:33-00:28:01"it starts with a strong vision at the top.
If the captains of industry in this city are buying into this concept to make their organizations, to make society more inclusive and more equitable, everybody benefits from that especially those who have not been given a voice for so long.
With that humility, you will start to get change in an organization."
The goal is to have everyone who is involved- implement what is learned in the workplace.matthew purkey has only been in fort wayne a few months, but has already made the effort to become involved in this initiative as the new president and ceo of united way allen county.>"the community is best when the community is at its best.
Allen county and fort wayne itself is a diverse community in which we all need to be at our best.
When we're firing off all cylinders it benefits us all."an invite is extended to all business leaders in the city.in fort wayne, jentill neal fox 55 news if you would like to learn more about the educational sessions, we have a link on our website that