As the Enterprise Chair of Pfizer’s Global Black Community colleague resource group, my leadership team and I outlined four priorities for 2024 that are aimed at helping Pfizer attract and retain Black talent at all levels within the company.
One of these priorities, which I am proud to share here, is our expanded engagement with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the students they serve. Last week, in honor of the MLK Holiday in the United States, we held a program titled, “Preserving the Dream: Advancing Education and Equity for MLK’s Legacy” with special guests, Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, President, Benedict College (SC), Dr. Paulette Dillard, President, Shaw University (NC), and Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Howard University (DC).
We were excited to introduce not only these outstanding women to our diverse population of colleagues at Pfizer but also the value of an HBCU education.
In the words of Dr. King, a Morehouse College graduate, “I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits." Like Dr. King, we can all empower change.