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Inclusion is worth fighting for! Establishing and maintaining an inclusive workplace is an ongoing task, but any improvement in inclusion will inevitably improve the work-life for all involved. For example, Odyssey Impact® began instituting Mental Health Mondays to help those struggling with their mental health during the pandemic. These days have been a wonderful benefit for all, which have now become a permanent fixture at Odyssey Impact®.

Inclusion is worth fighting for! Establishing and maintaining an inclusive workplace is an ongoing task, but any improvement in inclusion will inevitably improve the work-life for all involved. For example, Odyssey Impact® began instituting Mental Health Mondays to help those struggling with their mental health during the pandemic. These days have been a wonderful benefit for all, which have now become a permanent fixture at Odyssey Impact®.

(RNS) — The isolation of 2020 and 2021 compounded many traumas of Americans’ private and social lives. As communities of faith reopen their doors, faith leaders can see the toll that this pandemic has taken. In the polite social interactions or prayer requests, leaders are squarely facing a litany of losses due to illness, financial insecurity and political distrust. People of faith are still processing the other epidemics of police brutality and systemic racism.

As the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre arrives on Monday (May 31), the nation is being forced to look at a past filled with racial violence. But while many will look at the racial terrorism wrought for two days on Black residents of the city, it becomes easy to overlook the center point of Tulsa’s Greenwood District: a vibrant area of Black-owned businesses run by residents who were in the process of building wealth and a community for their families to inherit.

A new documentary explores the history and family stories of the Tulsa race massacre. Nailah Jefferson, the director of “Descended from the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street,” and Byron Crenshaw, who is featured in the film, joined CBSN’s Tanya Rivero to talk about it.

Odyssey Impact® ® partners with REFORM Alliance for the 2021 Youth and Criminal Justice Forum — a transparent, roundtable discussion that will provide a select group of Gen-Z’ers the unique opportunity to speak directly to the social changemakers working to reform the American criminal legal system. The panel will be moderated by Rev. Dr. Brianna Parker, Founder of the Black Millennial Cafe, and will feature prominent activists and influencers, including Pete Monsanto Jr., star of Run For His Life, and Jessica Jackson, Chief Advocacy Officer of the REFORM Alliance and co-founder of #cut50.

Odyssey Impact® ® partners with REFORM Alliance for the 2021 Youth and Criminal Justice Forum — a transparent, roundtable discussion that will provide a select group of Gen-Z’ers the unique opportunity to speak directly to the social changemakers working to reform the American criminal legal system. The panel will be moderated by Rev. Dr. Brianna Parker, Founder of the Black Millennial Cafe, and will feature prominent activists and influencers, including Pete Monsanto Jr., star of Run For His Life, and Jessica Jackson, Chief Advocacy Officer of the REFORM Alliance and co-founder of #cut50.

Odyssey Impact® ® partners with REFORM Alliance for the 2021 Youth and Criminal Justice Forum — a transparent, roundtable discussion that will provide a select group of Gen-Z’ers the unique opportunity to speak directly to the social changemakers working to reform the American criminal legal system. The panel will be moderated by Rev. Dr. Brianna Parker, Founder of the Black Millennial Cafe, and will feature prominent activists and influencers, including Pete Monsanto Jr., star of Run For His Life, and Jessica Jackson, Chief Advocacy Officer of the REFORM Alliance and co-founder of #cut50.

ESPN is set to look back at iconic moments in sports through the lens of photographer Walter Iooss with the three-part docuseries GOATS: The Greatest of All Time, directed by Kevin Kaufman.

Tiger Woods is reflecting on how his golf success during his childhood — and the resilience he developed as a result of previous losses — helped pave the way for him to become the celebrated athlete he is today.