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Author: Tammy L. Hodo

Dr. Hodo is the founder and President of All Things Diverse LLC, which provides consulting services to businesses, academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and government entities who value diversity and want to develop a high performing inclusive workforce. All Things Diverse, LLC is dedicated to helping organizations realize the full potential that can only be achieved through deliberate action. The company is committed to helping its clients create a workplace culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Some of the services her company offer include diversity, equity, and inclusion training and workshops, assessments and surveys, strategic diversity planning and diversity audits. Tammy earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Urban Studies, with a minor in Sociology in which she specializations in Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity. She worked in academia for over 18 years in a variety of positions, including faculty and university administrator. Tammy continues to be active in academia as she writes academic articles relevant to the experiences of minorities in America. Her most recent publications (2021) are two chapters In African American Families: Research, Theory, and Practice, which was published by Cognella Academic Publishing. Recently she completed a book with a colleague entitled: Having the Hard Conversations on Race, Ethnicity, Politics, and Social Justice in Workplace and Educational Settings, which is due to be published this year (2022) by Routledge. Her company has had contracts with the City of Jacksonville addressing policing and trust with minority communities (Safer Together). The City of Tampa training employees on Diversity and Implicit Bias as well as the federal government division of Veterans Administration in which we teach employees about Cultural Competency, Microaggressions and Communication Styles, just to name a few. Dr. Hodo has written course content for an educational vendor on Implicit Bias and Microaggressions https://www.vectorsolutions.com/resources/blogs/implicit-bias-microaggressions-higher-education/ A course on Discrimination Awareness in the workplace https://www.vectorsolutions.com/course-details-edu/discrimination-awareness-in-the-workplace/ss-staff/course-discrimination_awareness/. She is also a TEDx speaker, she discussed the Social Implications of Race https://youtu.be/a4jPGhN5TCM. She is a service-connected disabled veteran of the U.S. Navy.
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Power to the People

March 8, 2023 Tammy L. Hodo

I am not done with humanity!  I believe that we are better than what many have been displaying for the last several years.  Our country is one that is divided based on a variety of issues to include the value … Continue reading Power to the People

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We are Stronger Together

February 8, 2023 Tammy L. Hodo

It’s amazing to think that people who are a part of the Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) community would say disparaging comments about others in the same community.  Based on leaked recordings, we know that negative comments made by … Continue reading We are Stronger Together

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The Truth will set Us Free!

January 9, 2023 Tammy L. Hodo

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “if you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32)[1]! In American society, we … Continue reading The Truth will set Us Free!

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The Games That European Americans Play

November 7, 2022 Tammy L. Hodo

Besides our indigenous population, we are a nation of immigrants; some were forced others came voluntarily looking for better opportunities. When the pilgrims fled England due to religious persecution, they arrived in what is now known as the Americas.  There … Continue reading The Games That European Americans Play

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Black Votes Matter!

October 7, 2022 Tammy L. Hodo

Initially, African American women were part of the Suffrage Movement. When African American men gained the right to vote before European American women, it created a divide that was rather apparent.  The 15th Amendment granted African American men the right … Continue reading Black Votes Matter!

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Health Disparities and the Eye of the Storm

September 8, 2022 Tammy L. Hodo

Do Black Lives Matter in America?  If they truly mattered, would we continue to see the disparities that we do such as the infant mortality rate being comparable to third world nations?  African American women’s maternal death is disproportionately high … Continue reading Health Disparities and the Eye of the Storm

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The Urgency of Now!

August 8, 2022 Tammy L. Hodo

Upon the dismantling of slavery, the economic system that build this country financially and literately by the hands of those enslaved, Reconstruction began.  With Reconstruction came some long hard-fought wins regarding African Americans earning seats in the state legislatures with … Continue reading The Urgency of Now!

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America at the Crossroads of White Nationalism and Christian Nationalism

July 8, 2022 Tammy L. Hodo

“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.”—Malcolm X[1] I am a veteran who honorably served our Country … Continue reading America at the Crossroads of White Nationalism and Christian Nationalism

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Racial Segregation—the Bridge to Nowhere

June 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Tammy L. Hodo

The U.S. Census tracks racial housing segregation with the “index of dissimilarity.” The index tracks segregation between two groups by viewing their distribution across neighborhoods in the same city. [1] Race, although a social construct, has major implications for life … Continue reading Racial Segregation—the Bridge to Nowhere

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