Name: Wendy Lewis
Title: Senior Vice President of Diversity & Strategic Alliances, Major League Baseball
What purpose will the MLB Diversity Summit serve in the community?
The MLB Diversity Business Summit has served as a model for many major sports organizations. The Summit, now in its second year, is a combined diversity employment and procurement trade fair that aims to promote workforce and supplier diversity throughout Major League Baseball. The event gives job seekers an opportunity to find out how they can work with MLB or one of its affiliate organizations and diverse suppliers to connect and do business with Major League Baseball.
Why was it so important for the organization to honor Jackie Robinson at the upcoming summit?
Major League Baseball’s dedication to diversity is steadfast. Its goal of promoting diversity is not so much about race, color, or gender as it is a different way of viewing our world. If not for Jackie Robinson, our “national pastime,” and the world for that matter, would not be the same. It’s his commitment to changing the status quo – to being an agent of social change and social responsibility – on which the MLB Diversity Summit truly stands. Baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig, wants to honor Jackie Robinson’s legacy at the summit by continuing to promote diversity and equality throughout baseball.
How can the community be a part of this great business opportunity?
The event will be co-hosted by the Houston Astros and will take place on June 18 and 19 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Joining the Astros will be Commissioner Selig, MLB club owners and key executives from all 30 major league clubs. Executives from minor league clubs, MLB Network, MLB Advanced Media, and MLB’s central office will be present, as well. We ask that all interested participants register online through the diversity business summit website.
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