Roger C. Hochschild

"I thought it was our responsibility and a lot of companies talk about diversity, equity and inclusion but how many really try and do something meaningful and do it within the construct of their business? Don't do it on the side. And so this really came together. Know, my hearing Ibrahim Kendi speak right on the importance of not just being not racist, but being an anti racist and being a positive force for change. And then just thinking about systemic bias. And from my I won't say training as an economist, because given my grades, it wasn't really that I'm going to give you a pass, but I'm always interested in process and systems and how things work. And just think about how sort of inequity right or inequality reinforces itself decade after decade, and that you need to take action to break the cycle. "

"We're proud that we've had a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index for the last eight years. And we've tried to do even more in the past year, we've created an office of De I, named a Chief Diversity Officer, formed a task force with employees all over the company participating. And we've been sure to set De I goals to make sure that we hold ourselves accountable. And finally, we're trying to make our charitable giving support our De and I efforts. So, for example, last summer, to support black owned restaurants impacted by the pandemic, we launched our Eat It Forward campaign, giving a total of $5 million to 200 different restaurants all across the country."