[Posted Jan. 9, 2008]

Urban League's 24th Community Leaders' Breakfast

   The Urban League of Hampton Roads will host the 24th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Leaders’ Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21 at Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall, which is located on the campus of Norfolk State University. 
    Inspired by the work of Dr. King, the breakfast recognizes the distinguished service of citizens contributing to the improvement of society.  This year’s theme is A Charge to Keep.
    Edward Bullock, an NSU alumnus and vice president for diversity at L’Oreal USA, will be the guest speaker.  His speech will focus on embracing diversity.  
    Under the leadership of Bullock, L’Oreal USA has expanded its diversity efforts. Reporting to the president and CEO of L’Oreal, Bullock leads the company’s diversity initiatives in its work force, vendor and community relations.
His duties include review of human resources representation for women and people of color, supplier diversity, multicultural advertising strategy, philanthropy and all diversity and inclusion training programs.

   

  L’Oreal USA has won several awards for its diversity programs including the 2004 Diversity Best Practice Global Award.
    Bullock is the recipient of numerous awards such as the National Council for Community and Justice Humanitarian Award, the Distinguished Alumni Award from Norfolk State University, the NAACP and Urban League Service Awards, the American Association for Affirmative Action Corporate Award and Career Development Service Awards from Rutgers University, Seton Hall University and Young Scholars Institute.
He is the author of articles featured in the National Business Employment Weekly, a Wall Street Journal publication; the Black Collegian Magazine and several Diversity publications.
    He is also a frequent presenter on such topics as “Diversity and Inclusion,” “Preparing for the World of Work,” “The Resume, the Interview, and You,” and “Real Life in Corporate America.”
    The event is co-sponsored by NSU, Old Dominion University and Tidewater Community College. Individual tickets are available for $30. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Urban League of Hampton Roads at 627-0864.

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