Dr. Janice Greene spent 20 years working for Boeing in human relations and innovative supplier diversity, including the South African Airways’ sales campaign and Australia’s Qantas Airways to create contract opportunities for Aboriginal and Trees Straight Islanders. She was President of Snohomish County NAACP and Vice-President of the NAACP Alaska, Oregon, and Washington State Area Conference. She “refired” after retirement and is now President/CEO of the Women’s Business Enterprise Council of WBEC-Pacific.
The Snohomish Health District reviewed 1,118 cases and found the highest incidence among Hispanics.
Activists are shaking the nation demanding justice for George Floyd, a Black man killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25. Protests in conjunction with the Black Lives Matter movement have spread from big cities to suburbs. Protesters are calling for accountability and change at local and national levels. “Racism and bigotry have absolutely...
How do you integrate yourself into Black and White worlds where discrimination is the only language they speak? You learn to become a fighter for your own battles, pick the right people that help motivate you when the outside world doesn’t. That is the life experience of Dr. Janice Greene who lived in two different worlds: black and white. She had a very discriminatory childhood and spent 39 years of her life at Boeing where she learned to turn out the discriminatory voice. Janice established the distinction between purpose and mission and what she wanted personally in childhood. She talks about how to wend your way through the corporate environment to survive. She shares her thoughts on dealing with racist attitudes and gives advice to young women today.
Dr. Janice Greene, president of NAACP Snohomish County, wrote in a published letter: “The Snohomish County Sheriff Department made no statement [against George Floyd’s death]. The lack of broad acknowledgment is unfortunate because Snohomish County is not immune and has its troubled relationship with the African American community.”