Micah Grant and Carolyn Jordan view Black History Month as a time Black people can share their culture and tell their story. They also view it as something that should be taught, learned, and celebrated all year long.
Grant, assistant vice president of communications at $4.1 billion asset SAFE Credit Union in Folsom, Calif., and Jordan, chief growth officer at $1 billion asset Neighborhood Credit Union in Dallas, have seen how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have changed throughout their time in the credit union industry.
“In the early years of my career, there wasn’t much diversity overall in the credit union movement,” Jordan says. “I was the first and only Black person for several credit union-related boards and committees in which I served in the early 2000s. It’s fabulous that this is changing now, and I have noticed it for several years. The trend of having vice presidents and officers directly responsible for DEI reflects a deliberate and strategic focus on these efforts.”
In this episode of the CUNA News Podcast, Jordan and Grant discuss the DEI landscape, Black History Month, and their careers.
Credit Union Magazine’s Summer 2023 issue highlights the lending outlook for the rest of the year, how credit unions leverage fintech companies to boost digital lending, the power of lending partnerships, common Bank Secrecy Act violations, and the shift board members must make when becoming chair.
