Breaking Down Employment Barriers for Formerly Incarcerated People (APPROVED INT100/201)

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

Cascade Engineering’s Executive Vice President, Kenyatta Brame, will discuss his efforts to break down barriers for formerly incarcerated people to employment. He will also talk about his efforts to break down barriers to education for inner-city youth and disenfranchised people living in marginalized communities. Kenyatta will show how these two initiatives foster more inclusive work environments, and he will encourage attendees to engage in open dialogue about these topics. This event is an opportunity for attendees to gain a greater appreciation of how corporate DEI initiatives like the ones pursued by Cascade Engineering can transform their communities for the better.

Kenyatta Brame is responsible for directing Cascade’s cross-organizational services, which include the company’s legal/risk management, human resources, benefits, marketing, talent management, IT, lean, and Environmental, Safety, and Sustainability (ESS) functions. Brame’s extensive community affiliations include serving as an elected trustee of GRCC, Butterball Farm Family Enterprise Board, West Michigan Works, Alternative Directions, Corewell Health Healthier Communities, Civil Service Board of the City of Grand Rapids, the Tipping Point Initiative and he is the Scouts Master of the Omega Scouts, Troop 258 (BSA). He is a graduate of Wabash College (BS in Political Science and Psychology), the University of Michigan (Juris Doctor), and Michigan State University (MBA). https://www.gvsu.edu/clas/cascade-engineering-event-1272.htm

Location Information

Pere Marquette Room, Kirkhof Center

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Contact Information

clas@gvsu.edu

Hosting Department, Organization, or Business

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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This event was added to the calendar by Kristen Krueger-Corrado (kruegekr@gvsu.edu) on Thursday, February 20, 2025 and was last updated on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.