Diversity Event Hosted at Toyota Alabama

Dec 2, 2014

An event celebrating and encouraging diversity and inclusion was recently hosted by Toyota Alabama. For years, Toyota has been a strong promoter of creating a diverse working environment that encourages the opinions and new perspectives of its employees. In fact, Toyota is the only automaker to be named to DiversityInc’s annual Top 50 Companies for Diversity List.

“By actively encouraging respect, trust and understanding among our employees, we believe we can better serve our company, our customers and our communities,” said Emily Lauder, Toyota Alabama General Manager of Administration.

In addition to internal inclusion efforts, Toyota Alabama also provides to support to a several local organizations that are strong promoters of diversity and inclusion. These organizations include the United Way of Madison County, EarlyWorks Family of Museums, Boys & Girls Club, Village of Promise, Girls Inc. and Harris Home for Children.

The event at Toyota Alabama featured several speakers from non-profit organization including John Stallworth from the John Stallworth Foundation, Lee Marshall from Kids to Love, Dr. Helen McAlpine from the J.F. Drake State Technical College Foundation, Liz Hurley from the Liz Hurley Breast Cancer Fund and more. In addition to hosting the event, Toyota Alabama provided a $2,000 donation to each event speaker.