With a current circulation of approximately 100,000,[2] the motto of DW is “Leadership empowerment for women who mean business.”[3] Diversity Woman magazine sponsors yearly conferences, with the 8th annual conference being held in Washington D.C. in October 2013, under the theme “Mentors, Sponsors and Breaking the Glass Ceiling Through Our Allies”.
[4] Each conference features an array of speakers, and culminates with the presentation of the Mosaic Woman Awards.
Past honorees have included such respected figures as Maya Angelou,[5] Soledad O’Brien,[6] Darla K. Anderson, and Lynn Tilton.
Robinson was also the keynote speaker at the 2008 wives luncheon at the NFL Pro Bowl,[8] and was nominated for the 2011 North Carolina Small Business of The Year.
[1] Executive Editor of DW, Jackie Krentzman[10] teaches courses in journalism at Berkley and also produced several documentaries, the first of which, American Jerusalem, would air on PBS in summer 2014.