Dara Kagan

Dara Kagan

First Vice President
Commercial Banking
New York

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Pride and joy: a celebration of LGBTQ+ life

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Pride LGBTQ+ justice

It feels like ages since we have been able to come together. LGBTQ+ Pride, internationally recognized each June, coincides this year with a mass gathering of every other community, as many of us remove our masks and embrace friends and family for the first time in months.

Amalgamated receives top score from Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index

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LGBTQ+ justice corporate and social responsibility Amalgamated Bank history

Amalgamated Bank was founded almost 100 years ago to create a diverse, inclusive, and egalitarian community for labor workers. These tenets of our founding are elevated again today as we proudly announce that the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (HRC CEI) has designated Amalgamated Bank “One of the Best Places to Work” in 2021.

Celebrating an intersectional Pride Month

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LGBTQ+ justice Pride

Each June, I can usually be found doing two things: attending LGBTQ Pride parades and refreshing SCOTUSBlog for updates on major Supreme Court cases. I knew that I wouldn’t be attending any parades this year due to COVID-19, but I never expected to hear Monday’s Supreme Court ruling confirming that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.