Family Equality Calls For Unity This Parents’ Day
The not-for-profit has partnered with creative agencies TBWA\Chiat\Day New York, Furlined and Directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon to cinematically showcase the complicated path to parenthood for the LGBTQ+ community through the lens of one child’s fathers Ahead of Parents’ Day this Sunday July 25, Family Equality is calling on Americans to join its mission in advocating for every LGBTQ+ […]
Four Misconceptions About Clothes Made in China
By Melanie Schwartz China productions use cheap fabrics: The high demand and global market call for a huge variety of fabrics. Not only in patterns, colors, and textures but also in quality. The prices vary from around $8 a meter up to $100. Not everything is cheap anymore. The experience of visiting a Chinese […]
In a Post #BlackTikTokStrike World, Creators of Color Have a Home at TipSnaps, the First Black-owned Creator Platform
TipSnaps, the Black-Owned alternative to OnlyFans and Patreon, is in the vanguard of a new era in Creator Monetization. With #BlackTikTokStrike sending shockwaves through the online landscape, it is clear that Black and Brown creators feel disrespected and underserved by current platforms. These creatives are the beating heart of all social media, and they are […]
Five Bay Area Counties Join Forces to Campaign to Push for Equity in Black Maternal Health and Infant Health
Five Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Solano — announced #DeliverBirthJustice (DeliverBirthJustice.org), a regional public awareness campaign that puts birth justice for Black families front and center in the fight for racial justice in the Bay Area. The regional campaign highlights racism as a crisis that results in the deaths of Black women and […]
The CROWN Coalition Takes Action To Dismantle Hair Discrimination In Swimming
Swim Cap Ban Underscores Importance of Passing National CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Legislation #THECROWNACT Dove and National Urban League, founding members of The CROWN Coalition, an alliance founded to end race-based hair discrimination and the official founders of the CROWN Act movement, have taken action stemming from a July 2nd decision by […]
Black Women’s Health Advocates Applaud Legislation to Address the Uterine Fibroid Crisis
The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021 Would Fund 150 Million to Research Condition Affecting 80% of Black Women by Age 50. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelley Capito (R-WV) introduced the Senate companion bill to the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021, legislation that would appropriate $30 million to the National […]
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog – or a Fake Russian Twitter Account
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Many legacy media outlets played an unwitting role in the growth of the four most successful fake Twitter accounts hosted by the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) that were created to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, according to a study led by a University at Buffalo communication researcher. […]
Black Entrepreneurs Announce 4th Annual Vegan Grill N Chill Event to Promote Health & Wellness in the Community
Vegan influencers host outdoor event that teaches the community how to be health conscious while promoting small black businesses and encouraging economic development within the community. NEW YORK — Organizers of the highly-anticipated annual Vegan Grill N Chill announced the official event date set for this Fall, August 21, 2021 in Baldwin, NY. The theme for this year’s outdoor festivities is Hip […]
Critically Acclaimed Film “Through Her Eyes” Delivers A Humanized Account Of One Family’s Civil Rights-Era Struggle
Hollywood’s New Starlet Rayven Symone Ferrell Gives A Stellar Performance In USA Today’s Summer 2021 Movie Must See Pick NEW YORK — Filmmaker Trenton Lumpkin, Align Entertainment, LLC., Triauric, in partnership with 1091 Pictures, are proud to announce the commercial release of his latest offering, Through Her Eyes, set to land on digital platforms on July 20, 2021. The feature, which runs […]
The Ad Council, United Way Worldwide and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch New Campaign
New campaign spotlights 211 helpline and encourages Americans to utilize the resource for assistance accessing federal, state and local aid During a time when America has faced one of the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression, and with ongoing updates to many relief programs, a new national PSA campaign launched by the Ad Council […]