Facebook revealed the participants in its Community Accelerator initiative, a six-month program that provides training, mentorship and funding to help community leaders grow their communities. The 80 program participants will spend the first three months learning how to grow their communities and meet their goals from experts, coaches and a customized curriculum, while the second […]
In the early 1990s, Gabrielle Union was paying her way through college and studying for the LSATs when an internship at a Los Angeles modeling agency led to the opportunity to make $120 a day to be the “Black girl” in teen magazines. She said yes—after all, it beat her $7-an-hour gig at a local […]
At this moment, the entire country is engaged in digesting the daily chaos of multiple crises. With everything that’s going on, it’s easy to miss some impactful changes. These changes could lead to difficult outcomes for those in the cannabis industry. In order to fully understand how to adapt, it’s important to understand the backstory. […]
Though influencers and celebrities have come under scrutiny for some of their actions during Covid-19, research from United Talent Agency Marketing found that consumers still enjoy seeing sponsored content from their favorites. UTA used third-party social tool CrowdTangle to compare Instagram traffic of certain celebrities from mid-March to mid-May, comparing the numbers to the same […]
When we interviewed our picks for this year’s Women Trailblazers issue, the mood was understandably introspective. Not only was the pandemic reshaping life at work and home, but the nation was (and remains) at a cultural tipping point. While many of us wonder what the future will bring, the women featured here are actively building […]
“Unprecedented” is an apt way to describe 2020 so far. And while that’s not necessarily a good thing for most of the marketing world, the bicycle industry has seen an unprecedented amount of growth. People are flocking to bike shops and major retailers during quarantine to purchase bikes for socially distant exercise or to avoid […]
Three former employees filed lawsuits against WeWork this week accusing the coworking company of racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation, among other alleged misconduct. Two separate complaints filed Wednesday in the New York Supreme Court for the County of New York allege racial discrimination, sexual harassment by WeWork employees, “questionable” stock option practices, equal pay violations and […]
Impossible Foods has partnered with activist-athlete Colin Kaepernick for a multi-city program that will feed residents in underserved communities. Through the former NFL quarterback’s nonprofit group, Know Your Rights Camp, the brand will hand out packages with its plant-based products to local families and serve cooked meatless burgers via on-site food trucks in San Francisco, […]
A new “collaborative zine” from Nike Japan is putting a tech spin on coloring book pages. The shoe giant’s latest campaign involves a booklet of black-and-white outlines of the latest Air Max releases, accompanied by an app that superimposes an augmented reality model of the shoe hovering over the page. As people physically color in […]
In Jammi’s post, she alleged that Sleeping Giants co-founder Matt Rivitz, who has positioned himself as the organization’s solo founder, denied her credit for the role she’s held since the early days of the movement in 2016, repeatedly sidelining her and refusing to fully acknowledge her contributions. Rivitz responded today with an open letter on […]