Dear NAMIC Diversity Digest Readers,
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CHAPTER HAPPENINGS
(pictured left to right: NAMIC-Atlanta board members Robert Wade Jr., Lynnette Smith, Cea Mosley and Charles Neal.)
NAMIC-Atlanta held their launch party last night at Comcast @ The Battery. Attendees mixed, mingled and met the 2019 board at this sold out event.
Comcast Chicago Black Employee Network along with
NAMIC-Chicago held their Black History Month Poetry Slam last night at the Studio Xfinity store. Jim Jones, SVP, education and diversity solutions was the guest speaker at this lively event.
(pictured left to right: NAMIC-New York board Morgan Johnson, Rahdiah Barnes, Jermaine Charles and Carvel Wallace with Carla Moore)
Last week
NAMIC-New York and SiriusXM hosted
Carla Moore, VP, POS Strategy and Education, HBO on the
Karen Hunter Show. The pair dived into Carla's book, "Crash!," and how her near fatal car accident led her on a path of self-discovery. Karen Hunter was an excellent host and kept the conversation full of thought-provoking questions.
The full interview can be found on the
Urban View Channel, 126 SiriusXM Radio. It will be played on Monday at 5:00pm. It can also be heard on the station's ONDemand channel.
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NAMIC HEROES
NAMIC President & CEO
A. Shuanise Washington spoke to the NAMIC ELDP class XVIII in session last week at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Sands Family Grounds in the Washington, D.C. area.
NAMIC Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award recipient
Debra L. Lee, BET Networks CEO emeritus, former chairman named
'MCN' Woman of Influence
NAMIC-Virginia chapter leader
Shinese Collins, senior manager, product marketing operations - internet & voice, Cox Communications was featured in A+E Networks'
SheReports™
NAMIC-New England board member
Janine Fondon, speaker, professor, journalist and chair of the communications department at Bay Path University was profiled in the
"I Am Bay Path" Story Project. The founder of the On the Movie Forum at Bay Path University and co-curator of the exhibit, "Intersection, highlighting women of color", she has worked tirelessly to bring women's stories, history and issues to all generations.
We'd like to thank those who have donated to the
Pam Ford Fund. As Pam was a NAMIC mentor, ELDP alumna and chapter leader, all proceeds will be directed toward L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program, Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP), Chapter Relations and General Fund. To learn more and to donate the NAMIC Memorial Fund in her honor
click here.
Were you in the news? Did you receive an award? Let us brag about you! Please send your accomplishments, recognitions, accolades and kudos to susan.waldman@namic.com.
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LATEST DIVERSITY NEWS
PR Newswire
The women selected on the list have authority over budgets totaling billions of dollars and control subsidiaries, divisions, or departments that affect the fiscal health and direction of their respective businesses. Congratulations to NAMIC sponsor companies whose female executives were selected: AT&T, Inc.,
Comcast Corp., Cox Enterprises, Inc., Discovery, Inc., Viacom, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment; and 20th Century Fox.
USA Today
For all the drama leading up to Oscars 2019, it proved to be a historic night of celebrating diversity - three years after the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag became a painful symbol for the lack of diversity in the film industry.
IndieWire
The SXSW Film Festival has become the latest festival to pledge to increase diversity in its press corps, with Rotten Tomatoes aiding the initiative by contributing $25,000 of its recently established $100,000 grant program to the program.
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PROGRAMMING
Forbes
Flamboyant, wealthy, over-the-top personalities who say and do outrageous things are the focus of Bravo's new reality show Mexican Dynasties, which follows three famous families: the Allendes, the Bessudos and the Madrazos.
MediaVillage
A recent survey conducted by the American Advertising Federation's Mosaic Center for Multiculturalism and Zeta Phi Beta found alarming statistics on how the media portray black women.
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MULTICULTURAL MARKETING
Latestly
The ad titled "Dream Crazier" builds on Nike's 2018 ad "Dream Crazy", except this time, it focuses on sexism in sports.
AdAge
As Black History Month comes to a close, Ad Age asked Geoff Edwards, co-founder of Saturday Morning, to share his thoughts on campaigns that shifted the industry for the better in terms of representation of African Americans in advertising--ideas that should inspire the industry to keep diversity at the forefront all year long.
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JOB BANK
The members-only NAMIC Job Bank provides access to the best employers and most diverse candidates in the communications industry.
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Save the Date for the Annual NAMIC Conference September 17-18, 2019
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