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Continue reading →: The High That Comes From Being Low…#Lupita #diversity #films #beauty
Congrats to Lupita Nyong’o for becoming Lancôme’s first Black spokesperson. The world should celebrate black beauty. It is as common as any other kind, after all. And congrats to Lupita for riding a very elegant magic carpet of success all the way to the top. I’m not sure there was…
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Continue reading →: New Dad Wants Time Off? Sacrilege
Okay, I relish the opportunity to tackle this topic because it’s not terribly often the media even discusses paternity leave – maybe because dad’s don’t take it? – but it seems former NFL quarterback turned sport announcer Boomer Esiason thinks New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy was out of order…
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Continue reading →: Moderator? Face Maker #diversity #inclusion #change
Oh, you want me to moderate your panel on “We Fuel Change” at the 2014 Forum on Workplace Inclusion? You want me to ask the tough questions, challenge the panelists to illicit responses that will effectively shake up the status quo, and promote some different action in the workplace? No…
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Continue reading →: Cocktails, Surrounded by Men, Yep, It’s #TBT
Me at another #CLOsym. Maybe 2013? 2012? Jewels were hella sparkly up close, but not big enough in pics…
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Continue reading →: Doing My Thing on the Black Carpet
Me at the Learning Elite gala for the spring Chief Learning Officer symposium. This was my spare dress. You should have seen the one that wouldn’t act right! Not to mention I forgot all my jewelry at home. I had to wear the same earrings for four straight days. Quel…
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Continue reading →: I Look So Official, Right? #CLOsym #learning #technology
Here I am yesterday, last day of the spring Chief Learning Officer Symposium. I’m moderating a panel titled “Hits and Misses: Ten Years of Learning and Technology.” Very lively discussion. Our panelists engaged in some good-natured disagreement that really resonated with the audience. I also had a coughing fit for…
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Continue reading →: Does #Race Impact College Attendance? #diversity #inclusion
Great topic. Whether or not race should be a factor in the college admissions process is a many tentacled issue. I’m waiting to see what the Supreme Court will have to say, and how its ruling will play out on public and private college and university campuses. But where exactly…
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Continue reading →: What’s Wrong With a Black Annie?
Black women should be able to play any character they want on stage and screen. But bias is alive and well. We just have to power through it and win anyway.
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Continue reading →: Black Films Do Make Money, Are Relatable To Wide Audiences #diversity #inclusion #film #movies
I almost forgot to post this. I’m still working on my on camera chops…I need a lot of work. LOL. I have GOT to remember to wear my contacts! There’s a nasty glare off my poor glasses and without them I look cross-eyed…I hope I don’t look like that all…






