Sentences with phrase «by women of color»

Overall, the number of businesses owned by women of color jumped by 42 percent between 2007 and 2012.

And it's directed by a woman of color, which is a double plus.

Since 1997, firms owned by women of color have seen faster growth in terms of total number of firms, employees, and revenue compared with all women - owned firms.

The event recognizes the contributions made by women of color in business, education, entrepreneurship, entertainment, government, and public service and the impact they have made on the lives of people throughout the State of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts communities.

Paula Cuevas curates a new group exhibition featuring work by women of color focusing on personal, cultural and historic rituals.

Emenhiser - Harris writes: «According to the Kemper, this is the first museum exhibit in the US to show abstract artwork created exclusively by women of color.

A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that allows for unlimited donations through a web of limited liability companies.

Digitalundivided is a nonprofit that helps provide networks, coaching, and access to capital to tech startups led by women of color.

And Gelare Khoshgozaran and Eungsong Kim's contemptorary — which recently went live — is devoted to alternative and emerging artistic practices by women of color, queer and immigrant artists in the U.S.

Freshly infused with $ 7 million in venture capital — a figure Matthews claims is the largest raise ever by a woman of color — Uncharted Play now holds approximately 15 patents and patents pending, and has joined forces with several Fortune 500 companies to sustainably overhaul how energy is created and distributed.

Her work broadens contemporary understanding of abstract painting as well as contributions by women of color.

We demand investigations into R. Kelly's abuse allegations made by women of color + their families for two decades.

Comprising just 17 percent of women - owned firms 17 years ago, firms owned by women of color now account for one in three (32 percent) of women - owned firms in the United States.

Overall, the report notes that 44 % of women - owned firms are now minority - owned, and that nearly eight out of 10 (79 %) of net new women - owned firms launched since 2007 was started by a woman of color.

Making change at the level needed to affect the unconscionable health disparities experienced by women of color is a truly significant challenge.

In February of 2017, three perinatal professionals came together to create an organization for women of color run by women of color to provide support, advocacy, information, and resources around perinatal mental health.

Last month, «Mariposa & the Saint» was performed for members of the state Legislature, hosted by the Women of Color Sub-Committee of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, & Asian Legislative caucus including Assemblymembers Maritza Davila and Latoya Joyner, along with Assemblymember Jeffrion L. Aubry, and state Senator Bill Perkins.

Coveted by women of color with thick, curly hair texture (seriously, read the reviews), this Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture hair masque is a godsend for making frizzy hair easier to detangle and style.

It received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Culture and Arts documentary, and won the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color award at the African Diaspora International Film Festival.

Six artists of color use performance, photography, textiles, and more to take on stories such as modern - day gentrification in Bed - Stuy, traced through an amateur kung fu film found at the former home of a theater frequented by Reverend Al Sharpton; the Syrian refugee crisis and conflict, mixing media coverage and first - person accounts; and the actual Revolutionary War's 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, conducted by a woman of color.

Girl is a collaboration between a South Asian and an African American artist that explores the societal baggage borne by women of color who are frequently excluded from both feminist and racial - justice conversations.

Friday, April 28, 7:30 p.m., Rand Theater, UMass Fine Arts Center Presented by the Women of Color Leadership Network at the Center for Women & Community and the University Museum of Contemporary Art.

Her performances incorporate these varying musical styles to confront challenges faced by women of color and the LGBTQ and Xicanx communities.

Compellingly, the show also reflects on prior exhibitions curated by women of color and their transformative impact on current practice.

«But everything we know about all the attacks now on women's access to health care are going to be disproportionately felt by women of color, women with low incomes, women in the southern United States.

Much has been made about the fact that Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time is the most expensive movie ever directed by a woman of color, carrying a reported $ 103 million price tag.

Topple is going to specialize in works by women of color, as well as writers who identify as queer and / or gender nonconforming.

According to the Kemper Museum, Magnetic Fields is the first museum exhibit in the US to show abstract artwork created exclusively by women of color.

Roadmap 2020 also focuses on the potential for businesses owned by women of color, which constitute one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. economy, starting businesses at 3 to 5 times the rate of all businesses in the U.S.. However, their revenues are under half that of men of color.

«This event is being organized and led by women of color,» activist Whitney Crispell announced to the crowd attending last week's anti-Paldino rally.

In a statement to news site The Root on Monday, the organization called for «appropriate investigations and inquiries into the allegations of R. Kelly's abuse made by women of color and their families for over two decades now.»

The writers will use the blog to expose «alternative and emerging artistic practices by women of color, queer, and immigrant artists in the United States.»

While firms owned by women of color are smaller than non-minority women - owned businesses both in terms of average number of employees and revenue, their growth in number is generally far outpacing that of all women - owned firms.

The fourth - annual report also shows the influence of companies owned by women of color, which now account for one - third of all women - owned businesses in the United States.

Disney will continue to break glass ceilings soon after Black Panther: On March 9, the studio will open the feature adaptation of the children's classic A Wrinkle In Time, which at a $ 100M - plus budget is the first production of its scope to be directed by a woman of color, Oscar nominee Ava DuVernay (at one point before Coogler, she was in talks to potentially direct Black Panther).

A Wrinkle in Time, due for release in March 2018, seems like an exciting and worthy follow - up, and is the first movie with a $ 100 million budget to be directed by a woman of color.

RT @AmericaFerrera: #TIMESUP on ignoring, discounting and invalidating allegations of sexual assault made by Women of Color - even when we m...

This film marks the first film to cost over $ 100 million to be directed by a woman of color, neAva DuVernay.

Stories of / by women of color are especially notable absentees year after year.

(One additional note on Best Supporting Actress to segue into surprises: Mary J. Blige is not only the first person ever nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song in the same year, but the first actor Oscar - nominated for a film directed by a woman of color, Mudbound's Dee Rees.)

According to the Kemper, this is the first museum exhibit in the US to show abstract artwork created exclusively by women of color.

Lorraine O'Grady's provocation, published as an essay for the first version of «Coming to Power,» was this question: where is the sexually explicit work by women of color, and what discourses is it responding to?

The show highlights work by women of color, queer women and women with disabilities, featuring artists from places including Argentina, South Korea and the American Midwest.

The statistics are captivating: American Express OPEN's 7th Annual State of Women - Owned Businesses Report reveals that businesses owned by women of color have grown 467 percent since 1997.