Sentences with phrase «of women and people of color»

On March 27, Trump revoked orders that required companies with federal contracts to follow workplace protections against harassment and discrimination of women and people of color.

Getty Images is partnering with Ava DuVernay «s ARRAY Alliance to support the work of women and people of color through a new grant program open to photographers and filmmakers.

New York - based artist Firelei Báez imagines how bodies (especially of women and people of color), landscapes and ornaments bear traces of colonial migration.

Their work to increase the number of women and people of color in technology and game design has led to collaborations with organizations including the National Society of Black Engineers, HIVE NYC, Reboot Stories and Black Girls Code.

Women Students and Artists for Black Art Liberation, founded by Faith Ringgold and her daughters Michele Wallace and Barbara Wallace, protested the lack of women and people of color in the Whitney Museum's influential Annual Exhibition in 1970.

As could be expected, since current interests have been shifting more and more towards themes of discrimination, also at Frieze we see a better representation of certain categories — or rather, a shift from «a certain kind» of representation of women and people of color (if any) to a representation that hints to a reclaim of power from these groups.

Brown also reacts against the appropriation of certain bodies and histories by artists, including those of women and people of color.

The exhibition tells a familiar story of aesthetic progress — from naturalism to abstraction to a plurality of contemporary art practices across media — but gives pride of place to the work of women and people of color.

So leaders should actively promote the advancement of women and people of color to positions of leadership.

One of our missions was to increase the pool of women and people of color.

Shows like this point to the general invisibility of women and people of color in the sciences.

This is the 90th Oscars, and a few extra nominations won't undo years of exclusion of women and people of color, Hollywood as a whole has to actively work to give more opportunities to those previously ostracized and make sure a wider range of stories get told.

Its program is designed not just to spotlight noteworthy independent films and new voices, but also to push back against the chronic underrepresentation of women and people of color working within the ranks of the industry.

To say film critics lack relevance ignores the cyclical nature of abuse and neglect of women and people of color behind the camera.

Also on this podcast you'll also hear Karina Longworth talking about the Golden Age of Hollywood, Slate culture writer Aisha Harris (host of the show Represent) on the importance of representation of women and people of color in Hollywood and film awards, actor Paul Scheer on some of the worst movies ever made (which he talks about on his own podcast that he co-hosts with his wife, actress June Diane Raphael, and their pal and fellow actor, Jason Mantzoukas.

With a passion for increasing the profiles of women and people of color in film, Domino has worked with the New Orleans Film Society to launch Emerging Voices, a mentoring initiative for people of color.

There's been lots of talk about the underrepresentation of women and people of color as directors in the entertainment industry as a whole (see the NYT Sunday cover magazine issue, the Forbes article, the Variety article about the 7 % statistic, Jennifer Lawrence speaking out, etc) and specifically about the underrepresentation of women in the major categories at the Oscars but there is no public discourse about this also being a pervasive problem in the documentary category, this despite the fact that in the past 20 years only one female director (Laura Poitras) and one female co-director (Zana Briski) won in the Best Documentary Feature category.

But when I learned Summers thought there might be a «genetic» explanation for a lack of scientific capability on the part of women and people of color (especially African - Americans), I began to think twice about whether Harvard is the place for me.

Many people still inherently believe in the inferiority of women and people of color when it comes to their ability to perform well in science and engineering, but they don't have the guts to admit it publicly for fear of being politically incorrect.

Whether from envy, the desire to deny power or the sin of neglect, the contributions of women and people of color have been devalued over the centuries.

Timberlake would later publicly agree that how Jackson fared after the incident was an example of society's harsher treatment of women and people of color.

But now the company has introduced new efforts to enhance its inclusion of women and people of color, including delivering diversity training for many of its employees.

One obvious way to offset the clubbiness endemic to Silicon Valley's investor class would be to replace the «guts» of white men with those of women and people of color.

The report notes that the solar workforce is growing more diverse, employing a larger share of women and people of color, as well as a significant number of military veterans.

«Instead of sitting here and complaining about it,» meaning the lack of women and people of color in cryptocurrency, «I'm going to actually go and do something,» Demirors says.

The correct use of photos, particularly of women and people of color, has long been a sensitive issue for traditional publications, and the public has become increasingly critical of efforts they believe fall short.

Increasingly during the past two decades one could also have heard complaints that there are insufficient numbers of women and persons of color within the student body and faculty, that the school is insufficiently «pluralistic.»

Discussions of mechanisms for allowing victims of sexual harassment to come forward, the drive for greater inclusion of women and persons of color, and the need for -LSB-...]

Discussions of mechanisms for allowing victims of sexual harassment to come forward, the drive for greater inclusion of women and persons of color, and the need for clear guidelines for behavior on film and TV sets were hot topics across the daylong series of panels.

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«These three engineers are seeking to ensure that Uber pays women and people of color equally for the hard work they've done — and will continue to do — to help make Uber successful,» said lawyer Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden which is representing the plaintiffs.

The lawsuit filed by Ingrid Avendano, Roxana del Toro Lopez and Ana Medina, who described themselves as Latina software engineers, says that Uber's compensation and other practices discriminate against women and people of color.

The «pipeline problem» is the theory there simply aren't enough properly skilled members of underrepresented groups for hire — including women, people of color, veterans and members of the LGBTQ community.

The study argues that specialized incubators — those especially for women or people of color — are not the answer, on the grounds that these targeted incubators and accelerators don't provide the same opportunities for entrepreneurs to network within their industries.

We were asking urgent questions about whether women, people of color, religious minorities, immigrants, would ever be treated with dignity and respect.

The report lists a number of reasons why incubators and accelerators may not attract women or people of color.

With help from Citi Community Development, Village Capital recently hosted three pitch competitions, each designed to show venture capitalists and other investors that they really are missing out by not investing in women and people of color.

In computer science, engineering, and physics, said Klawe, «underrepresented» means women and people of color.

When she first started talking about how the school needed to become more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in more women or people of color would mean lowering our standards.»

Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures noted that some firms, including hers, have begun steering their most promising portfolio companies toward «modern venture firms that have women and people of color in investing positions,» according to TechCrunch:

«Women and people of color aren't given the chance to fail because it's like, «Oh, see, that's what happened.»»

It's been more than two years since Facebook and others in tech committed to hiring more women and underrepresented people of color, and so far, there is very little to show for it.

As of now, Holberton claims that 40 % of its current students are women and more than half (53 %) are people of color.

It celebrates meritocracy and deplores credentialism, but when it comes to hiring a woman or person of color for a technical role, Silicon Valley erects fences to ensure they don't» lower the bar.»

Cooley also is holding its leadership ranks accountable for advancing women and people of color.

In their attempts to deflect criticism by redefining the problem or moving the goalposts, Facebook and Google risk discouraging young women and people of color from having ambitions of working for tech.

As more companies begin to deliver remarkable products and experiences to women, people of color, and other minority groups that have largely been ignored or underserved in the past, they are responding with their support and loyalty.

We're going to ask [these 22 female GOP representatives] for a verbal commitment that they will stand up for intersectional women's health, that we will make it clear that includes immigrants, refugees, people of color and the LGBTQ community in the United States.

The study found that four of the eight top executives at Pinterest were people of color, and, according to Recode, women account for just 12.5 percent of all executives at the company.

It's asking its companies to do one of the few things they can do to get more women and people of color in the door.