Sentences with phrase «women of color expanding»

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In May, she joined the board of online survey giant SurveyMonkey, a month later she expanded her portfolio by investing in food startup Daily Harvest, and has spoken out forcefully for equal pay for women of color.

Deepening and expanding the original audience for «Lean In,» the book also includes advice geared specifically towards women of color and millennial men.

But many of these emerging entrepreneurs — especially women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color — lack access to the human and social capital to grow their enterprises and expand their impact.

The Writers Guild of America East is urging state lawmakers to expand New York's successful film and television tax credit program to include incentives for hiring women and people of color.

Other goals cited including raising the minimum wage, enacting the DREAM Act, expanding universal pre-Kindergarten to include three - year - olds, increasing the number of state contracts awarded to minority and women - owned businesses and incentivizing employers to hire young men and women of color.

She noted that one question will center on how they plan to expand leadership of women and women of color in the Council's core leadership, which is made up of deputy leaders, majority leaders and the chairs of the Finance and Land Use committees.

The series, called Hair Tales, is part of Davis» latest project, MAD FREE, which is dedicated to expanding the narrow female narratives — particularly those of women of color.

Start with Code.org, a nonprofit seeking to expand the availability of programming in schools and participation of underrepresented students of color and women.

Neophyte entrepreneurs, including some women of color, «just don't have access to the same financial resources to start up and expand.»

For all that schools continue expanding Euro - awareness of the value of indigenous culture and the culture of people of color; for the cultural expansion towards equitable roles between women and men; for the upsurging awareness of the equal rights of GBLTQQ folks; we're missing a key element in these conversations, and that's the cultural shoehorn known as children and youth.

At a time when museums are making a concerted effort to expand the cultural conversation to include more women and people of color, Mr. Hollein said it was also important to him that the Met «open up» to incorporate a range of perspectives.

Hume continues to demonstrate his great skill as a colorist, using subtle and unusual color combinations, while expanding his subject matter which now includes portraits of men and women as well as flora and fauna.

As if in reply to Buren, Fraser argues that artists, through their critiques of the limitations and biases of institutions, have been the driving force behind the museum's expanded purview, its progress (however insufficient) toward showing more women artists, artists of color, and gay artists, for example, and toward supporting works in all mediums.

Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today is the first American exhibition dedicated exclusively to the formal and historical dialogue of abstraction by women artists of color.

An influential figure in the art world for over 40 years, Pindell has remained committed to expanding opportunities for women artists of color.

«It not only expands the roster of artists working abstractly but also bravely tackles the quandary of black women artists who often have had to overcome familial uncertainty with their chosen careers, and have had to harness color, line, and form to address the inevitable and unavoidable political and personal challenges they have faced in the world.»

From exhibitions of renowned and trailblazing artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe and Marilyn Minter, to a breakthrough survey of lesser - known artist Beverly Buchanan; from a long - overdue account of the centrality of women of color in second - wave feminism, to exhibitions with contemporary artists contemplating a future of equality, A Year of Yes pushes back against conventional barriers while expanding the canon.

The diversity initiatives will also expand upon Brooks Kushman «s involvement in the legal community through partnerships and relationships with key local, national, and international organizations, including the Corporate Counsel Women of Color, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

The former astronaut and first woman of color in space talks about expanding sustainable development here on Earth.