Sentences with phrase «young women of color in»

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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.

Younger is a leader for women's health, safety and economic security, and most notably, was a leader of Prosperity Together, the initiative announced at the White House in November that will provide $ 118 million in funding for women and girls of color.

Unplanned pregnancy rates are highest among older teens and young women in their 20s, women living in poverty, and women of color.

Men and women, old and young, people of every color and culture and creed, not knowing whether additional attacks were coming, out in the dark, out in the smoke, out in the chaos, comforting the families of the missing, donating blood, assisting and providing relief to our valiant police, firefighters and rescue workers.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito assembled a coalition of female activists today to launch the Young Women's Initiative — a group she said would combat racial and gender inequality and be the first of its kind in a nation with many similar initiatives aimed at young men of cYoung Women's Initiative — a group she said would combat racial and gender inequality and be the first of its kind in a nation with many similar initiatives aimed at young men of cyoung men of color.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan and other stakeholders launched the City of Albany's «My Brother's and Sister's Keeper» (MBSK) at City Hall, an initiative that will focus on improving opportunities of young men and women of color in Albany and reducing the levels of violence that far too many of them experience.

From what I have observed, in my curmudgeonliness, most young women (at least here) who wear color do so in a very «I got this at Bebe, can you tell?!?!?!» way (I have seen purple plaid mini «suits» worn with black patent min - backpacks; red va - va - voom dresses with bolero - length red jackets, red purse, red heels, whole F - me ensemble) or they make the mistake of believing Guess?

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The light coming from the red curtains illuminating a glimpse of the house, a Christmas tree decked in the colors of gold and red and then her, a cute young woman ready for a big night, she's ready for the last night of the year and this is her outfit idea for the new year's eve.

In the above mentioned study, male undergraduates were shown photographs of young adult women with some wearing the color red and others wearing the color green.

Forms of hypergamy have been practiced throughout history, including in India, imperial China, ancient Greece, the Ottoman Empire, feudal Color is more than skin deep for young African - American women struggling to define themselves.

Executive produced by Angelina Jolie, «The Breadwinner» does precisely that, and though Twomey's essential, empathetic look into the plight of women, young and old, in present - day Afghanistan doesn't identify its heroine as the exact same girl, her jade - colored eyes are a certain reminder, while her spirit burns every bit as strongly.

As we watch young African - American characters — and a few young white women, too — mistreated and / or killed in scenes that go on and on and on, it's hard not to wonder whether Bigelow (and the material) would have been better served by not teaming up with her usual (white) screenwriter, Mark Boal (who also wrote The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty), just to bring in the perspective of actual people of color, rather than that of white liberal guilt.

Her 1966 film «Daisies» might have been the most anarchic of all, a candy - colored surrealist fantasy of two young women who turn their boredom into in - your - face fun.

In the devastating first film of the Three Colors trilogy, Juliette Binoche gives a tour de force performance as Julie, a woman reeling from the tragic deaths of her husband and young daughter.

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In the wake of two years of #OscarsSoWhite protests, the academy began taking dramatic steps in 2016 to bring more women and people of color into its historically overwhelmingly white and male membership ranks, and as a result the pool of academy members — now numbering roughly 8,400 — has become younger and more diversIn the wake of two years of #OscarsSoWhite protests, the academy began taking dramatic steps in 2016 to bring more women and people of color into its historically overwhelmingly white and male membership ranks, and as a result the pool of academy members — now numbering roughly 8,400 — has become younger and more diversin 2016 to bring more women and people of color into its historically overwhelmingly white and male membership ranks, and as a result the pool of academy members — now numbering roughly 8,400 — has become younger and more diverse.

Then imagine if the young woman in question was a woman of color or identified as a lesbian; we might call the behavior racism or homophobia.

Often, the face of a sexually assaulted woman in the press is that of a «young White undergraduate woman,» Harper said, adding that more attention to be paid to the plight of young women of color.

As a Black woman working in education, Nicole Young's goal is to improve the quality of life for students of color by improving the quality of educational opportunities available to them.

First launched back in March, Reign is «a multi-pronged initiative for young women of color focusing on leadership, health and wellness, and identity,» according to the initiative's website.

He's collected some of the finest examples of 1940s and 1950s love comics in the new anthology Agonizing Love.In the panels of the brightly colored comics that once filled newsstands, young women...

With the story's last page turn, the illustrations change from ink - and - watercolor scenes of Jane as a child, toting Jubilee, to a color photo of Jane Goodall as a young woman in Africa, extending her hand to a chimpanzee.

The tender and gorgeously illustrated manhwa trilogy (begun in The Color of Earth and The Color of Water, both 2009) honoring the artist's mother as she travels from childhood through girlhood to her status as a newlywed young woman comes to a successful close in this volume.

People were reluctant to pay attention when the victims were servant girls or young women of color, ascribing the crimes to a gang of «bad blacks,» in part because Austin was prosperous and growing; murders in the news were bad publicity.

Most of the slaves taken in England were sold to farmers in the wild northern isles, or to Ireland, or sent back across the sea to the Danish lands, but some, I learned, were taken to the big slave markets in Frankia and a few were shipped south to a place where there was no winter and where men with faces the color of scorched wood would pay good money for men and even better money for young women.

Joan assessed the crowd, lighting upon the most interesting: young men turning white T - shirts into art, pinching the material tight and rubber - banding each section until they looked like porcupines being dipped into huge steaming vats of colored dyes; the young woman with a bird's nest of purple hair sitting at a potter's wheel, slamming down hunks of clay, her hands moving nearly as fast as the wheel, cups, vases, plates, bowls, trays, appearing like magic; the elderly man in a worn blue linen suit, a jaunty straw boater on his head, a smeared palette tight in his hand, painting a mammoth canvas of people on a beach staring out at an ocean where a sailboat bobbed in the distance, though he himself was standing in a mowed field; the handsome young man at an old - fashioned school desk, a manual typewriter in front of him, a stack of paper to the side.

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Tapas Media are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, a modern - day adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women in full - color graphic novel form, to commemorate its 150th anniversary with a new generation of readers.

He picks lilac as the tonic note in Lilac Role, surrounding a young woman in a t - shirt of that color with a zebra, an oxy - acetylene rig, and a neon sign flashing in the corner.

Los Angeles based artist Soey Milk paints confident young women in boldly colored clothing inspired by the imagery of her Korean heritage.

Here's the good news; women artists (as well as artists of color) can be themselves in their work in ways that were unimaginable when I was young.

In 1973, he and his partner Corrine Jennings established Kenkeleba House on East 2nd Street, a studio building and gallery that has presented innumerable exhibitions of work by artists of color and women, including young artists who later found acclaim like David Hammons and Keith Haring, and significant artists Norman Lewis, Edward Mitchell Bannister, and Mary Lovelace O'Neal.

Attending the Summit & Women's Forum reminds my team at Multicultural Communities for Mobility that we must continue to participate in challenging spaces and reminds us that our identities as people of color and young professionals, our dedication and our contributions have value.

As women, lawyers of color, and especially female lawyers of color disappear from the legal profession, there has never been a more important time for lawyers to take an interest in mentoring young diverse attorneys.

Too many women still face barriers to health care, especially young women, women of color, those who live in rural areas, and women with low incomes.

In 2015, 77 percent of families served by MIECHV - funded programs had incomes at or below the federal poverty level, and 46 percent of families were living in extreme poverty — at or below 50 percent of that guideline.11 The majority of those served by home visiting were young mothers, 39 percent were single mothers, and 43 percent were women of color.12 Through this targeting, home visiting programs aim to help families meet basic living standards when existing supports or income from work is falling shorIn 2015, 77 percent of families served by MIECHV - funded programs had incomes at or below the federal poverty level, and 46 percent of families were living in extreme poverty — at or below 50 percent of that guideline.11 The majority of those served by home visiting were young mothers, 39 percent were single mothers, and 43 percent were women of color.12 Through this targeting, home visiting programs aim to help families meet basic living standards when existing supports or income from work is falling shorin extreme poverty — at or below 50 percent of that guideline.11 The majority of those served by home visiting were young mothers, 39 percent were single mothers, and 43 percent were women of color.12 Through this targeting, home visiting programs aim to help families meet basic living standards when existing supports or income from work is falling short.

These barriers are hardest on those who already face challenges to accessing care: young people, women of color, those who live in rural areas and people with low incomes.