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"Water" by Tyla is now officially the solo song by a South African female artist in 56 years since Miriam Makeba "pata pata" to make a entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 🇺🇸 🇿🇦

Tyla’s “Water” debuts on Billboard Hot 100 on the #67 spot.

There are no male artists nominated for "Artist Of The Year" award at the this year. This is the first time this has happened.

The nominees are:

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“According to Deloitte, feelings of inclusion can lead to a 17% increase in high performance, a 20% increase in innovation and a 29% increase in team collaboration.”

5 Ways for Leaders To Prioritize Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Efforts Amid Economic Uncertainty NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 16, 2023 / GoDaddy By Kristy Lilas, Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at GoDaddy Let's face it-diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) efforts should be last to get cut in times ...

"If you want to make your efforts more effective, the key is to understand why people resist them. This applies to initiatives, which engender several different forms of resistance, each of which demands a different strategic response."

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Managers Have Major Impact On Mental Health: How To Lead For Wellbeing New data suggests that for almost 70% of people, their manager has more impact on their mental health than their therapist or their doctor—and it’s equal to the impact of their partner. If you’re a leader, you’re right to find this data sobering.

Congratulations to Michelle Yeoh for her historic win at last night's SAG Awards! Yeoh is the first Asian woman to win Best Actress in film.

and her co-star Ke Huy Quan also made history; the movie broke the record for most SAG awards won by a single film, while Quan is the first Asian man to win Best Supporting Actor in film. ✨

"While many influential business leaders see the value in , the conversation often doesn't include . Workers with disabilities, like many other marginalized individuals, bring a unique voice & set of lived experiences to every conversation." 🌐

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How DEI Initiatives Are Leaving Disabled People Behind Until 1990, it was perfectly legal for a company not to hire a person solely based on their disability status.

Keeana Saxon was tired of having to switch the channel in the middle of a TV show her daughter was watching because the evil villain and his accomplices were dark-skinned. She was frustrated by not being able to show her daughter quality programming that highlighted her culture positively. 💡 Keeana founded , a global network of educators and creators to produce content focused on communities and cultures from the African diaspora in an effort to change that narrative. 🚀

While launching her business, she crossed paths with EforAll and applied for the Summer 2021 Business Accelerator in “I’ve never owned a business, so I didn’t know much about accounting, funding, or business in general.”

Since graduating from EforAll Roxbury, Keena’s Kidogo Productions has launched Kidogo.TV, an online multimedia platform that already boasts over 550 subscribers. Keeana has been featured in many media outlets and is looking forward to even more growth in 2023. 👏👏👏

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Failure to Change: Two Reports Examine Hollywood’s Lack of Progress Improving Diversity on Movie Sets, Filmakers, Directors and underrepresented artists.

Failure to Change: Two Reports Examine Hollywood’s Lack of Progress Improving Diversity on Movie Sets Hollywood employed fewer female filmmakers and directors from underrepresented communities to make its biggest films in 2022, according to a new study by USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative.…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/arts/sign-language-experts-diversity-theater.html

How These Sign Language Experts Are Bringing More Diversity to Theater As productions increasingly include characters and perspectives from a variety of backgrounds, deaf and hearing people who translate the shows for deaf audiences are trying to keep up.

“Diversity is usually only thought of in terms of visible diversity..
(e.g., race, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation and cultural identity).
In reality, diversity goes far beyond this.”

How workplaces can encourage diverse personalities, values and attitudes True workplace diversity goes beyond visible diversity and also includes diversity of personalities, values and attitudes.

Edward Scissorhands (1990)
■Director: Tim Burton
■Cinematography: Stefan Czapsky
■Production Design: Bo Welch
■Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
■Costume Design: Colleen Atwood
■Color Timer: Dennis McNeill

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“Today’s modern entertainment cannot be imagined without the movie industry, industry that has not only helped to shaped our popular culture, but also empowered countless artists, crewmen and actors to test the limits of human imagination, emotion and fashion.”

History of Film - Evolution and Development Today’s modern entertainment cannot be imagined without the movie industry, industry that has not only helped to shaped our popular culture, but also empowered countless artists, crewmen and actors to test the limits of human imagination, emotion and fashion. They managed to do so by harnessing al...

Why talking to strangers is good for you, them and all of us Contrary to what your parents told you, we all need to get good at interacting with strangers, says author Julie Lythcott-Haims. Here’s why, and how to do it.

“The power of the media industry to shape and influence opinions and perceptions makes acting decisively an imperative. This will help to usher in the kind of society we all want to live in, where everyone is valued.”

Seeing ourselves on screen can affect cultural change. Media needs diversity A new WEF report shows 59% of people who identify as a minority tend to engage with brands more frequently if they are inclusive of diverse views.

“The directors of Hollywood’s top movies are finally starting to look a bit more like the U.S. population, but women of color remain starkly underrepresented...”

Women Of Color Remain Starkly Underrepresented Among Hollywood’s Top Directors More women and people of color are directing top movies, but the numbers have been flat for women of color, according to the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

"If you doubt that is the key to journalism’s future, spend some time streaming. Diverse characters and storylines are powering the entertainment industry. Journalism should follow suit — or risk irrelevance."

Journalism should take a cue from entertainment — diversity grows audiences - Poynter If we take lessons from industries that have embraced diversity, we can create journalism that’s relevant to the communities we cover.