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Thank you so much for attending and supporting our inaugural
Artbae Runway Virtual Fashion Experience!
benefitting The Divas with Disabilities Project!
What a pleasure it is to present this check to Dr. Donna R. Walton, CEO and founder of @divaswithdisabilities on behalf of @artbaeonline! As a result of your generosity, we were able to donate 50% of all proceeds to The Divas with Disabilities Project in order to help them reach their goal of changing the world’s perspective of what disability looks like🏾
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If you missed the premiere, please visit the link below and get into these dope looks created by some of the DMV’s most talented designers and boutique owners!!!!
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This initiative aimed to highlight local designers and boutique owners and raise awareness of the local non-profit organization @divaswithdisabilities - an organization that focuses on fostering inclusiveness within sources of mass media and pop culture and making sure that Black and Brown women and girls with visible disabilities aren't erased from American history.
ARTBAE RUNWAY featured appearances by Divas from @divaswithdisabilities & @cfae_dc, fashions by @1984vconceptstore, @saimar.shop, @_vintagefusion, vintagencharmed, @sandychiccouture, & @universityofcool, dance performance by @lori.dorazio, artwork by @luis202artist, and more! Special shoutout to @anacostiaarts for allowing us to bring our vision to life in their beautiful space!
#ArtbaeRunway #RunwayWednesdays #Fashion #FashionArt #DMVFashion #FashionMonth #ArtistTalks #Couture #TheDivasWithDisabilitiesProject #DWDproject #202creates #CFAE #Inclusivity #ArtforArtsSake #ArtforaCause #ArtPhilosphy
Artbae Runway Virtual Fashion Experience!
benefitting The Divas with Disabilities Project!
What a pleasure it is to present this check to Dr. Donna R. Walton, CEO and founder of @divaswithdisabilities on behalf of @artbaeonline! As a result of your generosity, we were able to donate 50% of all proceeds to The Divas with Disabilities Project in order to help them reach their goal of changing the world’s perspective of what disability looks like🏾
.
If you missed the premiere, please visit the link below and get into these dope looks created by some of the DMV’s most talented designers and boutique owners!!!!
.
This initiative aimed to highlight local designers and boutique owners and raise awareness of the local non-profit organization @divaswithdisabilities - an organization that focuses on fostering inclusiveness within sources of mass media and pop culture and making sure that Black and Brown women and girls with visible disabilities aren't erased from American history.
ARTBAE RUNWAY featured appearances by Divas from @divaswithdisabilities & @cfae_dc, fashions by @1984vconceptstore, @saimar.shop, @_vintagefusion, vintagencharmed, @sandychiccouture, & @universityofcool, dance performance by @lori.dorazio, artwork by @luis202artist, and more! Special shoutout to @anacostiaarts for allowing us to bring our vision to life in their beautiful space!
#ArtbaeRunway #RunwayWednesdays #Fashion #FashionArt #DMVFashion #FashionMonth #ArtistTalks #Couture #TheDivasWithDisabilitiesProject #DWDproject #202creates #CFAE #Inclusivity #ArtforArtsSake #ArtforaCause #ArtPhilosphy
Empire State of Rights: Closed Captioned
The Divas with Disabilities Project Podcast
June 30, 2021
Disability Rights New York**This podcast was recorded using Zoom | June 21, 2021**
Dr. Donna Walton, the Founder and President of Divas with Disabilities, and Shameka Andrews, a Global D.I.V.A. Ambassador, discuss The Divas with Disabilities Project (DWD), its mission, and its available resources.
The 1st Annual DIVAS Film Festival will be streamed via StreamYard on July 23, 2021.
OUR MISSION: Support & Empower. The mission of Girls With Guts is to support and empower women with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease & ulcerative colitis) and/or ostomies through the building of sisterhood and self-esteem.
Community Connection
The purpose of this group is to empower new voices and to create awareness and education around the additional challenges and disparities that women of color and of diverse backgrounds face living with IBD and/or ostomies.
Community Connection is a committee we are setting up to empower new voices and to create awareness & education around the additional challenges and disparities that women of diverse backgrounds (racial, ethnic, age & sexual orientation) face while living with IBD and/or ostomies.
Community Connection will be led by Tina Aswani-Omprakash of Own Your Crohn's: Empowering the Chronically Ill & Disabled(#SouthAsian American Crohn's & ostomy advocate).
Her team includes the following stellar advocates:
- Basmah Ali (Egyptian-Arab American Crohn's advocate)
- Chealynn Feaster (Black American Crohn's, ostomy & short bowel syndrome advocate)
- Theodora Pestaña of Pestana Life/La Vida Pestaña(Greek American Crohn's colitis & ostomy advocate married into a Mexican family).
We Are Calling For Young Women of Color!
Shelectricity is currently looking for Black, Brown, Indigenous, AAPI, and Latinx young women ages 14-21, to join our Youth Leadership Council. As a member of the Council, girls will attend lessons in storytelling, civic engagement, feminism, and so much more. They will also gain access to an online community of young leaders, a virtual platform designed to showcase their voices, and a monthly stipend of $70.
Shelectricity is currently looking for Black, Brown, Indigenous, AAPI, and Latinx young women ages 14-21, to join our Youth Leadership Council. As a member of the Council, girls will attend lessons in storytelling, civic engagement, feminism, and so much more. They will also gain access to an online community of young leaders, a virtual platform designed to showcase their voices, and a monthly stipend of $70.
Staff Me Up Launches Inclusive Production Hiring Platform
Staff Me Up, a hiring and networking platform for media production professionals, is expanding its services with a service intended to highlight underrepresented groups in the industry.
Called Coded for Inclusion, the initiative is endorsed by Color Of Change and supported by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society Fellowship, Hue You Know, AMC Networks and Endeavor Content.
The move comes as Staff Me Up looks to expand its hiring platform, which currently focuses heavily on unscripted crew, into scripted TV production. The initiative will draw on the expertise of groups Hue You Know and Color of Change to amplify underrepresented groups — including BIPOC, women, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and active military and veterans — to offer studios and production houses a direct pipeline to candidates.
Staff Me Up, a hiring and networking platform for media production professionals, is expanding its services with a service intended to highlight underrepresented groups in the industry.
Called Coded for Inclusion, the initiative is endorsed by Color Of Change and supported by Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society Fellowship, Hue You Know, AMC Networks and Endeavor Content.
The move comes as Staff Me Up looks to expand its hiring platform, which currently focuses heavily on unscripted crew, into scripted TV production. The initiative will draw on the expertise of groups Hue You Know and Color of Change to amplify underrepresented groups — including BIPOC, women, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and active military and veterans — to offer studios and production houses a direct pipeline to candidates.
Justice for Birth Injury Victims
Many birth injuries are the result of medical negligence before, during, or after labor and delivery. Learning birth injury causes, signs, and treatments can empower and guide you as you take action to help your child.
Many birth injuries are the result of medical negligence before, during, or after labor and delivery. Learning birth injury causes, signs, and treatments can empower and guide you as you take action to help your child.
Deserving nurse gets million-dollar surprise of a lifetime
Andrea Dalzell is a nurse and disability advocate who has made unbelievable strides for people with spinal cord injuries.
Andrea Dalzell is a nurse and disability advocate who has made unbelievable strides for people with spinal cord injuries.
10 Adaptive Clothing Brands That Are Super Cute
Historically, there has been a gaping hole in the fashion industry for stylish and functional adaptive clothing (aka cute apparel that makes it easy to get dressed or live life for people with disabilities or those who have just gone through surgery). But, considering that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than one in four adults in the U.S. are living with "some type of disability," and the fact that web searches for adaptive fashion were up 80 percent in 2019—that needs to change.
Historically, there has been a gaping hole in the fashion industry for stylish and functional adaptive clothing (aka cute apparel that makes it easy to get dressed or live life for people with disabilities or those who have just gone through surgery). But, considering that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than one in four adults in the U.S. are living with "some type of disability," and the fact that web searches for adaptive fashion were up 80 percent in 2019—that needs to change.
To learn more abut the webinars and to register: https://www.respectability.org/accessibility-webinars/
Hollywood Reporter News As Hollywood Takes Action Amid Protests, Words Alone Are "Not Going to Cut It"
Ms. Magazine Feminist Lens: Cheryl L. Bedford’s Vision for a Diverse and Inclusive Hollywood
Deadline.com Black And Brown Indie Producers Press Hollywood For Commitments To End Systemic Racism: Open Letter
CNN Entertainment News Jenny Slate quits 'Big Mouth' role, says Black characters 'should be played by Black people'
Filmmaker Magazine
In 2008, I founded Nuanse Entertainment, a boutique film production company whose mission is to create colorful characters for every genre while contributing to the perpetuation of new narratives about the Black experience.Last year, my business partner, Ricki Lynée, and I were commissioned for a new project via Nuanse. We decided to move forward with a concept that had been percolating.
In 2008, I founded Nuanse Entertainment, a boutique film production company whose mission is to create colorful characters for every genre while contributing to the perpetuation of new narratives about the Black experience.Last year, my business partner, Ricki Lynée, and I were commissioned for a new project via Nuanse. We decided to move forward with a concept that had been percolating.
Long Road To Hollywood: Why Actors With Disabilities Have Yet To Be Recognized
It often takes decades for disabled actors to break into the entertainment industry.
It often takes decades for disabled actors to break into the entertainment industry.
US Census Bureau Statistics: Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26, 2020
blackdisability.org Scholarship Information
The NBDC Scholarship Program, one of the many outreach projects, is to provide financial assistance and encouragement to Black disabled high school graduates in the pursuit of higher learning.
The NBDC Scholarship Program is funded by donations from its members, supporters and other fundraising events. The number of scholarships awarded is limited by the monies generated from these endeavors.
The 2021 award is $10,000 to be distributed half in the first semester and additional half in the second semester contingent upon a first semester minimum GPA of 2.0.
Applications will be available November 1st and the deadline is March 15th.
The NBDC Scholarship Program, one of the many outreach projects, is to provide financial assistance and encouragement to Black disabled high school graduates in the pursuit of higher learning.
The NBDC Scholarship Program is funded by donations from its members, supporters and other fundraising events. The number of scholarships awarded is limited by the monies generated from these endeavors.
The 2021 award is $10,000 to be distributed half in the first semester and additional half in the second semester contingent upon a first semester minimum GPA of 2.0.
Applications will be available November 1st and the deadline is March 15th.
