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Monday, August 22, 2016
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Out On The Town: Michael Eric Dyson | Diann Valentine | Soledad O'Brien and more...
On
April 8, 2016 the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Oakland/Bay Area
Chapter hosted their 18th Annual Madam CJ Walker Scholarship Luncheon at the SF
Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Their keynote speaker and special guest was Debra Martin Chase, an Emmy nominated and Peabody Award winning television and motion
picture producer whose has been affiliated with the Walt Disney Company since
2001. Ms. Imani Brown, 17 year old high
school student and recipient of the Essay Contest Award, gave an outstanding
speech that celebrated her father for raising her to be a phenomenal young
woman who aspires to study biochemical medicine in college. She chose this major because of her interest
in how DNA works and her interest in finding a cure for cancer. See photos of this event HERE - Glass House
Communications Facebook page and for more information about this organization
visit www.onehundredblackwomen.com for more information.
On
April 7, 2016 ColorComm launched the San Francisco Chapter with an Inaugural Luncheon
at the Rotunda Restaurant inside Neiman Marcus.
The room was filled with excitement as everyone was over-the-moon to see
so many women of color who work in the communications industry. Keynote speaker, Daisy M. Auger-Dominguez, Global
Head of Diversity Staffing at GOOGLE, delivered such an empowering and
impactful message that everyone in the room connected became even more excited
about their own journey in the profession.
The 2016 ColorComm annual conference takes place July 20-22 in Miami, FL and you can find more HERE. {Photo: Y'Anad Burrell, Netta Haynes, Lauren Wesley Wilson, President Colorcom and Collette Luckie}
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On April 2,
2016 Celebrity Wedding Planner Diann Valentine showcased her signature Bridal
Cuff at I Do! Bridal Boutique in Oakland, CA.
Some of the best diamonds in a rough come out of Oakland, despite the
negative vibe media gives The Town. From giant tech companies like Pandora to
social impact trailblazers like the Kapor Center, Oakland is, by far, one of
the most sought after places to live right now.
When you're home-grown here and your life does not resemble what many
have heard about this city, we then applaud and celebrate those who have made
Oakland proud. Who would have thought that
a #1 Celebrity Wedding Planners would come out of East Oakland? Ms. Diann Valentine left Oakland at the age
of 26 to live in Los Angeles and pursue her 'love of love' and to this day her
portfolio includes planning Toni Braxton's wedding to being a TV Host. Ms. Valentine was recently in Oakland at the
I Do! Bridal Boutique for a trunk show featuring her signature Bridal Cuffs. Check out her video HERE - Glass House
Communications Facebook Page.
In
March 2016 Heart and Soul Center of Light in Oakland, CA hosted Michael Eric
Dyson as he talked about his book, The Black
Presidency. I have never been
disappointed when hearing Mr. Dyson speak.
His perspectives, insights and overall knowledge continues to intriguing,
engaging and constantly capturing my attention.
The renown Davey D moderated this event and from the beginning he dived
right into reminding Mr. Dyson of his remarks about President Obama that were
not so favorable during his first term as President and those views that remain
today. See a snippet of that
conversation HERE - Glass House Communications Facebook Page.
On February
24, 2016 UCSF's Office of Diversity and Outreach hosted a Teach-in with CNN
Correspondent Soledad O'Brien - Injustice and Health. Many of us are familiar with Mrs. O'Brien's
productions, "Black in America" and "Hispanic in America",
and in the conversation UCSF she talked about how there are widespread
healthcare injustices taking place towards African Americans, from the lack of
a grocery store with fresh vegetables in their neighborhoods to the long period
of time between the moment an African American is checked into an hospital to
the time they will see a physician. See
my Twitter page @glasshousecomm for several video snippets from the event.
Diversity in
Tech/Blacks in Tech. The conversation
has been heated for the last year or so, the lack of diversity in technology,
which focused on African Americans, Hispanics and women. While many corporations are yet still trying
to 'figure it out', let's take a moment to celebrate those African Americans
who are making waves in technology and doing it well. Recently KQED did an article highlighting
those trailblazers in tech saying, "Here, in
the San Francisco Bay Area, there are a number of black engineers who
are dedicated to increasing diversity in engineering. So we want to
recognize some of those engineers—past and present—that have advanced, and
continue to advance, diversity in STEM fields.
Read more HERE.
See you these upcoming event...
April 21 - May 5, 2016 - SF International Film Festival
April 23, 2016 - African Americans Making Connections - FREE
April 30, 2016 - MoAD Vanguard - It's Afropolitan
For more events, visit theREGISTRYBayArea.com
Thursday, August 13, 2015
ColorComm 2015 - Women of Color in Communications - Epic
ColorComm 2015 - July 30th - Aug. 1st - Miami,
FL. ColorComm 2015 was one of the most
engaging, thought provoking and enlightening communications conferences I've
ever experienced. I attended at least
80% of the sessions and events during the 3-days of workshops/seminars and each
one gave up-to-the minute and real-time information and tools that can be
applied to both fledging and seasoned professionals. Above all, the networking was taken to the
next level where speakers and fellow attendees did not just exchange business cards
as a matter of habit, but there was high level, one-on-one engagement that
moved the dial on relationships and new connections. One of my most memorial experiences at the
ColorComm was Linda Clemons' session, "It's What You Don't Say That Speaks
Volumes". Linda, CEO,
Sisterpreneur, Inc., Sales & Body Language Expert, is an extraordinary
speaker who delivers with energy that you know is authentic and comes from a
genuine place. Understanding how your very stance during a presentation to your
hand movements while answering questions was an eye opening revelation. I am positive every attendee in the
standing-room-only session, walked away with information to improve
their skills the public relations and communications
profession.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Who moved the dial on diversity at Rev. Jesse Jackson's PUSHTECH2020 Conference?
While there is certainly a reason to
continue the conversation about the diversity gap in technology, Lisa Jackson, Apple's VP
Environmental Initiatives, said in her keynote address to not discredit the
non-tech jobs (which are 60% of the
jobs in SV), that are held by a diverse population at Apple because these jobs
do feed families. In Apple's effort to
show their movement to divide their resources among diverse communities, Ms.
Jackson further stated that Apple has donated $10M to NCWIIT (National Center
for Women in Information Technology) and extended more than $3B to diverse
suppliers. Those are indeed impressive
numbers, however Mr. Butch
Graves, President & CEO of Black Enterprise called it 'window dressing' because Apple, along
with several other tech industry companies represented at the conference, do
not have 'one' person of color on their Board of Directors. Particularly, during the Leading from the
Top: Minority Board of Directors on Advancing the Diversity & Inclusion
Agenda panel, Mr. Graves stated that Apple's idea of a 'diverse supplier' is
women and many of those women-owned companies who receive contracts from Apple
are not from a diverse populations. Desiree Johnson,
CEO, Johnson Publishing, who was also on this panel, stated that attention
must be paid to ad buys in Black media.
That while many of the tech firms represented at this conference buy
millions of dollars in advertisement, those ads are not seen in Black media.
Lastly, Lisa Jackson wanted
attendees to know that Williams Capital Group, manages Apple's bond
investments, where Christopher J. Williams, Chairman and CEO is an African
American.
Who put money on the table and moved the dial at the conference? Who took a first step in showing a monetary investment right here in Oakland? Intel! Brian Krzanich, Intel's CEO announced they will invest $5 million over the next five years in a new pilot program to teach computer science to high school students in the
Several comments during Rev. Jesse Jackson's
keynote address reigned true and received applauds. Rev. Jackson stated, "Let’s turn pain to
power by hiring youth and not shooting them down", "Diversity &
Inclusion is not the cost of doing business, it’s doing good
business", and "Let's move the
conversation from diversity to equality".
For more BUZZ visit theREGISTRYBayArea
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Tech Talk: 91 Year Old Tech Designer | CODE 2040 | Toddler Tech | Pandora's Diversity Program
Toddler Tech: YouTube. Can you image your 3 year
child being memorized for hours and hours by a bright screen with vibrant
colors and lots of movement dancing across the screen? Have we considered what this does from an educational
learning perspective or even more importantly from a physical one? When it comes to marketing, dollars and
corporate brand, these questions, I would imagine, are nowhere close to the top
of the list. Google jumped into the
world of toddler tech when it introduced YouTube Kids late last month, marking
Silicon Valley's first big step in appealing to a lucrative and largely
untapped demographic of mobile device users: kids under 5. Amazon launched a
kid-safe tablet in the fall, and other companies are likely to follow. YouTube Kids offers a solution to the problem
of uncontrolled viewing with a timer parents can set. And by giving parents
more control over what children watch, Google and other tech companies are
trying to earn the keys to a well-protected kingdom. Educators and healthcare professionals are
chiming in on this conversation and I am sure we will be hearing more from
these industries. What in the world will
happen to programs such as First 5 or Head Start? Details at 11.
Founded in 2012, CODE2040 has a simple mission that dovetails with the
growing and resounding message pressing Silicon Valley to use its significant
brainpower to make tech less of an ivory tower.
CODE2040 provides college-age African-American and Latino students who
have shown an interest in computer science with both an encouraging network of
peers and, more pointedly, a summer internship program aimed at placing them at
tech companies whose narrowly focused recruiting efforts often overlook them. Tristan Walker,
Co-Founder of CODE2040 and CEO of Walker & Company
Brands, is quoted in USA
Today saying "If you're a smart company, you'll want an ethnically diverse team
empathetic about the needs of your diverse consumers. What we're doing at
CODE2040 isn't charity work. We're trying to help tech organizations because
there is a real business imperative here."
Pandora's Diversity Program. Last year, Pandora, located in downtown
Oakland, joined a wave of Silicon Valley companies that revealed the makeup of
their workforces. The music streaming site said that about 70% of its U.S.
employees are white, and 3% are African-American.. More recently the numbers have shown that nearly half of Pandora employees are women, a
far better gender balance than most tech companies have achieved, but the
majority of them are White. This
diversity in tech conversation will go on for many years, but it's important to
track certain companies and their efforts in, at least, working on more
diversity in the field. When
Lisa Lee, Diversity Program Manager, joined the company last spring, she spent
her first month simply listening and learning about what people were already
doing. “She asked them about some of the things they were proud of that had
happened in the past and what else they would like to see in the future.
Instead of instructing employees on what they should do, Lisa incorporated
their opinions and insights as she drafted the company’s diversity
strategy. The strategy of empowering
different employee groups so they can have a voice in the diversity dialogue,
both in the company’s culture and the way it conducts business is critical to
inviting employees to drive diversity initiatives.
As a young girl, Barbara Beskind dreamed of becoming
an inventor. Now, at 91 years old, she's seeing it through. Beskind works as a tech designer for IDEO, a
Silicon Valley design firm. Two years ago, she read an article about IDEO,
which is famous for creating the first mouse for Apple, and decided to apply
for a job, saying: Beskind primarily works on projects pertaining to aging. She
feels like her coworkers can't always put themselves in the shoes of the
elderly.
And go!
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Dr. Sonia Bell, Owner of Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness, Expands Services to the Theater and Music Industries
Dr. Sonia Bell, Owner of Avanti
Sports Medicine & Fitness, is a San Francisco based sports medicine network
of practitioners who provide performing arts medicine and therapy to the entertainment,
theatrical and dance communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Avanti opened its doors in 1994 and is owned
and run by Dr. Sonia Bell, who has 13 years experience studying and dancing
with the renowned San Francisco Ballet.
For more
than 14 years, Dr. Bell, owner of Avanti, has remained the go-to physician in the sports industry. Dr. Bell understands, first hand, the
challenges the talent and production companies face in identifying practitioners
that are able to service the unique needs of their performers, musicians and
production staff while on the road.
Dr. Bell
is a Stanford Hospital trained sports medicine and performing arts physician
with a stellar reputation for providing the industry with its medical and
therapeutic needs.
Avanti's team has provided services to members of: Dance and Theater: Alonzo
King LINES Ballet, Cirque de Soleil, Dance Theater of Harlem, Dreamgirls, Metro
Park Ballet, Motown the Musical, ODC Dance Collective, San Francisco Ballet, Scottsborough
Boys and Smuin Ballet
Sports Industry: ProCamp International Youth Camps sponsored by-49ERS-Colin Kaepernick
and Patrick Willis, Giants- Buster Posey, Warriors- Stephen Curry and New York
Yankee-CC Sabathia, USA Olympics, USA Track and Field, USA Gymnastics, US
national Figure Skating League, Special Olympics, NCAA Track and Field,
Stanford University Track and Field, UC Davis Rugby and AVP Pro Volleyball.
Avanti
Sports Medicine & Fitness can bring its team to you or allot time within
the clinic schedule to accommodate your needs.
They are committed to keeping the performer healthy while on tour.
Medical
and Therapeutic Services:
·
Sports
Medicine - Orthopedic and Non-Surgical Performing Arts Medicine
·
On-Call
performing Medical Coverage
·
On-Call
Chiropractic Therapy
·
On-Call
Physical Therapy
·
On-Call
Massage Physical Therapy
·
Personal
Trainers and Athletic Trainers
What
makes Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness the ideal company to provide these
services? The Avanti physicians and
therapists have all been former athletes, dancers, and/or performers
themselves. Many of the providers are the appointed physicians or the
therapists for the local dance and theater companies.
For more
information visit www.avantifitsportsmed.com.
For media relations contact Y'Anad
Burrell, Glass House Communications, yanad@glasshousepr.com, (510) 691-8687
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