Women’s Freedom Conference Amplifies The Voices Of Women Of Color

Screen Shot 2015-10-27 at 3.02.21 PM The Women’s Freedom Conference made history this past Sunday as the first all-digital, highly accessible conference organized by all women of color. The creator of the conference, Feminista Jones, an activist and writer, stated in her welcoming keynote, “I realized women of color don’t really get the space to have their issues, their ideas, their concerns, their work,… Read More

#IStandWithAhmed Garners Support from Silicon Valley

 Ahmed Mohammed, a 14-year-old who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school, has gotten the attention of Silicon Valley. After news about the arrest spread, the #IStandWithAhmed hashtag was started on Twitter to show support for Ahmed …

Blavity Hopes To Be The Digital Voice of Black Millennials

morgandebaun2 Millennials are the most diverse generation in history. According to the White House Millennial Report, 40 percent of millennials are people of color. Blavity, a media startup founded by Morgan Debaun, is hoping to give a voice to this generation. Debaun was inspired to create Blavity after feeling constantly misrepresented and left out of mainstream media. “I got tired of consuming all… Read More