Future-driven Black Girl Film School is using online film production and digital literacy programs to reshape the way girls think about learning STEAM-related topics. Through their recent collaboration with Amazon Studios, they created a directing masterclass focused on the work of Master director, Mariama Diallo. Amazon Studios Global Head of DEIA Latasha Gillespie, director Mariama […]

Dan Wieden’s recent passing has the advertising industry looking back at the incredible impact he made through his namesake agency. In this fireside chat, Founder and President of Courageous Conversation® and 2017 ADCOLOR Most Valuable Partnership (MVP) award recipient Glenn Singleton and Wieden+Kennedy CEO and 2022 ADCOLOR Legend honoree Neal Arthur discuss Dan’s legacy that […]

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ADCOLOR’s Beacon Award honors individuals of note who use their considerable platform to change the status quo in the quest for diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. Join ADCOLOR Founder & President Tiffany R. Warren for a fireside chat with 2022 ADCOLOR Beacon, writer/producer/director/star, “Insecure” creator, and all-around truth teller Issa Rae.

At last year’s keynote, Desyree Dixon, aka “Auntie Dezz,” introduced us to identity-based trauma. This workshop is a follow-up to that conversation. The daily assaults on our identities – racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and others – can weigh us down. Auntie Dezz will introduce coping strategies from her five-part series, RISER™, to help us Rise […]

If diversity is good for business, why aren’t people buying? When it comes to promoting JEDI outcomes, the current method of communication – what we call “the business case” – at best fails to motivate action, and at worst actually harms the communities it seeks to help. If we are committed to progress, we must […]

Burnout, apathy, feeling silenced…what are the root causes of “quiet quitting” that organizations overlook? This panel explores a range of perspectives on “quiet quitting” from a line-up of dynamic individuals spanning the C-Suite to emerging stars. We’ll get a peek into their experiences, discuss ways employers can effectively address this trend in the workforce, and […]

In this special session, Founder and President of Courageous Conversation® Glenn Singleton puts together a toolkit that equips people of color to engage in powerful and impactful conversations about race in and out of the workplace.

As the fastest-growing entertainment medium in the world, games reach an immeasurably diverse audience every day (20% of the world’s population identifies as gamers, and that number is expected to double in the next five years). This conversation examines the value of creator relationships, inclusive teams and intentional processes. Diverse representation at every phase of […]