Knowing What Must Be Done Does Away With Fear

VOL 7 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Happy Black History Month, Notees! We're excited to celebrate this honorary month to celebrate black excellence, commemorate pivotal black leaders and honor the black women that have and are paving the way for all women to prosper in life.

Thank you for participating in last month's giveaway of Ink + Volt planner. Congrats to Arielle V. from New York! She shared that one of her 2020 goals is to practice more self-care. Arielle, we hope you are able to accomplish your goals and hope this planner will help you add more self-care into your day-to-day.

In addition to Black History Month, February derives from the Latin word: "to cleanse." All month long, we plan to incorporate cleanses in various forms and what better way to join us than *drum roll please* a giveaway!! This month's giveaway is a Patchology Sheet Mask Kit. Three amazing sheet masks that is perfect to relax and unwind during a cozy weekend. All you have to do is share this newsletter with five new friends. Once those friends have subscribed, drop us a note with the list and you'll be entered for the prize.

Alright, y'all know the drill! We've got a few things we’ve Notedd over the last week, some big news that happened this week, our feature of the week and a quick reflection on social media grief and steps to unplug.

Enjoy and always: Stay Notedd!

The United States Postal Service is posthumously honoring journalist Gwen Ifill who will be the face of the 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series. Gwen was a legendary journalist, most known for her work for PBS NewsHour and print journalism including The Washington Post and The New York Times. Grab a pack of Gwen's stamps today to give your package the black women magic.

Congrats to Angelica Ross as she is the new face of a 2020 Louis Vuitton campaign! Check out "Ms. Candy's" ad to see her in her natural glow in her natural fro.

Sundance Film Festival resulted in tremendous wins by talented black women filmmakers. Tabitha Jackson became the first woman and black woman to be named the director of the festival. Radha Blank, Garrett Bradley and Maïmouna Doucouré each received directing awards for notable categories in the Documentary, US Dramatic and Cinematic Documentary categories.

Any Etsy fans? Wanna buy from the black businesses? HelloBeautiful curated a list of Black shops on Etsy to check out and support our businesses 👡

Keke Palmer is the spokeswomen for the new Olay skincare body line! The GMA co-anchor shared that she wants to change the representation of beauty in the industry, even disclosing her on struggle with skincare. Check out her ad, recent interview on her journey and learn more about the new Olay line.

Continuing the legacy: Following in the trailblazing footsteps of Cathy Hughes, Boston radio personality Danielle Johnson created Spark FM - the first digital radio station owned by a black woman. Danielle is creating this platform to help pave the way for media professionals like herself who are facing barriers to enter the larger media businesses. She hopes to launch Spark FM this Spring and recently started a kickstarter to help raise funds for her launch. Let's show her some love!

Black Hair Defined: In honor of Black History Month, the Huffington Post launched a series called the Black Hair Defined to help "untangle conversations about our crowning glory." The introduction to the series notes the positive initiatives toward ending hair discrimination by highlighting the Crown Act which officially bans hair discrimination in New York, New Jersey and California (You may recognize this story again). The writers also spotlighted the absolutely adorable short movie called Hair Love created by filmmaker Matthew Cherry on a father's journey styling his daughter's hair. Hair is a form of self-expression, and HuffPost's first series - Digital Hair Museum - is the visual depiction of just that. The museum is a culmination of black women and men highlighting their hair journeys and celebrating those who influenced their styles.

State of Union for Black Women: The State of the Union address was delivered this week to showcase the accomplishments made by black women for various issues like employment and health, and also gives a sense of how things are shaping up for black women for 2020 when it comes to wealth and education which was written by BlackHer. (Yeah we don't acknowledge that other address that was made this week.) Check out the #SOTU written for us, by us. Drop us a note and tell us what you think!

Kicking Off Black History Month Right: Brands like Walmart, Target and Google recently launched campaigns that spotlights the dynamic, multi-talented community of black leaders, artists, entrepreneurs activists and more, like Walmart honoring Lisa Williams who turned her side hustle into her main hustle supporting young black girls with dolls that look just like them. Like Google's already favorited ad featuring the "most searched" winners, artists, celebrities and more. To kickoff Black History Month, Google featured a doodle of the 60th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-in which was created by Karen Collins, an artist from Compton and founder of the African American Miniature Museum. Lastly, Target released a black history inspired apparel line and created the Beyond Measure campaign which features the journeys of various Black entrepreneurs and founders who have joined the Target family along with highlighting the Target staff who are making a difference internally.

She Has Done It Again: Costume Designer Ruth Carter teamed up with H&M to create a curated collection of clothing that pays homage to the 80s and 90s. Ruth's work spans the end of time from designing and styling for Spike Lee films to her most recent notable, award winning work for Black Panther. The collection is fun and nostalgic, but also inspiring as Ruth decided to collaborate with a brand that has received backlash for their wrong "fashion" choices. But like Ruth shares, she "thought she could get the most out of H&M by being a collaborator and showing the world that they too want to Do The Right Thing."

If your weather is going to be full of rain too, check out the recently released documentary "She Did That." A project that is through and through with black women magic. Directed, produced and narrated by black women, She Did That features an array of successful black women entrepreneurs including Luvvie Ajayi (New York Times best-selling author, speaker and digital strategist), Lisa Price (Founder, Carol’s Daughter), Melissa Butler (founder, The Lip Bar) and Tonya Rapley (founder, My Fab Finance.)

We also have on our list to check out Ava Duvernay's Array "They've Got to Have Us." The late Diahann Carroll and John Singleton were both interviewed, among other black filmmakers, actors and actresses who explore and discuss black history in films.

An Inspiring Word from an Inspiring Leader

This past Tuesday was the "First Lady of Civil Rights" Mrs. Rosa Parks's birthday. In honor of her, we're sharing a quote that hopes inspire you to do the one thing that fear has been holding you back to do!

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