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VOL 27 - THURSDAY, JANUARY 28
Happy Friday Eve, Notees! We’re bringing something different for you this week. We have a sweet surprise from a friend of ours as we kick off perspectives and profiles series for our blog.
Stay tuned for an opportunity to be a part of what we are planning for February. In the meantime, we’ve got a great issue filled with the news we’ve Notedd for you and our honorable mentions.
Stay warm and #staynotedd!
“We’ve lost at least 61,730 Black lives to COVID-19 to date. Black people account for 16% of COVID-19 deaths where race is known.” Check out the COVID Racial Data Trackerfor up-to-date race and ethnicity data on COVID-19 in the United States.
Learn more about the Black woman behind celebrity memoirs, including ten books over the past eight years, with nearly half of them becoming New York Times best sellers.
Here’s a perspective on What Black America Needs From Biden’s First 100 Days, and we agree with every point.
Meet the entrepreneurs creating a membership-based platform to help women of color succeed at work.
Chicago’s city council voted to designate Emmett Till’s home as a landmark.
We can’t miss the opportunity to say again: Congratulations to our fellow Spelman sister Rosalind Brewer. She will be leaving her Starbucks role as COO to become the CEO of Walgreens in February!
Are you catching our Daily Notedd News on Twitter? We’re now providing five to six articles of news, perspective, and cultural highlights every morning. You can follow us today by visiting the link below.
Compared with their colleagues of other races and ethnicities, Black women have always had distinct, and by and large worse, experiences at work. They are promoted more slowly than other groups of employees and are significantly underrepresented in senior leadership. They are less likely than women of other races and ethnicities to say their manager advocates for new opportunities for them. And they have fewer interactions with senior leaders, which means they often don’t get the sponsorship and advocacy they need to advance.
-McKinsey & Company Women In The Workplace 2020 report
While the McKinsey report isn’t too shocking when it’s often your reality placed on paper, these reports are good foundations to increase conversations and influence the needed change for equality and equity for women of color in the workplace. It also sparked the idea for our upcoming event that we are thrilled to host in honor of National Mentorship Month.
We’ll be exploring the importance of mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching to increase, develop, and grow professionally. Join our amazing panelists and moderator this Saturday, January 30 at 1 PM EST. Also, feel free to submit your questions when you register or email them to us directly.
Darline Goyea, Founder & Creative Director, DOX & Associates
LaToya “LJ” Finney, President, IN-18
Lauren Legette, Business Lead, Facebook
Laury Georges-Lane, Executive Human Resources Consultant & Labor Law Advisor, LGL Consulting & Executive Advisory Group, LLC
If you’re like us, you are excited to hear that it’s Girl Scout cookie season! In addition to grabbing our favorites lemon-ups, do-si-dos, and s’mores, we can wait to get our hands on the new French Toast flavored cookie: Toast-Yay. This year, we are supporting Troop 6000, a Girl Scout troop specially designed by Girl Scouts of Greater New York to serve the thousands of girls living in the New York City shelter system.
100% of the proceeds from each box of cookies sold by Troop 6000 support their troop experience and pays for things like badge activity supplies, uniforms, field trips, and trips to camp! Please support your local troop or Troop 6000 this year by visiting the link below.
We were thrilled when this Black woman-owned brand reached out to us after sending out an all-call for new loungewear brands to try.
From friends to business partners, Daja and Daija were motivated to learn all aspects of the fashion industry. Through ambition, creativity, and passion, they birthed Bloom Loungewear (Loungewear for Us). Each piece is carefully designed to comfortably snug the body and the colors, ranging from almond to a dark cocoa brown, embody the beauty of our Black and Brown skin.
Our goal is to partner and feature more women of color brands, products and services, and offer more content opportunities on our blog. Please email us today if you are interested in partnering with us or being featured in our next issue. In return, we’ll send over our Brand Partnerships deck, which provides more information on our brand, following, and our 2021 content calendar.
Celebrating National Hobby Month With Danica L. Rowe
We’re excited to kick off this year with perspectives and profiles for our blog. In addition to celebrating National Mentorship Month, we also recognize National Hobby Month as part of our monthly series centered around growth. Read more about our fellow Spelman sister and Notedd subscriber, Danica L. Rowe, who embraced a hobby to the fullest amid the COVID-19 craziness and how it helped her grow personally.
What’s your favorite quote or mantra?
“If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try, try again….”- William Edward Hickson
What’s your hobby?
Baking
What’s your profession?
Nurse Practitioner
What encouraged you to pick up this hobby?
Honestly, I’ve loved cooking and baking for as long as I can remember. The attention to detail and transformation of batter to cake or dough to bread is incredibly satisfying- especially when the recipe turns out right. I am an avid fan and viewer of the “Great British Baking Show” and have literally seen every episode. When the COVID 19 pandemic hit last year, I decided to challenge myself with my very own “technical baking challenges” at home. And the rest is history.
Learn more about Danica’s sweet hobby and her tips for finding your hobby this year by reaching more on our blog. You can also check out what Danica is baking next on her IG.
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