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April 8, 2016
Photo via Gap This week, we’re sharing tips on how to get your startup funded if you’re a female entrepreneur, The Gap’s blatant (and disgusting) use of tokenization in its most recent ad, and that moment when your mom becomes your online troll. What we’ve been checking out… Not all stories are promoted equally, but […]
November 20, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers In this week’s edition, Twitter gets called out (again), freedom in our Constitution is not one size fits all, and a champion for diversity retires. What we’ve been checking out… This woman was only trying to get back into her house when 19 cops showed up. We’re sad to see a […]
October 23, 2015
This week’s reFRESH includes a fight against the gender pay gap in Hollywood, the pros and perils of public speaking, and some scary stats about the state of violence against black women in America. What we’ve been checking out… Teachers of color comprise just 17% of the total teaching workforce. Why that stat is not […]
January 23, 2015
Image via the Radical Brownies Facebook page. Now this is awesome. An Oakland-based brownies troop, Radical Brownies represents one kind of next generation leadership that we’re really excited to see. Via Jorge Rivas at Fusion: [Anayvette] Martinez, a community organizer, created the Radical Brownies with Marilyn Hollinquest because “there aren’t enough spaces [for young girls of […]