To their communities women of color are always leading ladies even if the academy didn’t care for 95 years …

My take: of course AB didn’t win … she was playing a positive, non-stereotypical archetype of a Black woman on screen and check 📝 we don’t win in those roles … ever #Oscars

Thank you to USC Public Diplomacy USC Annenberg for the opportunity to present on the work of Black women in recent public diplomacy efforts at the 3rd CPD City Diplomacy Summit Xavier Univ. of LA XULA Mass Comm Department Center for Intercultural & International Programs XU Exponential

And she did not forget Ayiti ..

Last week we convened the Third CPD Summit on City Diplomacy. City leaders, practitioners and scholars were together to explore current trends and pressing issues shaping the next phase of #CityDiplomacy. Let's take a look back at some great moments! 📷 #ascj

This that’s the tweet this 👆🏾🥰 #littlemermaid youtu.be/tr2L4yXbhM0

In the Bahamas, a Constant Race to Adapt to Climate Change 'Rising seas and the ongoing threat of hurricanes and storm surges have forced the Caribbean nation to become a laboratory for climate adaptation.' nytimes.com/2023/05/24/cli…

(3/5) We also have Shearon Roberts who studies the representations of race and gender in media, and depictions of the #GlobalSouth in specific relation to the #AfricanDiaspora. She is also the editor of Recasting the Disney Princesses (2020) #DisneyPrincess

Alums of highly selective schools who believe in a multiracial democracy, may I suggest you redirect your annual giving to HBCUs and public institutions which serve large numbers of Black and Indigenous students (including Black and Indigenous Latines.)

This summer our @xula1925 Exponential honors program students visited Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 to advance their own honors research projects through exploring Brazilian history, culture and social issues. 🎥by Brier Evans …thank you to our Brazilian hosts #xulahonorsinaction Pres. Reynold Verret

Kicked off #AEJMC23 with the AEJMC Standing Committee on Teaching’s “The Teaching Experts Are In: Learning in the Age of AI” along with our DIG Teaching Chairs. Look out for great teaching tips on the use of AI in your JMC courses.

💰 New $$ available for a climate collaborative 🔧 Tools for SoJo educators from Shearon Roberts + Sarah Bennett 📈 Covering homelessness through a solutions lens with Community Solutions ... and more. All in this week's Above the Fold. Read and subscribe: solu.news/1eabc8