By Kimeko McCoy While many Americans are familiar with July 4th as the birth of American independence, many are less familiar with Juneteenth, which celebrates the ending of slavery in the United States. A group of Bay-Area collectives known as HellaCreative is looking to change that with their #HellaJuneteenth initiative, calling on the nation to observe…
We Are Rosie is a thriving community that specializes in helping Creatives get hired for remote projects and opportunities. We Are Rosie was founded in 2018 by advertising executive Stephanie Nadi Olson. Stephanie based this community on a genuine understanding of what it feels like to “not belong.” Her life experience as the daughter…
Black people and Black creativity literally make this Earth spin around. Of course, it would be a DJ D-Nice dance party that would help save the world. In case you may have missed it, the Coronavirus has the whole world self-quarantining. As a result of the global pandemic, folks are looking for any way possible…
COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has everyone on alert. As a Creative community, we want to ensure that we’re sharing as many resources as possible for all of us to stay informed and connected. This list will be updated as we receive new resources. Remember to be kind to everyone and check on your elders and those…
We created our job board to connect our network of talented and skillful creatives with their next big career opportunity. As you may know, the purpose of our #blkcreatives network is to fuel economic growth for Black creatives and creatives of color. We’re known on Twitter and Instagram as the home base for over 70K…
Our #blkcreatives Twitter chats are opportunities for Creatives to gather together on Twitter to discuss and exchange ideas, information, and inspiration that birth strategic collaborations. The first one of 2020 highlights MTV’s True Life Crime Show and the premiere episode on the investigation of the death of Kenneka Jenkins in Chicago. #TrueLifeCrime’s host Dometi Pongo…
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It’s a new season! And there’s nothing that says welcome like a new Fall reading list. Here are some books on our list – more to come. I’m Telling The Truth, but I’m Lying: Essays by Bassey Ikpi Life is hard. And it’s complicated. And sometimes we don’t always have the tools by ourselves to…
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This Month’s #blkcreatives Twitter chat is happening on May 20, 2019 at 9pm EST! Here’s everything you need to know. TOPIC – Shifting to a Revenue Building Mindset as a Creative As the seasons begin to change and we approach the halfway mark of 2019, we thought now would be a great time to…