March 2018 | Vernā Myers

Vernā Myers

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24 Mar 2018

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These young people speaking today at #Marchforourlives are both breaking my heart and giving me great hope. The power and truth of their words, the devastating trauma and loss they have suffered and their choice to be active and demand a better life for themselves moves me to tears. The fact that these advocates come from so many backgrounds and circumstances encourages me because these ...
21 Mar 2018

Why you MUST hire a CICO ASAP
Last week I had the amazing experience of speaking on a panel at South by Southwest (SXSW) with National Geographic on imagery in the media, and how if we don’t approach it with a level of consciousness, visuals can reinforce old stereotypes about groups of people, absent them from certain narratives, and make fair and accurate storytelling impossible. Much of my work deals with inclu...
07 Mar 2018

Inclusion Riders: Three Days Later, This is Nothing New
There were too many wonderful highlights from Oscar’s 90th and most diverse Academy Awards show this past Sunday to go into all of them here. But two things things in particular made us diversity and inclusion strategists jump for joy. One was Jordan Peele’s win for best original screenplay—which you know we were rooting for because it was a genius way to talk about racism through a horr...
02 Mar 2018

Get Out: You have 72 hours to see this movie!!
First things first: Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t seen Jordan Peele’s Get Out yet, stop reading after number one below. Then go straight to your TV or computer and start streaming, because you have to see this film. And see it before the Oscars on Sunday night if you can, because it’s up for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya)—a quadruple...