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Laura Gómez is helping Silicon Valley overcome its biggest challenge: a lack of diversity in the workplace. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new,” says Laura. This mantra and fresh energy has led her to major successes in jobs at early-stage Youtube and Twitter and, now,…
We all know a new president is about to take the reigns. If it feels a bit like doomsday we get it, but plenty of badass Americans are keeping their head in the game to give us information and hold our leaders accountable. One of them is filmmaker Theo Rigby—certified ally of the people. Rigby and his team are spearheading a series…
Walter Thompson always felt like an enigma. Growing up with a Mexican mom and an African-American dad in South LA, he sometimes just didn’t know which culture he belonged to. He pursued this lingering question mark in college and, most recently, through the creation of a popular Instagram account called Blaxicans Of LA – based on extensive research on multi-racial identity.…
When an NYC pro racing team signed him in 1898 at age 19, bicycle racing was huge – consistently selling out Madison Square Garden. Major Taylor – a name he got in his early days performing bicycle tricks in full military garb – won his first race at 13. His then boss Louis “Birdie” Munger, a former pro cyclist and…
Professor Ashon Crawley chose a compassionate path on Twitter when dealing with the homophobic nonsense that Kim Burrell said. Ellen at Race Ahead shared the conversation and breaks it down: “…Ashon did a remarkable job unpacking the complexity of being a gay person of color trying to exist within a Christian community that condemns you with impunity. ‘It’s easy to…
Linda Sarsour won’t sit still, or be quiet. Unlike some common Muslim female stereotypes, she isn’t afraid to speak her mind and make sh*t happen. Yes, she’s from Brooklyn. “My faith informs my role and commitment to standing up against injustice,” she said in July. This mama of three has her finger on the pulse of the nation. Her secret…
It’s 1961, 11-year-old Ed Welburn sits in his bedroom surrounded by car posters and scattered pieces of model kits. Instructions for the kits overflow a trashcan in the corner. Ed’s a creative kid from outside of Philly with a love for designing model cars. He’s writing a letter to a General Motors exec, it says, “I hope to work there…
Phillis Frye is a highly respected judge, and also the first transgendered judge in Texas. She’s been the first person to do a lot of things – like spearhead the repeal of Houston’s anti-crossdressing law in 1980 and insist on using the women’s bathroom at her university (now a hauntingly familiar conversation). After publicly assuming her chosen gender in 1976 at…
Every 4 years countries around the world send their best athletes to represent them in the Olympic games. But what happens when a world-class athlete has no country? Introducing the Olympics’ first all-refugee team. At year’s Summer Olympics in Brazil, a team of 10 refugees will be carrying the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony. It’s the first refugee squad…
