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Target hopes to rebuild Lake Street store by end of year
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@KieraFernandez
is going to be a phenomenal Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Vice President Human Resources for
@Target
FA-NO-MEN-ALL!
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Essence Communications Inc. has both a 50 year legacy and a 50 year future and we couldn’t be prouder of what today represented for the Global Black Woman community - and the communities they lead within. Thank you for the “Black Girl Magic” opportunity
@ZerlinaMaxwell
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A Note From Brian Cornell to Our Teams and Communities in the Twin Cities and Beyond
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D&I is an all-in, full contact participatory endeavor. Everybody plays a role - not the same role - but the role they are best positioned to impact, and choosing not to play a role...still plays a role. Team
@Target
proudly “role-played” to
#13
on
@DiversityInc
’s Top 50 Companies
75% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a
@Target
store. We strive to build a team that reflects that population to deliver what our guests want and need, and we’re honored to be named
#13
on
@DiversityInc
‘s 2020 Top 50 Companies for Diversity!
#DITop50
#StayOpen
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I aim to serve the purpose I was put on this earth to serve, in the manner I witnessed infinite women of African descent serve. Asante sana for the recognition and well wishes, but thank you more for the community of women you represent and celebrate. 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
Kenyan-born woman, Caroline Wanga (
@wangawoman
) has been appointed as the CEO of Essence Communications Inc, (
@Essence
), a US technology and commerce company behind iconic magazine Essence.
Head on to our blog to read more🔗
#leadingladiesafrica
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“We got pandemics, on pandemics, on pandemics.” - One of my Target colleagues
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My niece Ayo (with her
#EssenceFest
braids) joined me to accept the 2023 Crown Vanguard Award.
#TheCROWNAct
“(Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair”) prohibits race-based hair discrimination based on hair texture & protective styles. Join the movement
@thecrownact
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Swiper, No Swiping but I touched him for us all.
#IYKYK
Black Women In Hollywood will be AIRING ON
#OWN
AT 9 PM EST/8 PM CST AND STREAMING ON
#MAX
FRIDAY MARCH 15, 2024.
🎶: “That Glow” -
#VictoriaMon
ét
#ESSENCE
#Afropunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
#CarolineWanga
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It’s been a year...it’s been a lifetime...it’s been a generation...it’s been an existence. Proud of the work the
@Essence
team did with Sista
@BisaButler
to bring this very special edition to life - when life has been tested in way that most of us haven’t seen before.
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@rihanna
x Lorna Simpson
#BlackGirlMagicx2
on newsstands and digital platforms January 19, 2021.
#ESSENCE
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#DareTo
… architect your authenticity on the path to your purpose. We often hear “perfect” stories of where people have been able to arrive in their career journeys. In this session, I share how “perfectly imperfect” it can be.
#WangaWoman
We’re pleased to announce Caroline A. Wanga (
@wangawoman
) as a speaker in our Voice of vGHC series. 🥳
Caroline is the CEO of
@Essence
Communications Inc. the number one media, technology and commerce company dedicated to Black women and communities.
#vGHC21
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@Target
just released our documentary “Design For All,” exclusively on
@hulu
. It’s a look at how three individual’s lives – and the lives of those around them – were changed through accessible design. Enjoy!
#wearetarget
#stayopen
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“A world of worries in a world not worried about the worried, therefore the worried become the warriors whose worry warrants their warfare.” - Every Black Person
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The
@du1869
motto, is “Ex Fide, Fortis," which means "From Confidence, Courage." True to its mission, Dillard “cultivates leaders who live ethically, think and communicate precisely, and act courageously to make the world a better place.”
President and CEO of ESSENCE Ventures
@wangawoman
gave a speech of a lifetime at the 2023 commencement of Dillard University.
Go behind the scenes and get into the details of the newly hooded Dr. Caroline Wanga on this memorable day. We truly love to see it!
#ESSENCE
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@GoldmanSachs
wants to support at least 1 million Black Women with $10 billion...over 10 years which could result in a $300 billion annual increase in the U.S. GDP.
#ESSENCE
exclusive story
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THE RECEIPTS:
Love and light to you
@SwaysUniverse
The receipts are in:
ESSENCE Festival is the largest festival in the country (per day attendance) and since folks don’t understand — let us break it down for you.
Now what was said?
Black culture running festival culture is what we truly love to see.
#ESSENCEFestival
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What in the “WingStop-LemonPepperWings-AllFlats” is gon’ happen ouchea?!???
When Bosses talk — we listen!
Rick Ross and our CEO and President of ESSENCE Ventures Caroline Wanga teach you how to hustle to secure the bag and to maintain the bag as we go in depth from Boss to Boss.
The Teflon Dons just made this lineup HEAVY on the first of July!
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Congratulations to Team
@Essence
past, present, and future. Thank you to
@anthemawards
for recognizing the sacred cultural artifact that is,
@essencefest
Thank you so much to the Anthem Awards for this distinguished honor. Our mission for ESSENCE Fest 2022 was to bring Black Joy to the forefront: Mission Accomplished.
To our fearless leader CEO, Caroline Wanga, thank you for giving us permission to be bolder and louder.
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@summerofsoul
screening in Harlem with
@Target
was a wonderful experience, this summer.
@questlove
winning the an Oscar makes the memories all the more precious,
@toddwaterbury
🙏🏿❤️
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Some stealth mental wealth 4 ya health … “It’s The Black Joy For Me” is the ‘22 theme of
@essencefest
… more importantly it’s our critical community cultural currency … 🙏🏿 to
@breakfastclubam
& Team
@Essence
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Join Target in our all-year-long celebration and discovery of “BLACK BEYOND MEASURE: Past, Present, and Future.”
From real talk on Black success with Black founded brands, to family-forward fashions you can wear all year long, to music, movies, books, a…
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Thanks to
@cnbcmakeit
and
@thewordsmithm
for holding space within the seat of inquiry on why and how I developed the maps that guided my career experiences.
#ItsNotAboutRolesItsAboutExperiences
#ESSENCE
#AfroPunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
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Everything in this video is true. 👀👀👀
For the latest edition of Chief To Chief,
@PressSec
had an invaluable conversation with ESSENCE President and CEO
@wangawoman
as she inspires generations to dream beyond what’s expected.
#ESSENCE
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Team
@Target
at
@DiversityWoman
2019 Business Leadership Conference with founder
@DrSheila
and
@ValerieJarrett
. Thanks for all the insight on how to “Level Up!”
#WeAreTarget
#DWConf
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Take👏🏿Notes👏🏿Do👏🏿It👏🏿Better👏🏿!
#FailureRecovery
#ESSENCE
#Afropunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
#cnbcmakeit
#CNBC
#CNBCCeoCouncil
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Honored to join this distinguished group of artists, artisans, activists and alchemists to discuss the necessary and urgent need for equitable re-imagining of fashion and the economic models that fuel its existence.
#ESSENCE
#Afropunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
Caroline Wagna (
@wangawoman
) is joined by
@robingivhan
, Reni Folawiyo,
@alokofficial
, and
@iammariaborges
for a conversation about how we can achieve equality and representation in the fashion industry.
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I live with depression too. For all of us that do, I see you. I stand with you. 🤎
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Audre Lorde
#selfcompassion
#itsOKnottobeOK
One awesome t…
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Black men are the endangered species no one is saving. More legal protection and conservation happens for elephants than for black men.
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You are not by yourself because you are lagging, Beloved. You are by yourself because you are leading.
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Congratulations to my brother
@DerrickNAACP
my sister
@KarenBTowns
& the entire
@NAACP
village for upholding a platform that’s sole intent lives at the intersection of Blackness & Greatness.
@naacpimageaward
#ESSENCE
#BeautyCon
#Afropunk
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
#BHM
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Do you have the unmitigated gall to believe in a future others can’t see? One where you are living in your full, uninterrupted, personal purpose? Last year
@MLTOrg
invited me to share my personal journey.
#TakeNotesDoItBetter
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Return of Essence Festival to New Orleans will be bigger, 'unapologetically Blacker,' CEO says via
@nolanews
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Excited for this important panel conversation on behalf of
@Essence
…
SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG TERM: INVESTING IN WOMEN OF COLOR
…at the
@FortuneMagazine
Most Powerful Women Summit tomorrow…
Hosted by
@GoldmanSachs
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…see, now
@du1869
done given my momma,
#DrPamelaWanga
two points of bragging rights, considering I told her I would never be a “Dr.” Y’all ain’t right. 😝
@TCSteers
see what y’all started?!?!
#ESSENCE
#Afropunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
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“TILL” at the WHITE house during BLACK history month affirms that the justice FIGHT for Mamie’s baby is incomplete, UNTIL the fight for JUSTICE is complete for ALL our babies…
#emmetttill
#till
#WhiteHouse
#ESSENCE
#AfroPunk
#BeautyCon
#ESSENCEStudios
#BLM
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Through intention we learn how to love ourselves, we offer love to others, and we learn that love returned lovingly, doesn’t hurt.
The Multi-Hyphenate, Iconic, Chief-Of-All-Chiefs Oprah Winfrey joined ESSENCE Ventures President & CEO Caroline Wanga in fellowship in this
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It ain’t Shade, it’s Share. Market Share to be exact. We only get 1% of the media spend budgets our clpartners have. “The revolution must be financed…”
#EmmettDennis
“…at full value.”
#CarolineWanga
Face:
@brebeautified
Fit:
@ashakagivens
Accesories:
@trufacebygrace
#NoStylist
#ESSENCEVentures
President & CEO
@wangawoman
took everyone to church during the “Mavericks of Media” panel at
#RevoltWorld
. She joined
@REVOLTTV
CEO
@Detavio
and
@HollywoodUnlocked
CEO
@theonlyjasonlee
to discuss the impact Black media has on the economy and world.
#ESSENCE
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We stand in celebration of Supreme Court Justice
#KetanjiBrownJackson
. Yesterday’s goals are no longer good enough, as never again will there be a day where there has not been a Black woman on the Supreme Court, so now whatchu gon’ do, witcha bad self?
#SCOTUS
#WangaWoman
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Thank you for the celebratory and authentic fellowship
@OWN
and
@NABJ
There is something about when WE gather.
Check out
#TimeofEssence
on
#OWN
8/18.
#BlackBusinessMonth
#SupportBlackOwnedBusinesses
#SupportBlackCreatives
#SupportBlackMedia
“Essence is a cultural artifact owned by our community”.
Essence Ventures CEO and President Caroline Wanga
@wangawoman
had the pleasure of speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists (
@nabjofficial
) Convention in Birmingham, Alabama.
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@AmplifyAfrica_
&
@Essence
re-connecting the disconnected diaspora.
#ESSENCE
#AFRICON2022
#AFROBALL
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Pretty much! -
#ESSENCEFEST
“Everybody’s welcome, but we’re gonna party our way.-
@Essence
’s
@wangawoman
, on why
@EssenceFest
is unapologetically Black, “the safest place to be blackity Black Black Black.”
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It was an honor to sit and fellowship with you
@MiabelleNYC
… We celebrate all YOU are doing in pursuit of your purpose; for the culture; and for us as Black women. See you in
#NOLA
#ESSENCE
.
@wangawoman
sits down w/
@MiabelleNYC
to discuss the legacy of
@essencefest
& drop some career gems for
#BlackMusicMonth
Watch the full conversation:
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Honored to be with you and the work you will continue to create in early equity for all!
Great things are happening in Chicago! The
#DELPH
program cohort 2 graduation took place in the Windy City with Caroline Wanga (
@wangawoman
) of
@essence
and
@WeAreWangaWoman
as the keynote speaker.
Congrats to our DELPH scholars!🎊
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...and Top Companies for Board of Directors, top retailer, and top Minnesota-headquartered company.
#WeAreTarget
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#SillyThingsWithYourFriends
Hugs
@iammicheleghee
! 🙏🏿🙏🏿
@EarlButchGraves
for inviting us to
#BEWPS
. We missed
@Detavio
@MorganDeBaun
& the many other Black-Owned media co-disrupters. It’s fun to be in this era of “Blackness” with all of you.
#ESSENCE
#VaxxedBoostedTestedFlushoted
Collaboration will always be more powerful than competition. A genuine sisterhood - CEO of
@essence
@wangawoman
and CEO of
@ebonymag
@iammicheleghee
#BEWPS
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We are forever connected, Sis! I see you and sending you all the love and light!!!!!
I did that 🙃 One of my favorite conversations thus far. I love
@wangawoman
//
@Essence
SO MUCH ❤️
@HOT97
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Don’t Perplex The Flex…a report by
@du1869
found that in
#2022
alone
#essencefest
in
@CityOfNOLA
made a $327M impact, generated $120M in labor income, contributed $49M in city, state & local taxes & added $189M in value added to GDP.”
#ESSENCE
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Well deserved and earned!!! Couldn’t be prouder of what Brian has led Target through and to!
#WeAreTarget
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It’s not fashion, it’s armor. Thank you
@levenity
#ESSENCE
#Afropunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
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Honored to moderate a candid conversation with black owned beauty brands who've secured coveted space on Target shelves, featuring Monique Rodriguez, Founder of Mielle Organic; Maya Smith, Founder of The Doux; Rachel Roff, Founder of Urban Skin RX;…
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Honored to be in fellowship with
@Linkage
on behalf of
@Essence
and
@WeAreWangaWoman
as we un-stick floors, un-break ladders, and un-glass ceilings; with intention; through authenticity; in service of purpose.
#TakeNotesDoItBetter
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@K_JeanPierre
is a champion of a representation revolution & custodian of the culture of being a “first.” In
#ChiefToChief
she shares her story in the
#WhiteHouse
briefing room she governs everyday. View here: & in our Mar/Apr issue on newsstands now!
"The voice of the most powerful man in the world is a Black, queer, immigrant woman."
In the latest edition of Chief To Chief, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke herstory & heritage with ESSENCE President & CEO Caroline Wanga.
Watch:
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Proud of the entire incoming class of The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) including my fellow Target brethen Kamau Witherspoon, MBA and Dexter Newman! My spirit sister Bozoma St. John and my fellow Minnesota resident Kofi Bruce! Welcome to the family,…
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Congratulations to
#BECA
on its inaugural MANIFEST Awards Gala. Thank you to
@nordia_ffaceit
for the face!
#ESSENCE
#WangaWoman
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Honored invitation to reflect on the incomparable legacy of
#DrMartinLutherKingJr
with
#HoustonWhite
in a community instrumental to my existence
#Minnesota
… Join Us!
#OneDreamOneMinnesota
This Celebration is FREE and open to the public. Seating is limited and will fill up fast!
To learn more about visit ➡️
_
Our goal is simple: democratize authenticity
#MLKDay
#growth
#WangaWoman
#CarolineAWanga
#GoGetYourGreatness
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“Appi Berf Dai”
@L_Smith_23
! So glad you were born & had your very own
#Superhero
Bday Party featuring
@ActivelyBlack
x
#WakandaForever
collection! Proud of ya!
#GreatnessInOurDNA
#ACTIVELYBLACK
#ESSENCE
#WangaWoman
Face:
@keys_rebelle
Earrings & BodyPiece:
@TrufacebyGrace
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On 11/12/2018 my brother Victor took his own life. I would give anything to prevent the pain that comes with losing a loved one to suicide…This national hotline gives us all the opportunity to literally save lives…
#suicideprevention
#suicideawarness
#suicidehotline
#suicide
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A conversation between Sista-Friends whose life purposes are co-dependent!
@Chandasbaker
you are a force that I’m blessed to witness! The world is better because of your servant leadership and warrior spirit!
#ESSENCE
This week, we are revisiting a classic from our podcast archives:
@Chandasbaker
's conversation with
@wangawoman
, a charismatic powerhouse who is now CEO of
@Essence
. Listen now on
#ConvosWithChanda
:
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Whenever WE gather, WE reciprocally refuel one another in service of departing with what WE each need, to be the best BLACK, back where WE came from.
#EBWIH
is TONIGHT at 7pm EST on as a well that springs forth the righteousness & remedy you are ready for.
Honoring Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tara Duncan, Dominique Thorne, Gina Prince-Bythewood, and Danielle Deadwyler with the respect and recognition they deserve was a moment that was needed.
Tune in at 7 PM ET.
#ESSENCEBWIH
Link:
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I’m standing with you and the Asian community on this, Ben-Saba Hasan
In these times, it is important that we stay open to the experiences people are having and how our individual behavior influences those experiences.
What does it mean to stay open?…
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Asante Sana!
#KenyanoftheWeek
We celebrate
@wangawoman
who has been appointed Executive Officer of
@Essence
Communications Inc. - a US Based media, technology and commerce company dedicated to black women with a global audience of 20 million. Hongera!
Pic: Courtesy
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Never again will there be a day where this hasn’t happened and this isn’t true. Today, the baton has been moved further ahead. Tomorrow, you must pick it up from there & move it further ahead than you planned to yesterday. Congratulations
@MielleOrganics
#BlackHistoryInTheMaking
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It’s the “Thanks Sis” for me.
#ESSENCEFEST
@nytimes
Finding My Joy at Essence Festival - The New York Times
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Thank you to
@faceafrica
for the invitation to keynote the 2019
#WASHGALA
and celebrate your 10th Anniversary with some of the
@Target
family.
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Fantastic opportunity to be a part of the Target Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion team. Join us as we continue to champion an inclusive society by creating a circle big enough for us all, in service of what together brings us.
#wearetarget
#stayopen
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The word
#Sisterhood
is not enough to describe what this edition of
#ChiefToChief
stands for.
@thasunda
’s passion for nurturing a community of humans by illuminating what their “extra-ordinary is…” is only exceeded by her humility, energy & optimism for each & every one of us.
On Love, Loss and Legacy.
EV President & CEO Caroline Wanga (
@wangawoman
) and President & CEO of TIAA Thasunda Brown Duckett (
@thasunda
) open up about embracing the mess in order to truly appreciate the journey during their Chief to Chief interview, which explores Black women
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8/26 & 8/27
@afropunk
Brooklyn “Circus of Soul.”
“Something Wicked This Way Comes” with
@jazminesullivan
@durandbernarr
@joeybadass
@vincestaples
@tobenwigwe
@flyinglotus
@imbabytate
& many others.
Tickets here:
#ESSENCE
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
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“Stop trying to retain people.”
What has been allowed to exist is this idea that “retention success means keeping you,” says
@essence
CEO
@wangawoman
.
Instead: “Be the place that puts the best of talent out into the world.”
#TalentConnect2022
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Join us!
There is no question that this is a unique moment in our history. Tomorrow
@sharon_epperson
leads a
#CNBCInclusion
discussion exploring how business leaders can create systemic & sustainable change.
Join us for this crucial conversation:
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#Sisterhood
is not enough to describe this edition of
#ChiefToChief
. It features one of the dearest & most impactful relationships in my tribe. It was an honor to fellowship w/
@thasunda
about life journeys & our beloved sojourn as women, sisters & purpose-driven servant leaders.
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Lamenting while loving our Brothas, and “Living In My Color” on this day in Black History.
#BHM
#SupportBlackOwnedBusinesses
#ESSENCE
#Afropunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
👕:
@vintage88gear
📸 & 💄:
@keys_rebelle
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Grammy Award winner Anthony Hamilton visited the Target team for “Holidays with Hamilton.” Life doesn’t always allow us to be with our families as much as we would like, but he reminded us that sometimes you have to make family where you are. He nourished…
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“Who You Are Is Who You Are. If You Can’t Be Who You Are Where You Are, You Change Where You Are Not Who You Are.”
So incredibly proud of the work that earned Target The Corporate Bridge Builder Award from Tanenbaum Center For In…
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Honored to fellowship with my brother
@Detavio
CEO of
#Revolt
on this week’s episode of
#TheBlackPrint
on
@revolttv
each NOW via the REVOLT app, , or tune in wherever you listen to podcasts!
#ESSENCE
#WangaWoman
@Essence
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@du1869
@rocford
@Essence
“An
#HBCU
changed the trajectory of my life & led to me joining the
@du1869
class of 2023 to celebrate not just their academic achievements to date, but to illuminate the obligatory opportunity they have to play their role as indignant revolutionaries."
#ESSENCE
#WangaWoman
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Building
#MentalWealth
at
@AmericanSesh
with
@pinky907
where the currency is your mind. 🤑
#JoinTheSESHion
#AmericanSesh
#ThinkTank
#ESSENCE
#Afropunk
#BeautyCon
#EssenceStudios
#WangaWoman
#Early90sFresh
🎶: “People Everyday” Arrested Development
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Congrats to the
@TCSteers
Class of 2021. Honored to join you today & share “Happy Birthday, Failure!” 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 to the guides & guardians that helped
@cadencedaniels
& I get to this point in life. This honorary doctorate is in honor of the village.
#commencement2021
#graduation2021
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@cnbcevents
Thanks to
@elcinfo
and
@cnbcevents
for the opportunity to represent the
@Essence
team and mission as a part of the
#CNBCInclusionForum
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21st century philosopher Kendrick Lamar urges us to
#SitDownBeHumble
but I choose to
#StandUpBeGrateful
...Tweetin’ gratitude to those who paved the way...Twatchin’ out for those that will come after me...Tweezin’ out the lessons and learnings of this thing called life.
#BEWPS
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