Entrepreneur Spotlight: Keonia Rodgers Wants You To Boss Up! Essence 3/5/2021 D Shonda Brown
During her sophomore year at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCAT), Keonia Rodgers experienced difficulty when it came to the feeling of belonging within a specific community within her school. While she had initial interest in pledging a sorority or joining on-campus organizations and though the process did not work out, this small fumblearia-label= HBCU campus (opens in a new tab) href= https://www.essence.com/videos/love-letter-to-hbcus/ target= blank >HBCU campus.
Rodgers and McElroy were denied approval from the administrators of student organizations due to discrepancies, but this didn’t stop Rodgers from fighting. Her obvious obsession and passion for Boss Up! led to her appointment as a White House HBCU All-Star ambassador during her senior year in 2017. As an ambassador at A&T, the Dover, Delaware native was required to implement
Summit ’21: To reach your company’s D&I goals, “don’t do it alone” The Realscreen Summit kicked off its first day of its inaugural virtual edition with two sessions exploring the current state of affairs for the non-fiction production industry, and ways to . January 26, 2021
The Realscreen Summit kicked off its first day of its inaugural virtual edition with two sessions exploring the current state of affairs for the non-fiction production industry, and ways to create a more diverse business across sectors.
The latter was the focus of a panel called “Diversity and Inclusion: Tools and Resources for Reaching your Goals”. Moderating was NPACT interim general manager Michelle VanKempen, who is also the founder and executive director of Women in Nonfiction (WiN), a national organization that advocates for and suppo