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George Takei was honored with the Snow Leopard Lifetime Achievement Award at the Asian World Film Festival in 2017.
Actor, activist and Eisner winner George Takei headlines the honors at this year’s Eagle-Con, a virtual sci-fi and fantasy conference hosted by Cal State L.A. and the Art Directors Guild.
This year’s Eagle-Con theme, “Possibilities Imagined Here,” celebrates diversity and addresses accessibility, underrepresentation and pushing boundaries in science fiction and fantasy genres over a series of three days, March 11-13.
Takei (“Star Trek,” “They Called Us Enemy”) joins celebrated production designer Wynn Thomas (“Mars Attacks!,” “Hidden Figures”) and best-selling author Nnedi Okorafor (“The Binti Trilogy,” “Black Panther: Long Live the King”) as this year’s awardees. They have long been barrier-breakers for other writers and artists, building impressively varied careers that have impact
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Granite was the material of choice for this landscaping assignment because it so effectively endures the harsh climates with its high compressive and flexural strength. The extensive color options were another plus for granite, allowing the formation of a pattern of vibrant color blocks inspired by Piet Mondrian’s paintings.
The plaza palette is gold, black and green granite, and it’s a “user friendly” composition that encourages tenants to sit and enjoy the outdoors area for lunch, impromptu meetings and people-watching. Every piece of the split-faced wall was matched by hand, leaving no sawn edges exposed. As the judges remarked, “It is a fresh, elegant and simple solution to an otherwis
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 17, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) Housing Finance Strategies President Faith Schwartz today announced that Charmaine Brown, the Mortgage Bankers Association Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion will kick-off Day One of #HousingDC21, a 100% virtual housing summit being held on September 20-21, 2021.
“With a focus on the importance of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, we are pleased to have Charmaine Brown as our opening speaker of Day One of #HousingDC21, the nation’s premier housing policy conference,” said Faith Schwartz.
In her role at MBA, Charmaine is responsible for expanding the association’s strategic framework to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion are embedded throughout its programs, practices, and member-services. Brown previously led Fannie Mae’s Diversity and Inclusion Engagement and Outreach in its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.