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With Three Reflective and Empowering News Specials OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE BET NEW YORK, NY - MAY 19, 2021 - Nearly a year has passed since the murder of George Floyd, whose life was senselessly taken by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Tuesday, May 25, marks the anniversary date of Floyd s passing, and BET will engage audiences with three compelling original primetime news specials powered by its social impact initiative Content For Change. These primetime specials will feature a range of notable voices from the Black community who not only pay tribute to the life of George Floyd but reflect on society s so-called racial reckoning. Has America made meaningful progress in the fight for racial justice and equality in the year since Floyd death? If not - what is the path forward? The three-night television event begins Tuesday, May 25 starting at 8 PM ET/PT on BET. ....
“Justice Now” specials stem from the network’s “Content for Change” initiative launched last summer Reid Nakamura | May 20, 2021 @ 10:28 AM Getty Images BET will honor the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death with a series of three news specials reflecting on his life and the turbulent last year in American society. The three-night event will kick off on the formal anniversary, Tuesday, May 25, with the “Bars and Ballads for George Floyd” event featuring Jon Batiste, Nas, former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young, singer and activist Anthony Hamilton, Civil Rights leader and Color of Change President Rashad Robinson, actor Michael K. Williams, rapper/lecturer Bun B, rapper/activist Trae tha Truth and others. ....
BFA/GETTY IMAGES This morning, Harper s BAZAAR s editor in chief, Samira Nasr, moderated a women-led panel for New York City mayoral candidate Ray McGuire. Joined by Jenny Galluzzo, cofounder of The Second Shift; Bess Freedman, CEO of real estate company Brown Harris Stevens; and Jeanine Liburd, chief social impact and communications officer for BET, the group spoke with McGuire about his plans for NYC women regarding the wage gap, small businesses, childcare, education, community safety, and more. Author, lawyer, and filmmaker Crystal McCrary McGuire kicked off the conversation with an enthusiastic introduction for her husband, whom she described as a cheerleader not just for me, but for all women. Ray McGuire, who announced his run for mayor on December 1, 2020, was recently an executive at Citigroup and has more than 30 years of business and finance experience rather than public service. But, as his wife pointed out during the Zoom event, the mayoral hopeful ha ....
Keturah Herron, Until Freedom Co-Founder Tamika Mallory, and Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham. “As a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a medical worker who loved helping others, with dreams of becoming a mother herself, Breonna’s life mattered,” says Jeanine Liburd, Chief Communications and Social Impact Officer, BET. “At BET, we choose to honor Breonna’s legacy by making space for solutions-oriented dialogue that can impact meaningful change. We are so proud to have the opportunity to partner with so many voices making significant contributions to this conversation.” According to the #SayHerName campaign from the African American Policy Forum, Black women as young as seven and as old as 93 have been injured, abused, and killed by police but rarely are their names a part of the national consciousness about these injustices. ....