Mom s artwork featuring Black women to be used in a national campaign
Petersburg mom Tequitia Andrews is featured prominently in a nationwide Black History Month tribute. Her artwork posted on Instagram snagged the attention of Cricket Wireless as it worked on its Smile Makers campaign. That campaign celebrates Black History Month by highlighting influencers, community leaders, hometown heroes and Black institutions that serve to better peopleâs lives and make them smile.
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RICHMOND, Va. Tequitia Andrews sees life these days in rich, bold colors. Sheâll admit in recent years it hasnât always been that way.
AMC Networks Launches 8th Annual Black History Month Campaign (EXCLUSIVE)
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Feb. 1, 2021
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Variety has learned exclusively.
The 2021 PSA series features four thematic spots that feature AMC Networks talent Colman Domingo (“Fear the Walking Dead”) and Vanessa Simmons (“Growing Up Hip Hop”); as well as CBC members and U.S. Representatives Alma Adams, G. K. Butterfield, André Carson, Hank Johnson and Lucy McBath. They were filmed remotely and virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“As we celebrate Black History Month and the 50
th anniversary of the Congressional Black Caucus, AMC Networks is honored to provide a platform for our country’s leaders to share their inspiring stories,” said Josh Sapan, president and chief executive officer of AMC Networks, in a statement. “At AMC Networks, we are committed to celebrating Black history and culture by embracing and enhancing diversity and inclusion
In partnership with TikTok
In a year where a pandemic locked us all up in our houses without further notice, not much could have made it better. Our usual coping mechanisms disappeared overnight; trashy reality TV shows and movies were postponed, clubs ceased to exist and travelling abroad became a luxury afforded to the very few influencers sponsored to fly to Dubai.
Yet there was one unlikely hero that came to everyone’s rescue – TikTok. In 2020, there was only one winner and it was the app that got everyone hooked on badly choreographed dance routines and Dalgona coffee. The platform provided a digital space for all our needs and more. It became a space to let go, create and connect with people on the FYP who are the same type of weird as you.