What We're Reading: The Most-Buzzed-About Links From the C&C Team Slack Channel
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Welcome to the latest installment of What We’re Reading, a bi-monthly series in which we share the most talked-about links from the Create & Cultivate team Slack channel. Scroll on to find out what the C&C team is currently discussing and join in on the conversation by sharing your thoughts in the comments section. This week, the most-talked-about links spanned ____ to ___
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What We're Reading: The Links the C&C Team Can't Stop Discussing, Pondering, and Slacking Each Other About
A bi-monthly series, sharing the most talked-about links in the C&C Slack channel.
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Introducing What We’re Reading, a bi-monthly series in which we share the most talked-about links from the Create & Cultivate team Slack channel. Scroll on to find out what the C&C team is currently discussing and please feel free to join in on the conversation by sharing your thoughts in the comment section if you’d like. This week, the most-buzzed about topics around the virtual water cooler spanned a historic ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace to a renewed momentum toward finally make Juneteenth a nationally recognized holiday.
When outraged commenters are your employees.
An Essence poll found that nearly half of Black women (45%) say the place where they experience racism most frequently is in the workplace.
Square, Twitter, Nike, Target, and a growing number of companies are observing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for employees.
But too many companies are engaging in “performative allyship.”
Seven months pregnant and furloughed.
Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford—and fellow LGBTQ+ business leaders—on the hard work that led up to this week's landmark Supreme Court ruling.
Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Bezos unveil a $30M gender equality initiative.
Bon Appetit’s test kitchen staff is demanding equal pay.
12 ways to get reenergized on your midday break. (We highly recommend #3!)
ICYMI, Kim Kardashian West landed a podcast deal with Spotify.
And a special thank you to our Instagram followers for recommending black women-owned small businesses to add to our ever-growing list. Keep those recs coming!
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Links From Our Group Chat: Let's Talk Turkey with Teigen & Nuns with Chainsaws
Humanity did good this week.
If the weekend's activities have left you feeling stuffed to the brim, fill up on something else tonight before you head back to work tomorrow. Namely, Links from our group chat. Sure, we took a break from the office, but do you think we actually took a break from our C&C Dream Team Group Chat? No way.
1989 was the first year a turkey was given a presidential pardon. And other odd facts about the world's ugliest bird.
Chrissy Teigen is rarely wrong. And she is def not wrong about turkey.
Turkey talk aside, since this week was all about giving thanks. We're throwing it back to this nun who took matters into her own hands. We are sure grateful for her holy badassery.
It's always hard to get back on track the week following time off. For one, there's no pie. So, stop doing meta-work.
There's one day left to nab amazing deals from the C&C x Google Store. Did we purchase items from our own gift guide this weekend? Not even gonna pretend on this one. Yeah. We did.
Want more? Check back every Sunday night. We're always reading the good stuff.
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