FWD Collective

FWD (For Women & Diversity) Collective & Inclusion Org | 🙌🏾🙌🏼🙌🏿🙌🏻 #Chicago #SF #Indy 🌎 #Online

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Hey You. Yeah, You. Your struggles do not equal You.

That's it. That's the post.

Your struggles do NOT equal You.

You got this 🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏾🙌🏽

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What we're reading 📖 #FWDRead "Harvard Legacy Admissions Targeted After Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action" by Erik Larson @eelarson & Janet Lorin @JanetLorin @bloomberg 🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏾🙌🏼 https://t.co/nKq9mg5jWq

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What we're reading 📖 #FWDRead 'The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act gives women more rights at work' by Rani Molla @ranimolla @Vox 🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏾🙌🏼 https://t.co/5G6fABsOOe

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Woo! #pridemonth a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ individuals while also recognizing the work that lies ahead. Pride flags have become powerful symbols of unity, diversity, & inclusivity 🏳️‍🌈

Check out our Pride Flag snapshot https://t.co/sfZBQIsm2i & FREE download

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What we're reading 📖 #FWDView

'Navigating Pride Month' by Max Siegel @blinkest

https://t.co/5RQaATy58R

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Did you know May is Asian American Hawaiian Native Pacific Islander Heritage Month?!? #AANHPI

& we got the chance to chat with @mialeblon 🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏾

Click here for the history & a Q&A with Mia on her perspective as an #AAPI individual #apahm #aapimonth https://t.co/34VTkcaam5

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Did you know May is Jewish American Heritage Month?!? #JAHM #🟦

Interested in learning more about the history of JAHM, how to celebrate, or checking out additional resources?

Click here 👉🏿👉🏻👉🏾👉🏽 https://t.co/7oOcNy9TWZ

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Life can be A LOT sometimes. Do you ever feel ‘busy’, but not in a productive way?

Let’s talk time-blocking.

"How to increase productivity through time-blocking"

🔗 https://t.co/05YPxuY8pr

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"You’d be surprised how many people aren’t exactly sure how they can support small business owners or what they really need."
—Marisa Donnelly (@_marisadonnelly)

https://t.co/eXVKwOGS0f

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"Failure" aka an opportunity to start again

It happens. We all fail. And it's important to take a beat to mourn "what could have been" — and to process those feelings. BUT the MOST important step, see the blessing in the opportunity to start again.

#letsgo
#MoveFWD
🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌

[FWD Collective @fwdcollectiveio]

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence."
— Frederick Douglass

#BlackHistoryMonth
#FrederickDouglass
Illustration from @blkillustrations

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What if everything you're going through is preparing you for what you asked for?

#letsgo
#yougotthis

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"There are ways to foster a better work-life balance as a solopreneur (without sacrificing your values along the way). 4 tips that can easily be added to your weekly routine." -Marisa Donnelly (FWD Contributor) @_marisadonnelly
⁣https://t.co/ErcrKM07H9

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"The most important thing to remember when you're creating is that the only unique thing about you is your story." — Kerby Jean-Raymond (@kerbito)

Our stories, our lived experiences, that's what makes us "us" and you "you" and gives you your super powers. Lean into what YOU KNOW

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"There are two things I've got a right to, & these are, Death or Liberty — one or the other I mean to have."
-Harriet Tubman

#blackhistorymonth
#HarrietTubman
Illustration from @blkillustrations

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"Black female founders are strategically finding alternative methods to fund their businesses with great success." YES! 👊🏿👊🏻👊🏾👊🏽 ⁣
-Lisa Marie Phoenix Jackson (FWD Contributor)
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Read all the secrets here → https://t.co/yEc3c7XbbT

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There is pain in unlearning, and it can "hurt" in the beginning as we are quite literally picking apart our lived experiences to create a new more inclusive reality, and that reality after the pain, is worth every minute.

Here's to doing the hard things.
#letsgo 🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏾🙌

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REMINDER: Celebrate! 🎉

All of your wins count, so count 'em! Recognizing each win creates space to build towards the next one.

#letsgo 🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏾🙌🏼

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"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson

#blackhistorymonth
#JackieRobinson
Illustration from @blkillustrations

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"Though Black Americans make up just over 12.4% of the nation’s population, we account for fewer than 2% of U.S. businesses and only 0.3% of total sales."⁣
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By FWD Contributor Lisa Marie (@lisamariesocial) #BuyingBlack & what that REALLY means⁣
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→ https://t.co/ANXqkz5edT