Disney Launches Howard University Fund to Support Black Storytellers

“Across Disney’s brands, we are working to amplify underrepresented voices and untold stories,” says Jennifer Cohen, evp of corporate social responsibility. “The Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard will help us support students and the innovation and creativity that the university has cultivated for more than 150 years. We are excited to help the next generation of Black storytellers bring their ideas to life.

Phylicia Rashad, dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard, added in a statement, “Our students at the College of Fine Arts find their creative expression in many ways — in the performing arts, in animation, in the design of the products that we use in life. The Disney Storytellers Fund is a great support for our emerging artists as they explore and develop their potential within and across disciplines.

The program is part of Disney’s social investment and collaborations, including school-age STEM programs, to increase access to careers in storytelling and innovation for those who have been historically underrepresented.

donwinslow Excellent idea.

Native Americans as well. Let’s not forget who the true Americans are

Disney when will the Alpaca be ready?

Seems like a policy based on race and therefore by definition racist...

like Jussie Smollet?

And keeps supporting republicans. This is PR

donwinslow

Trysta_Krick NewCoke

donwinslow Wow… we see you Disney! Thank you for the diversity!

This is the problem with America. Something shouldn’t be supported just because of someone’s race or orientation. In this case, anyone with a good story to tell (whether man or woman, straight or LBGTQ, black, white, Latino, Asian, or whatever) should be supported.

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