This Week’s Good Vibes:

1. Some U.S. Airports Strive to Make Flying More Inclusive for Those With Dementia
2. Meet The Entrepreneur With A Plan To Create One Million Black-Owned Businesses By 2030
3. Lyft Launches Women+ Connect
4. Smucker’s New Hybrid Work Model
5. Pinterest’s New Algorithms Want You to See Every Body Type

Call to Action:

A month full of Jewish holidays is upon us. Here are some inclusion tips from our friends at Seva Global. Shanah Tovah, to those who celebrate.

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. Lego Is Launching Its Braille Bricks in English and French for the General Public
2. Nebraska Cornhuskers Volleyball Breaks Women’s Sports World Attendance Record
3. Texas Waves Goodbye to Sales Tax on Menstrual and Gender-Based Products
4. Retailers Help Generate $14 Billion for Black-Owned Companies
5. Lumen Field Was Awarded KultureCity’s Sports Venue of the Year Award 2023

Call to Action:

Have you checked out Living Corporate? It's a Black-owned digital media network that centers and amplifies Black and brown folks at work. Check it out for some great podcasts and articles. 

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. The Trans Handy Ma’am
2. Inclusive Tours at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
3. Hiring Refugees Is Good for People, Good for Business, Says Stickley CEO
4. Companies Offering To Pay For Abortion Travel See Uptick In Recruitment
5. Popcorn Stand at Lincoln Financial Field to Be Staffed by People With Autism

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. 1st Stadium Built for Professional Women’s Sports Team Going Up in Kansas City
2. “Illustrate Change,” an Initiative to Drive Greater Diversity in Medical Imagery
3. Amazon Expands Fertility Benefit to Workers in 50 Countries
4. A Musical Centering on a Group of Young Adults With Autism Is Heading to Broadway This Fall

Call to Action:

Connect with Toby Mildon on LinkedIn for insightful and intelligent posts, particularly on the subject of accessibility. I find his content enriching and always look forward to learning from him.

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. 46 Million Americans Struggle With Substance-Use Disorder and Hypertherm Associates Is Paving the Way for “Recover-Friendly Workplaces”
2. UPS Workers Reach a Tentative Contract Deal With Management Days Ahead of Strike Deadline
3. Tech Company CHANI Is Proving Why Caring for Your Employees Pays Off
4. Swift Stunned the Eras Tour’s Trucking Staff by Giving Each Trucker a Check in the Amount of $100,000
5. Wisconsin’s First Universally Accessible Park Breaks Ground in Wauwatosa

Call to Action:

Minette Norman’s book The Boldly Inclusive Leader, is here! You can order it for release on August 8 right here. Minette was a delightful 5 Things in 15 Minutes guest earlier this year.

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. Desantis Controversial Policies Spark Florida Convention Cancellations as Tourism Shows Signs of Slowing
2. Pie Shop on Chicago’s South Side Serves More Than Dessert
3. CVS Rolls Out Collection of Accessible Products
4. Armless Pilot Gives Students a Look at First Foot-Controlled Plane
5. Jags’ Maxen Is the First Male American Pro Sports Coach to Come Out as Gay

Call to Action:

August is National Black Business Month, a time to recognize and support Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs across the country. Of course, you should do that every month, but add some extra intention this month. Here’s a great one: Tubby’s Taste, delicious, island-inspired cookies, available for corporate gifts or treats at home.

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. How DEI Led to a New Barbie and Outdoor Apparel for Every Body
2. These Companies Are So Serious About Keeping Older Employees That They’re Offering ‘Grandparent Leave’
3. Wesleyan University Joins Other Schools in Nixing Legacy Admissions After Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling
4. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Opens First-Of-Its-Kind ‘For Members Only’ Credit Union
5. Indeed Is Introducing a New Benefit to Support Employees Affected by Legislation Limiting Access to Gender-Affirming Services

Call to Action:

Follow Mita Mallick on LinkedIn and check out her Brown Table Talk podcast for awesome career and workplace advice.

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Good Vibes:

1. Cordillera Chocolates Launches New Sustainability Initiative for Female Cocoa Farmers in Colombia
2. Majority of Birmingham Logistics Company’s Workers Are Recovering Addicts Getting a Second Chance
3. Walmart Adds Sensory-Friendly Hours At Stores Nationwide
4. Esther Vergeer’s Induction Into the Hall Of Fame Puts Spotlight On Wheelchair Tennis
5. Miss Netherlands Crowns Its First Openly Trans Woman Rikkie Valerie Kollé

Call to Action:

New podcast alert! My friend LaToyna Wilkins, who wrote Leading Below the Surface: How to Build Real (and Psychologically Safe) Relationships with People Who Are Different from You has a new podcast of the same name. You can check it out here, too. (yes, I realize I gave her a shout-out last week, too)

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. Duke University Offering Free Tuition For North And South Carolina Families Earning Below $150,000
2. Estonia Becomes First Central European Country to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
3. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Is Now in Effect
4. Sephora Announces Newest Influencers To Support Diverse Voices In Beauty
5. Wimbledon Allows Dark Shorts to Ease Period Leakage Worries

Call to Action:

My friend LaTonya Wilkins, author of Leading Below the Surface, has a new Leadership + Team Effectiveness Assessment™️, which you can preview here. LaTonya is one of the best people I know and this is a very cool new product.

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Here Are This Week's Good Vibes:

1. UMB Honors Service Dogs with ‘Dogtorate’ Degrees
2. Illinois Becomes the First State in the U.S. To Ban Book Bans
3. Characters With Disabilities At the Center Of New TV Show
4. NYC’s Food Delivery Workers Will Be the First in the Country to Get a Minimum Wage
5. The U.S. Army Renames a Base in Honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black WWI Hero

Call to Action:

Know someone whose child recently came out as trans? The Cut offers this fantastic Transgender Family Handbook, 144 specific suggestions, curated from trans young people and their loved ones.

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