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Soon: Now: Then: . I traveled w a baby for 303 days.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 27

    I wrote in more detail about my decision to join here:

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  2. Jul 14

    Can't wait to read this! More innovation in care plz 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Congrats and !

    Care economy=growing $648B market transforming parenting, elder care, workplaces, healthcare etc. is proud to collaborate w ’s Pivotal , fave founders + investors to create this investors guide to the ecosystem.
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  3. Jun 15

    💙 leading by listening 💙

    I started writing In The Heights because I didn’t feel seen. And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us—ALL of us—to feel seen. I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles. I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback. I hear that without sufficient dark-skinned Afro-Latino representation, the work feels extractive of the community we wanted so much to represent with pride and joy. In trying to paint a mosaic of this community, we fell short. I’m truly sorry. I’m learning from the feedback, I thank you for raising it, and I’m listening. I’m trying to hold space for both the incredible pride in the movie we made and be accountable for our shortcomings. Siempre, LMM
    -LMM
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  4. Jun 15

    Can't wait for 's this evening. Wanna join?

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  5. Jun 4

    Don’t 👏🏽 waste 👏🏽your 👏🏽time👏🏽

    remember when explained the whole merit / bar lowering thing like 5 years ago zero new arguments have been made since then so don't waste your time hashing it out again. someone already did the work. don't let them suck up your energy. just send them here and move on
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    May 27

    For more information on the Advancement Initiative, check out our interactive landing page:

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  7. May 27

    Thank you Joelle!! <3

    "There are opportunities to use some of the prevailing models of capitalism to distribute, rather than consolidate, wealth." The Advancement Initiative is working to align tech success with wealth generation for Black Americans. Congrats !
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  8. May 27

    Ade, and the rest of the team... LET'S DO THIS. I can't wait.

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  9. May 27

    My maternal grandparents both went to an HBCU, , graduating in the 1940s. It was there that my grandfather became a literal rocket scientist. Although I didn’t personally attend one, my own trajectory doesn’t exist without HBCUs. And that's a common story.

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  10. May 27

    When he pitched me on the AI, I was sold: He had picked a major leverage point in the struggle for racial equity in the US and figured out an authentic and effective way for his firm to tackle it. This was not a diversity play. This was an attack on structural inequity.

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  11. May 27

    While I love tech, startups, and portfolio support, I never thought I’d end up in venture because I wasn’t sure there was a firm out there whose values aligned with mine and whose thinking felt truly bold and aspirational about more than just money. Then Ade called.

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  12. May 27

    I am SO EXCITED to share that in a few weeks I’ll be joining Base10 as operating partner to help lead the Advancement Initiative. You can learn more about the AI here:

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  13. May 27

    This morning Bloomberg broke the story about Advancement Initiative, a $250M fund designed to benefit HBCUs

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  14. May 27

    I cant wait to work together!!

    I am incredibly lucky to be joined by two phenomenal partners in building the Advancement Initiative: , a co-founder of who will be spearheading building bridges between our LPs, Base10, and our HBCU partners. Her story 👇
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    May 27

    I spoke with and about ' new fund, which has several HBCUs as investors. It aims to boost wealth creation in Black communities and already has a portfolio full of unicorns such as and . Read more:

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    Apr 29

    Did just create the blueprint for ushering in an era of stakeholder capitalism? Read about why CEO and her team converted their legal structure to a Public Benefit Corp when they raised a $40M Series B. Our latest:

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    Apr 26

    White guys: Why can't you just not care about what happens to other people? But I am other people. It's happening to me. White guys: I mean that sucks, but you don't have to bring it to work. Die on your own time, ya know what I mean?

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  18. Apr 19

    LAST DAY TO APPLY!!

    🚨Reminder: applications to our Fellowship program are due TOMORROW! We're excited to read about all the ideas from our applicants! Be sure to submit your application by 2:00 PM (14:00) ET tomorrow.
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  19. Apr 10

    . is accepting applications for its 2021 Fellowship program—apply by April 20! We're looking for bold ideas from leaders committed to upending structural oppression & creating change in their communities so that all people can thrive.

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  20. Mar 30

    🤗🌟🔥🤎

    We're announcing something big today . After 6 years, is taking her next step in the movement, and I'm honored to be our next CEO!
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