![]() ![]() ![]() I was sitting on the couch as I read the news about the hair ban. ![]() The journey for the CROWN campaign began in February 2019, when the New York City mandate against hair discrimination was announced. CROWN campaign is an interdisciplinary team and growing village of grassroots advocates in academia, business, policy, journalism, research, health, law, the arts, and community who have lived experiences of hair discrimination, know of those impacted by hair discrimination, and have been engaging voices from around the country and globe on experiences with hair discrimination. I have had lived experiences of hair discrimination which fueled my passion to address systems transformation through a lens that is informed by my interdisciplinary background. #Deeper than hair professional#The styles that were mentioned as socially acceptable for professional upward mobility were straight hairstyles that did not reflect the texture of my natural hair.Īs co-founder of the CROWN Campaign, a movement founded to end discrimination and injustice of all forms including hair discrimination. I did not understand how hair that grew naturally out of my scalp could be labelled as a source of barriers. When I graduated from Columbia University, I was informed in a professional development workshop at a national conference that my hair should not distract from my excellent credentials. ![]()
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