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You know the Bechdel Test for women characters in media? Well now we have a barometer for men in media developed by @geenadavisorg and @equimundo_org

The Caring Men in Media test is simple and can help you spot healthy representation of men in media -and- I just saw a film that PASSES this test in a beautiful way @ifigowilltheymissme

1-Two named male characters talk to each other
2-One talks about his inner emotional life
3-The other responds with compassion

I didn’t know about this test when I saw “If I Go Will They Miss Me” but immediately remembered a poignent scene I loved and now I know why it stuck with me.

In the film, @j_fonz character opens up to @mylesbullock.be character about parenting and it was special to see both fathers share vulnerability and the inner tension of being a good parent as we also continue to do better as people. One reason this film is so fantastic is because it’s so human and we need to see more media that represents the complexities of all people.

We know real life reflects what we see on the screen and encouraging better men in media normalizes and encourages better behavior.

#mediarepresentationmatters #bechdeltest #CaringMen

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28 employers. Nearly 300 future leaders. Unlimited possibilities! 💡🔥
The 7th Annual iamSTEAMCLT Youth Career Expo brought the heat to the Charlotte Museum of History earlier this month. CMS students and NextGen youth took over the space for an unforgettable day of career discovery across STEAM fields.
Local industry partners showed up big with live demonstrations, career insights, and real-talk mentorship, giving Charlotte youth a clear line of sight to high-demand careers.
Charlotte Works President & CEO @annaelondon and Brandi Williams from @CLTgov Solid Waste Services share the passion behind bridging classroom learning with real-world industries!

Thank you to @sunshinemedianetwork for capturing this amazing footage! Full video is on our YouTube channel!
#iamSTEAMCLT #CharlotteWorks #WorkforceDevelopment #CharlotteNC #STEAM #NextGen #CMS #YouthEmpowerment #CareerExploration

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Basketball was the dream. Charlotte was part of my journey that made me who I am.

I came from a small town of 500 people with a dream bigger than anything I’d ever known. I didn’t know where it would take me. I just wanted to see how far I could go.

Eventually, that dream took me to Los Angeles.

And even though the journey didn’t end the way I once imagined, I don’t regret chasing it.

Because maybe it was never just about making it to the NBA. Maybe I needed to find out what I was made of along the way.

‘Confront Defeat’ — A basketball mini docuseries🏀🎥

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16 years ago. This time of year always weighs on me. The memories of Zahra Baker’s disappearance, the search, and the horrifying outcome.

May 2010, I met Zahra at Charlotte Motor Speedway and interviewed her about getting a free hearing aid from @starkeyhearing and @scc_nc

I’d fought to cover that hearing aid event because my mom suffered severe hearing loss and so did one of my partners who had a cochlear ear implant. Hearing loss affected my life many times and I saw first-hand how it often leads to shame, depression, and social isolation in many people who experience hearing loss.

A Starkey rep told me I should interview the little Australian girl who lost her leg to cancer and when kids made fun of her. She was from Hickory, we didn’t even cover that area and I’d never been there, but I interviewed her and her stepmother anyway.

Five months later, an AMBER Alert in The Charlotte Observer caught my attention, the name was so familiar. I searched it on my station’s website and it was Zahra Baker. I contacted @called2connect immediately and told her to run my interview from May. I cried all day that Sunday and posted my news story on every Facebook page I could.

I’d cover the search, the discovery, the plea agreement with @randomsoleil and others. I helped organize her birthday vigil but wasn’t permitted to speak. The man who would become my future business partner put me on Nancy Grace. I cried a lot. And in 2021, HLN profiled her story.

Zahra fell through the system. So many teachers knew she was abused her family moved her from school to school eventually things she was homeschooled.

Her body was dismembered by her stepmother Elisa Baker, the woman I interviewed at the hearing aid event. There’s now a law in North Carolina, named for Zahra making that a crime.

My life is forever changed by Zahra Baker and there’s so much to her story still for me to tell because the system is still broken.

📸 @jamesnixphoto

#DamagedPetals #EndangeredChildren #PreventChildAbuse #ZahraBaker

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Sharing your story often involves other people and they may or may not agree with what you say or how you portray them.

Licensed mental health therapist Whitney Coble @raising.resilience and guest Sadhvi Siddhali Shree @siddhalishree share their advice with our She Dreams In Color Live! audience during our live audience experience filmed at Independent Picture House in Charlotte, NC.

Our Season Three Episode One guest @siddhalishree the first woman Jain Monk in North America, explains how the practice of Jainism includes truthfulness and nonviolence. Siddhali reminded us intention and integrity matter when we share our truth.

She Dreams In Color Live! Hosted by Jennifer Moxley interviews women about their Occupation and a personal Obstacle.

Audience Hostess Fran Marie @franmariemedia leads a 30 minute audience Q&A with a licensed mental health professional, and the episode guest giving audience members an opportunity to leave informed and confident about the heavy topics discussed in the interview.

The full interview and Director’s cut with Therapist Q&A is available on YouTube

Thank you @caratruitt for the question

#WomensStories #Charlotteproduction #Storytelling #shedreamsincolor #WomenInspiringWomen

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You’ll want to see this full interview with @siddhalishree Sahdvi Siddhali Shree as she describes her experiences as a young adult.

Season Three, Episode One of She Dreams in Color Live! filmed with an audience at the Independent Picture House in Charlotte, North Carolina explored Siddhali‘s Occupation of Jain monk and filmmaker and her Obstacle of Cumulative PTSD.

Host Jennifer Moxley explores the dichotomy of finally knowing where your life should go and then another obstacle presenting itself. In Siddhali‘s case it was deployment to active combat in Iraq just as she found her spiritual teacher @acharyashreeyogeesh and clarity in her spiritual call.

Siddhali’s forthcoming memoir, “The Making of a Monk”, explores loss, war, trauma, spiritual seeking, filmmaking, renunciation, and rebuilding a life around nonviolence, purpose, and service.

Produced by @sunshinemedianetwork @baltocreativemedia @queencitypodcastnetwork
Set design @properflower
Hair and beauty expert @elizabeth_tolley_beauty
Audience Hostess @franmariemedia

#WomensStories #Jainism #Spirituality #Storytelling #Charlotte

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Catholic guilt to active combat in Iraq to being the first woman Jain Monk in North America, Sahdvi Siddhali Shree shares her journey with host Jennifer Moxley and the She Dreams In Color Live! audience.

@siddhalishree lives and teaches as Spiritual Director of @siddhayatan Tirth in North Texas and learns under @acharyashreeyogeesh Siddhali’s path was a winding road of spiritual discovery but always came back to an inner call she’s long heard.

The full interview and Director’s Cut is on YouTube and in the link

Sadhvi Siddhali Shree shares her unconventional journey from losing her mother at age 13 and being forced to grow up quickly, to serving as a U.S. Army combat medic in Iraq and ultimately becoming the first North American female Jain monk. Her forthcoming memoir, The Making of a Monk, explores loss, war, trauma, spiritual seeking, filmmaking, renunciation, and rebuilding a life around nonviolence, purpose, and service.

On Season Three Episode One of She Dreams In Color Live! filmed at Independent Picture House @iph_clt in Charlotte, NC Siddhali tells host Jennifer Moxley the value of a sharing her journey online which connected her with her spiritual teacher. Siddhali is a self taught, award-winning documentary filmmaker and seeks to help others share their stories in an effort to encourage nonviolence, which is a tenant of Jainism.

Produced by @sunshinemedianetwork @baltocreativemedia @queencitypodcastnetwork
Set design @properflower
Hair and beauty expert @elizabeth_tolley_beauty
Audience Hostess @franmariemedia

#WomensStories #Jainism #Spirituality #Storytelling #Charlotte

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Andrew Moxley talks about how he used to study the greats of basketball, and where his old school training techniques came from. Inspired by the great Muggsy Bogues & Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Maryland, one grueling drill was to run two miles while carrying bricks. Moxley shows that he was willing to do whatever it took to become a better basketball player, and that studying those before him was an important part of the process.

Episode 9: ‘Confront Defeat’ - A basketball mini docuseries

Production: @sunshinemedianetwork

@therealmuggsy dunbarpoetsbball @nba

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Custom high heels designed for She Dreams In Color Live! by Charlotte artist and friend Santos @ajsjunior after years of knowing I would wear his designs one day.

Aguinaldo Santos is a Brazilian-born, multi-talented artist, architect, and fabricator.

I first interviewed Aguinaldo (and May) for the 2023 Charlotte Shout @cltshout podcast when he first launched his ShoutOke interactive mobile karaoke installation Uptown.

His art, creativity, and constantly evolving vision for what he can build and design is so special and I’m grateful to be able to wear his work.

The shoes were the FINAL piece of the entire production as I picked them up on the way to the show the morning of the shoot and this video wa the first I’d seen them. I had not even tried the shoes on prior. It was all divine.

When I launched She Dreams In color interview series in 2021 I intentionally incorporated commissioned artwork from Charlotte artists because
Art is healing.
Art is uplifting.
Art is political.
Art is unifying.
Art is storytelling.
Art creates jobs.
Art builds bridges.
Art makes us happy.
Art matters.
And we are all a Work of Art.

Please support @ajsjunior and look for the bigger and better concept he has across Charlotte and at Charlotte Shout.
#CharlotteArt #CharlotteArtist #ArtTherapy #CustomHeels #SheDreamsInColor

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She Dreams In Color Live! audience experience filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Independent Picture House is produced by Sunshine Media Network.

Hosted by Jennifer Moxley, the live Talk Show audience experience aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation by giving women an affordable place to gather, meet others, and share an experience together.

All 24 episodes of She Dreams In Color have featured a woman’s occupation and a personal obstacle of her choosing because we believe when girls and women see career pathways they can take, dreams become possible to pursue.

The live audience experience included a Q&A talkback facilitated by Audience Hostess Fran Marie and licensed mental health therapist Whitney Coble of Raising Resilience to ensure audience members leave with tools, accurate information and more confident in their own resilience than when they arrived.

Advertising opportunities are still available for additional episodes in Season Three which will be announced soon.
This production is an Arts & Science Council Venue Grant recipient

Launched in December 2021, She Dreams In Color is a two time Telly award-winning interview series with more than 22,000 views on YouTube and hundreds of thousands of impressions via social media sharing.

@sunshinemedianetwork
🎥 @annaeatsnc

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Dress Code: whatever makes you feel beautiful

Big energy and bright colors filled the Independent Picture House for She Dreams In Color Live! Audience Experience produced by Sunshine Media Network.

Season Three, Episode One is available on YT and the link in the bio.

You can see the full interview with Guest Sahdvi Siddhali Shree speaking with host Jennifer Moxley, the live audience Q&A with Therapist, Whitney Coble of Raising Resilience and Audience Hostess Fran Marie, and the full Director’s cut version including extra edits.

Start preparing your outfits for the announcement of the next live episodes we’re planning for Season Three!!

#LiveAudience #LiveShow #WomensStories #CharlotteProduction #WomensMentalHealth

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A beautiful, colorful, joyful, meaningful, and valuable time was created at the She Dreams In Color Live! Audience Experience.

Captured by the Pose It Up CLT Glamourazzi @poseitupclt we saw the bright colors, big smiles, and shared love at the Independent Picture House for this live audience experience.

Special thanks to Kari the Fun Coach, Jordan, and The Fun Side team for ensuring our Audience Experience was bright and happy!

We are excited to announce our next episodes and experiences soon! Make sure you’re following!

You can watch all 24 episodes of She Dreams In Color Live! on our the She Dreams In Color YT channel!

Hair and makeup artist @elizabeth_tolley_beauty

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