SPI Launches ‘Diversity Searchlight’: Our Latest Newsletter Shining a Light on Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives within the Creative Industries
As part of SPI’s ongoing commitment to supporting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), we are delighted to announce the launch of Diversity Searchlight.
This regular newsletter will search out and shine a light on global DEI initiatives within the creative industries. The first edition will be published in early July 2022.
The first edition includes a spotlight on DEI initiatives in South Africa; an interview with Maganthrie Pillay from the Independent Black Filmmakers Collective (IBFC); and an interview with Oona King, Diversity Lead at Snap Inc. Here, Oona discusses her universal and cross-industry Action to Catalyse Tech (ACT) report, and how leading global companies are joining together to create a diversity strategies.
The Diversity Searchlight newsletter will also include a regular Global Digest of DEI-related initiatives in the creative industries to keep you updated on the latest trends internationally.
The project is led by DEI expert, former British Film Institute CEO and Special Advisor to SPI, Amanda Nevill, and Research Associate Mounira Almenoar, who is a specialist in DEI in the screen sector, having undertaken numerous workforce mapping and strategy projects internationally.
Subscribe to the Diversity Searchlight newsletter here.
If you wish to contribute to future editions of the newsletter, please email: mounira@o-spi.com.