Adobe's Employee Networks Celebrate Hidden Women's History Through Cross-Network Collaboration

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Women’s History Month may be March, but some stories deserve more than 1 month✨Last week, I helped bring together a collaboration between Adobe’s Black Employee Network, Middle East & North Africa Network, and Asian Pacific Islander Network, with The IM-Pact Kinship’s Isabella Mascarenhas and Calbert Bradford, for a bespoke history talk celebrating 26 trailblazing GEM women from across the world.Women who led.Built.Fought.Ruled.Created.Taught.Changed things.And still, so many of their stories remain hidden gems 💎 there to be found, but rarely given the spotlight they deserve.Isabella and Calbert took us across continents, cultures and centuries 🌍 from education pioneers and innovators to warriors, queens, architects, authors and pirates.It was thoughtful.Joyful.Educational.And full of the kind of spectacular stories that make you wonder why school history lessons had the same five people on rotation.But what made it special wasn’t just the content.It was the collaboration.Three networks.Different communities.Shared purpose.That is why employee networks matter.They create space for stories that are too often missed.They build community beyond the workplace.They help people feel seen.And because no excellent cultural event should end with people awkwardly shuffling back to their desks, we finished with Lebanese food and proper conversation.A huge thank you to Isabella Mascarenhas, Calbert Bradford, the network site leaders David Craig, Chadia M. and Lisa Lutgen, and to everyone who supported, attended and helped make it happen 🙌🏾Proud to have played a fabulous part ✨AdobeForAll EmployeeNetworks Belonging WomenInHistory

Communities

• Multicultural

Observances

• Women's History Month

Formats

• Cultural Potluck & Food Social

Goals

• Connect