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WGU Labs Announces Making Space as the Winner in Inaugural Accelerator Competition in EdTech Innovations

WGU Labs, a leader in education innovation, today announced Making Space as the winner of its inaugural Pitch Competition. The winner was chosen after five finalists pitched their EdTech startup to a panel of judges consisting of senior WGU and Strada Education Foundation leaders alongside an audience of investors and higher education leaders at the 2024 ASU+GSV Summit….



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NBC & Making Space Announce The Release Of Free Training Course For Disabled Talent

Building on the momentum of their initial collaboration announced on October 17, 2023, NBC Sports and Making Space have released a free on-demand training course designed to build an expansive pipeline of Disabled talent who aspire to become sports commentators…




Netflix, Making Space Partner on Tutorial to Expand Graphic Design Education for Disabled Artists (Exclusive)

This Making Space and Netflix partnership is creating new accessible pathways into entertainment for disabled artists The training is tailored directly to Netflix’s design standards and creates tangible pathways to employment…


NBC Sports and Making Space Partner on Development Program for Disabled Talent

The initiative will focus on increasing employment opportunities on- and off-screen tied to the network’s sports coverage in time for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris


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The Entrepreneur and Disability-Rights Advocate Leading With Kindness

Keely Cat-Wells always dreamed of being a musical-theater dancer on West End and Broadway stages. That dream would be derailed when, in her early 20s…


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NBC SPORTS AND MAKING SPACE PARTNER TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED TALENT

NBC Sports and Making Space, a technology and media company, today announced a partnership in which they will work together to identify and develop on- and off-camera employment…


ACADEMY REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION STANDARDS RESOURCES

The following list of resources has been curated and reviewed by the Academy. Each resource provides robust, relevant and actionable tools to support a filmmaker, production, studio or distributor in meeting the standards, and facilitating progress…


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Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Most Fundable Companies of 2023

Congratulations to the 2023 Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Most Fundable Companies® presented by the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship…


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How Hello Sunshine and Making Space Media’s Unscripted First-Look Deal Could Change Hollywood’s Disability Narratives

Making Space co-founders Sophie Morgan and Keely Cat-Wells discuss why they teamed with Reese Witherspoon’s production company, the…


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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Partners With Making Space Media On Unscripted Content Placing Disabled Talent Front & Center

Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has tied with Making Space Media, the TV and film producer that places disabled voices front and center…


Meet the Techstars Economic Mobility Powered by Samvid Ventures Class of 2023

We are delighted to announce the Class of 2023 for the Techstars Economic Mobility Powered by Samvid Ventures Accelerator. This program is for talented entrepreneurs designing solutions….