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DIVERSITY – McDonald’s Pranksters Get Hired for Company’s Advertising Campaign – The Ellen DeGeneres Show

In a Banksy-like act of protest and defiance, two friends created a large professional looking corporate ad poster of themselves and put it up in their local McDonald’s so there would be diversity represented. The poster stayed up for two months before it was identified on social media and McDonalds became aware of the poster.… Continue reading DIVERSITY – McDonald’s Pranksters Get Hired for Company’s Advertising Campaign – The Ellen DeGeneres Show

EDUCATION – Ellen DeGeneres Meets With High School Guidance Counselor Shelly Fitzgerald

When administrators learned that High School Guidance Counselor Shelly Fitzgerald was married to a woman – her partner of 22 years. She was given the option to dissolve her marriage or resign. In this video, Ellen DeGeneres meets with Shelly to talk about the experience. Further Reading Here are some links for further reading about Shelly… Continue reading EDUCATION – Ellen DeGeneres Meets With High School Guidance Counselor Shelly Fitzgerald

EDUCATION – Ellen Meets Extraordinary New Jersey Principal Akbar Cook

Ellen sat down with Akbar Cook, Principal of West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. Cook noticed at-risk students being bullied for dirty clothes, so he worked hard to install washing machines and dryers so the kids could do laundry. After hearing his story, Ellen teamed up with her friends at Cheerios to help… Continue reading EDUCATION – Ellen Meets Extraordinary New Jersey Principal Akbar Cook

Rap artist LL Cool J on the Ellen Show discusses “Accidental Racist”

Rap artist LL Cool J teamed up with Brad Paisley to produce the song “Accidental Racist” which became accidentally controversial. In a guest appearance on The Ellen Show, LL Cool J talks about the controversy and the meaning behind the song. This video was first uploaded to YouTube on 30 April 2013. On 9 Apr… Continue reading Rap artist LL Cool J on the Ellen Show discusses “Accidental Racist”

EDUCATION – Ellen DeGeneres Visits With ESL Teacher Emily Francis and Chobani Founder Hamdi Ulukaya

Ellen surprised Emily Francis, who moved from Guatemala to the U.S. when she was 15 and learned English by watching Ellen. Now Emily teaches English to elementary school kids, and because of her kindness and dedication to her students, Emily and her school received a huge gift, courtesy of The Chobani Foundation.

EDUCATION – Ellen DeGeneres Meets With Teacher Michael Bonner

Mr. Bonner is an inspiring second grade teacher at North Carolina’s South Greenville Elementary, where a majority of students have difficult home lives and many are homeless. When Ellen heard about how Mr. Bonner’s unique, rap-filled teaching methods encourage students to go above and beyond, she couldn’t wait to meet him — and give his… Continue reading EDUCATION – Ellen DeGeneres Meets With Teacher Michael Bonner