Day of Action: WarnerMedia and AT&T commits $7 million to fight anti-AAPI assaults, bullying and harassment

On the Day of Action, a national day of mourning and remembrance of the lives lost and impacted by racism and hatred, AT&T and WarnerMedia announced a $7 million pledge to help combat for social justice.

“Hate and discrimination don’t have any place in our society. I’m saddened by the current incidents and my coronary heart goes out to the AAPI neighborhood,” Corey Anthony, AT&T senior vice chairman and chief range and improvement officer, mentioned whereas saying the dedication. “AT&T has a duty to handle equality points that affect our workers and the communities we serve. We are going to proceed to work on assembly the wants of these affected.”

The financial commitment includes a multi-platform campaign to raise awareness around the escalating violence towards the AAPI community and to give the public an opportunity to show their support and stand in solidarity. This campaign continues the company's ongoing commitment in response to racial and social injustice.

As a part of the multi-platform marketing campaign, AT&T and WarnerMedia have produced 4 public service bulletins, that includes expertise and executives from throughout WarnerMedia and AT&T, together with CNN host Lisa Ling and correspondent Amara Walker; Within the Heights and Loopy Wealthy Asians director Jon M. Chu; Mortal Kombat star Ludi Lin; Warrior actor Olivia Cheng; Kung Fu stars Olivia Liang and Tzi Ma; AT&T Enterprise CEO Anne Chow; and DC Comics chief inventive officer and writer Jim Lee.

The commitment from AT&T and WarnerMedia comes days after Kaiser Permanente, the nation's larges nonprofit health care provider, announce it's commitment of $5.4 million to fight the hate and violence directed at Asian Americans.

"As a company, WarnerMedia unequivocally stands with the AAPI community and all marginalized communities. We acknowledge that racism and sexism often provide the foundation for hatred, inequality and violence—and these are systemic issues we must all fight," said Christy Haubegger, WarnerMedia's EVP Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer.

"We are creators and thinkers, and we understand our responsibility to help foster greater understanding and awareness, in both the content we create, and through our words and actions."

For more information on ways to support, visit the AT&T AAPI Stand for Equality website att.com/StopAsianHate.

Anne Chow takes over helm of AT&T Business

Anne Chow takes over AT&T as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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AT&T Business has named longtime employee Anne Chow as its new CEO, making her the first woman to hold that position, reports ABC News.

“This is an exciting time at AT&T, and in AT&T Business, as we have a unique opportunity to provide our customers with the innovative solutions they need to better run their businesses and serve their customers,” said Chow to ABC News.

Chow, who becomes the higest-ranking Asian American in AT&T, replaces Thaddeus Arroyo, who will become the CEO of AT&T’s consumer business.

“In her nearly 30 years in the industry, she strove to ‘break the bamboo ceiling’ by succeeding in non-traditional roles that spanned direct and indirect sales, to operations, to P&L management,” AT&T Business said in a statement. “She created one of AT&T’s fastest growing Employee Networks — AT&T Women of Business — which has 4,800 members across 27 countries.”

Chow received a Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year in 2018. She most recently served as the company’s president of national business, according to Fierce Wireless.

Chow, a resident of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, took to Twitter on Wednesday to thank some of her well-wishers. 

 “With breakthrough technologies like 5G, businesses around the world will be poised to transform and disrupt their own industries. I look forward to this journey with an incredible team of women and men,” said Chow.

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