02Our story
It started as an ERG.
A Different World Collective is rooted in the legacy of a pioneering employee resource group — a room that existed inside one organization, for the people inside it.
What we are building now is that same room, taken out of any single company and opened to the industry: a nonprofit where Black professionals in media and entertainment convene on their own terms, independent of any one employer.
In June we hosted our first Juneteenth Happy Hour for Black media and entertainment professionals. Fifty-seven people RSVP’d, and registration closed ahead of the date. It was the right kind of beginning: the community showed up for itself.