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Celebrate the Accessible with The Walt Disney Company

July 1, 2022

Rainbow border, Text: Disney Reimagine Tomorrow Celebrate the Accessible

In July, we’re Celebrating the Accessible with Disability Pride Month. We’re honoring the diversity and intersectionality of the disability and neurodivergent communities through increased representation, celebration, education, and accessibility.

Disney to be Exclusive Entertainment Sponsor of ESSENCE Fest

June 28, 2022

Text: Essence Festival of Culture New Orleans Louisiana Presented By Coca-Cola

The Walt Disney Company announced it will be the exclusive entertainment sponsor of the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ presented by Coca-Cola®. This year’s celebration kicks off with the Road to ESSENCE Festival with select activations taking place in Los Angeles on June 4, Washington, D.C., on June 11, and Chicago on June 19. It culminates with ESSENCE Fest, which takes place in person in New Orleans and virtually June 30-July 3, 2022.

Wish Granting Returns to Walt Disney Imagineering

June 9, 2022

Disney and Make-A-Wish have worked together to make more than 145,000 wishes come true, including the very first official wish, which took place at Disneyland Resort. Watch how Make-A-Wish kid Bella’s one true wish came true – to meet a Disney Imagineer.

Joseph, Cast Advisory Council Chairman, Brings Joy to Cast Members During the Pandemic at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

June 3, 2022

Joseph Yip with two team members and Mickey and Minnie

To support and help cast members feel the magic for themselves, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort created the Cast Advisory Council (CAC)—a committee addressing opportunities for growth within the company to improve the overall cast experience.

#BecauseIAm – Reimagining What It Means to Be American

May 20, 2022

Photo of ESPN employee holding a microphone and iPad at sporting event, Text: Inspire a better world through the power of stories.

During the month of May, cast members and ESPN talent and athletes will share personal stories and experiences highlighting that color/race/ethnicity does not determine if we are American or not.

Wishes Do Come True: Celebrating World Wish Day at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort

May 6, 2022

Photo of parents and children at Make-A-Wish event, Text: Inspire a better world through the power of stories.

Since the wish that inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish® was granted, Disney and Make-A-Wish have worked together to make more than 145,000 wishes come true. We are excited to share some exciting wish-granting announcements today with all of you!

Rising Together with The Walt Disney Company

May 2, 2022

Digital images of flowers, fish and water surrounding text, Text: Disney Reimagine Tomorrow Rising Together

In May, we’re Rising Together as we celebrate Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We seek to increase the visibility and presence of AANHPIs and create opportunities to illuminate and combat the many ways these communities experience bias, racism, and inequity.

Disney UNCF Corporate Scholars Named for 2022 Cohort

April 20, 2022

Graphic of Drum Major Mickey, Text: Disney on the Yard

The Walt Disney Company and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced the 2022 Disney UNCF Corporate Scholars, representing students from four-year institutions across the country, including many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Welcome Spring and Celebrate Holi, the Festival of Color

March 18, 2022

Headshots of Sascha Paladino and Shagorika Ghosh Perkins

In celebration of Holi, we caught up with Shagorika Ghosh Perkins, the series’ cultural consultant and consulting producer, and Emmy-nominated writer and producer Sascha Paladino, the series’ executive producer, to find out a little more about the episode and Disney Junior’s first show featuring a South Asian protagonist.