Bold Founder Named to Bumble’s ‘Most Inspiring New Yorkers’ List

Today Bumble, the female-first social connection app with more than 40 million global users, unveiled its list of Most Inspiring New York City Bumblers, and I was excited to be among them and share more about our work at Bold.

 

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Portraits and images of this Bumble list of 112 people will be featured on more than 500 outdoor placements, NY subway station takeovers, storefronts, illuminated double-decker buses, and a half-million custom placements on coffee sleeves, pizza boxes, and New York Post newspaper wraps.

Bumble asked me during my interview “What inspires you to make moves in your life?” and I told them that I’m inspired by people who have bent the arc of history toward love, compassion and unity.

 

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CARRIE: Equality of opportunity is what America is built upon, even if we’ve never done that perfectly and are always striving to be better. We get there by rejecting bigotry, racism, sexism, and homophobia. We get there by viewing each person as endowed with inherent dignity, capacity and possibility. We get there by respecting the viewpoints of others, even if we disagree with them. #FindThemOnBumble

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The Bumble campaign is a a multi-million dollar effort that’s been more than a year in the making, explained more in a blog post, “Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd: New Yorkers, You Inspire Us.” The #FindThemOnBumble docuseries and outdoor/experiential campaign is the result of Bumble spending the past 12 months interviewing my fellow New Yorkers to learn our stories about friendship, business, love and living an empowering life.

The Bumble list has both Republicans and Democrats, including Alyssa Mastromonaco, former White House deputy chief of staff under the Obama administration. Liz Bouk, opera singer, and Julie Rice, founder of SoulCycle, are on the Most Inspiring list, as well as past Bold guests and guest hosts, including these lovely people below:

 

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LIDDY: The most important relationship is with yourself. Focus on the prize and embrace the failures. They’re part of your story. #FindThemOnBumble

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Bold contributor Elizabeth Huntsman, chatted at Facebook New York headquarters with host Catherine Thompson of Talking Points Memo, JP Brammer of The Guardian, and Aaron Morrison of Mic.com to discuss voting among millennials.

 

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DRE: A few years ago, I learned that girls in low-income communities do not have access to basic essentials like hygiene products. That inspired me to launch @smileonmehq, a community organization that provides feminine hygiene products to girls and also leads workshops on hygiene, self-esteem, puberty/menstruation, and mental health. #FindThemOnBumble

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Dre Thomas, who joined Bold Life to tell us about her wonderful organization, Smile On Me, that helps young girls in NYC learn about health and puberty.

 

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LIZ: People’s perceptions of you are none of your business. Do your own weird thing. #FindThemOnBumble

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Liz Plank guest-hosted Bold TV and discussed her thoughts on Charlottesville and its aftermath.

 

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BLAIR: I’ve learned to not let self doubt sabotage opportunity. For example, I hear a lot from the people I mentor that they are nervous about applying for a job, so they don’t even enter the process. I think that’s one of the worst things you can do career wise. Don’t stop yourself from having a chance.#FindThemOnBumble #BeTheCeo

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Blair Imani, civic action and campaigning lead at DoSomething.org, joined Bold TV to discuss the Iranian protests. 

 

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BRODERICK: Never let rejection dictate your future. I was in my own way a lot of the times when I was trying to grow. I blamed my circumstances. I found out how to combat everything I thought was holding me back by growing mentally. Changing my perspective on everything changed me. #FindThemOnBumble

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Broderick Hunter joined Bold Life to discuss diversity in the modeling industry.

You can check out the campaign’s Instagram account, @FindThemOnBumble, and Bumble.com will give the full interviews with Bumble’s Most Inspiring New Yorkers. Check out a video blurb about the campaign below:

What inspires me about this list are the people who are working to make the world a better place. I was excited to be able to share with the Bumble community about our media startup, Bold TV, where we seek to transform our digitally-native generation to build a more perfect union. We are inspired at the possibility of moving our country toward a place of empathy, compassion and shared recognition of universal values. We’re glad that Bumble shares that vision, too.