Values Partnerships

Join us this Monday for a special virtual town hall exploring the importance of fatherhood in celebration of the upcoming film Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Hear from Academy Award-winning actor Mahershala Ali, director Bassam Tariq, Public Theologian Kristian A. Smith, and our very own Joshua DuBois as they engage in an inspiring conversation about fatherhood, community, and impact.

Register at the link in our bio!

Big news for Values! 🎉

We’re proud to be named to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 2026 CO—100, recognizing 100 of America’s top small businesses.

Selected from more than 12,000 applicants, Values Partnerships was recognized in the Tech Innovators category.

For more than a decade, we’ve helped organizations navigate culture, build meaningful partnerships, and turn big ideas into real-world impact. Along the way, we’ve continued to evolve how we do that work, bringing together cultural insight, creative strategy, community, and innovation.

This recognition belongs to the entire Values team. We’re proud of what we’ve built together and excited about what’s ahead.

✨ Beauty is for everyone—and we’re proud to be part of the work making that vision real.

Last night in D.C., Values Partnerships joined Sephora at La Vie (La Vie) during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference to celebrate Sephora’s Inclusive Beauty Community and our continued work together to advance inclusion across the beauty industry.

We were thrilled to welcome BROWN GIRL Jane founder Malaika Jones (Malaika Jones) and celebrate the brand’s continued growth, including the highly successful launch of Barbie x BROWN GIRL Jane.

The evening also brought together Sephora’s George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga, Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner, Leah Daughtry, our own Michelle DuBois, and members of Sephora’s Inclusive Beauty Community.
We’re proud to continue our partnership with Sephora to build a more inclusive beauty industry—one that expands representation, opportunity, and belonging.

🔗 Visit the link in our bio to learn more about Sephora’s DEI journey.

For more than six decades, Dolly Parton showed us what staying power looked like.

She evolved without ever becoming unrecognizable. She moved across music, film, business and philanthropy, reaching generation after generation while remaining unmistakably herself. That kind of longevity was no accident.

There was always a clear throughline: a distinct voice, a strong sense of self and values that showed up in what she actually did. For marketers, there is a lot to learn from the way Dolly built her legacy.

In celebration of a one-of-one talent and the legacy she left behind, we pulled together five lessons from the Dolly Parton school of brand building 💜

Before we say goodbye to summer, there are a few people we want you to meet. Say hello to our 2026 Summer Fellows: Kennedy, Ola, Ezra, and Jada.

There’s something about your first few jobs that sticks with you, whether they were 5, 10, or 20 years ago. You know the ones. The first time someone asked what you thought and actually listened. The projects that helped you realize, “Oh, I’m good at this.” Those early experiences teach you a lot about what excites you, what your strengths are, and where you might want to go next.

That’s a big part of why our Fellows Program matters so much to us. We want our Fellows to be part of the work. To ask questions, bring their ideas to the table, try new things, and get a firsthand look at what it takes to bring ideas to life for our clients and their brands.

And if we’re doing it right, we’re learning from them, too.

Swipe to meet our 2026 Summer Fellows!

One week later, and we’re still not over that Raising Kanan finale. Not even close.

As Power Book III: Raising Kanan comes to an incredible close, we’re reflecting on what a privilege it has been to play a role in the journey.

For the past three years, Values Partnerships has had the opportunity to work alongside STARZ to lead campaigns across its programming, including Raising Kanan. Through community engagement, trusted voices, partnerships, and experiences that extend the storytelling beyond the screen, we’ve helped create meaningful connections between the series and the communities that showed up for it season after season.

And we have to give patinamiller her flowers! Her portrayal of Raquel Thomas was an absolute masterclass in bringing complexity, power, vulnerability, and presence to a character we won’t soon forget.

Congratulations to the entire Raising Kanan cast, creators, crew, and our partners at STARZ on an unforgettable run.

We’re proud of the work we’ve done together and grateful for the opportunity to help stories like Raising Kanan connect with audiences in meaningful ways.

We kicked off the unofficial start of summer doing what we love most: bringing people together through thoughtful, culture-driven experiences.

In May, our team led the planning, development, and ex*****on of The Intro at Audible Story House in SoHo, the first ever bookless bookstore.

Presented by Audible’s Listen. Black. 365. and featuring Soul Soirée™️ The Intro brought together creators, cultural trendsetters, and community for a night rooted in storytelling, music, live performance, and connection.

For us, curating an experience means thinking about every part of how people will show up and engage. Who should be in the room? What will make people want to stay? What moments will spark a conversation or an unexpected connection? And how can the space, programming, partners, and energy all come together to create something that feels special?

That’s the kind of work we love to do as an agency. Bringing the right people, partners, and ideas together to create experiences that feel intentional, culturally relevant, and genuinely worth showing up for.

It’s been a full summer of creating, collaborating, and bringing big ideas to life with our clients. We’re excited to share more of what we’ve been up to.

Applications are officially open for the Values Partnerships Fall Fellowship!

Join us for a hands-on experience working at the intersection of culture, marketing, creativity, and social impact. Fellows will support real campaigns, conduct cultural research, contribute to events and partnerships, and help develop stories and strategies that authentically connect with the New Majority.

This opportunity is open to students, recent graduates, career pivoters, and emerging professionals interested in cultural strategy, social impact, events, community engagement, and digital storytelling.

📅 Program Dates: September 9–December 18, 2026
⏰ Application Deadline: August 7, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET

🔗 Apply through the link in our bio!