Moj Mahdara, founding member of the Iranian Diaspora Collective, says she has no confidence that those behind the poisonings will be held accountable.

“This regime…. it’s not within its DNA to be accountable, to be transparent, to allow for the independent investigations that the world is calling for in this moment,” Mahdara said. “And let’s be honest, this is an effort to suppress young women and girls specifically — to get them to be removed from educational places and public spaces.”

Kinship Ventures is raising $75 million for its debut fund, Axios has learned. Kinship is led by Gwyneth Paltrow, an actress who also founded lifystyle brand Goop, and Moj Mahdara, a longtime beauty industry entrepreneur and investor known for founding the Beautycon event.

Currently, the main initiative of the organization is “about more diversity and inclusion,” said Wilson. Its mentorship program launched in June 2020 amid a wave of similar programs that were started alongside the renewed interest in the Black Lives Matter movement. The 2022 mentorship program features 24 members being mentored by executives from brands such as MAC Cosmetics, Revlon, Procter & Gamble, Elizabeth Arden and Too Faced.

Events during the summer of 2020 challenged the country to confront the effects of racism in policing and beyond. They also deeply affected Madhara, prompting her to realize that the best to combat racism was not by seeking to eradicate existing racist, sexist, or homophobic institutions, but instead by enlisting whites as allies for change. To do so, in her words, would require “pulling Whites in without canceling them.”

The group was created by BeautyCon founder and CEO Moj Mahdara and also includes some of the beauty's heavyweights, such as Gwyneth Paltrow (Goop), Huda Kattan and Mona Kattan (Huda Beauty and Wishful), Sharon Cutler (UOMA Beauty), Drew Barrymore (Flower Beauty), Debbie Perelman (Revlon), Bobbi Brown (Evolution_18), Victoria Beckham (Victoria Beckham Beauty), and more.