{"id":42609,"date":"2022-10-04T08:24:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T06:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=42609"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:40:52","slug":"interview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/interview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrevista con Ariel Weekes, Presidente del Grupo de Recursos para Empleados BBOLD de PUMA, sobre la nueva plataforma \u201cSOMOS LEYENDAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/es\/\">Inicio<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/es\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a>\/ Entrevista con Ariel Weekes, presidente del grupo de recursos para empleados BBOLD de PUMA, sobre la nueva plataforma \u201cWE ARE LEGENDS\u201d (Somos leyendas).\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/header-WAL.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Finterview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Finterview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/interview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Finterview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >Lo que necesitas saber sobre WE ARE LEGENDS<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >SOMOS LEYENDAS: UNA PLATAFORMA LIDERADA POR LA NUEVA ERA DE DISE\u00d1ADORES NEGROS DE PUMA<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">4 de octubre de 2022 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;Interview with Ariel Weekes, Chair of PUMA\\u00b4s  BBOLD Employee Resource Group, about the new \\&quot;WE ARE LEGENDS\\&quot; platform&quot;, \"text\": &quot;\\u201cWe Are Legends\\u201d is PUMA\\u2019s new storytelling and product development platform that celebrates Black excellence and cultural impact. To tell you all about it, CATch Up spoke with Ariel Weekes. In addition to his work as Footwear Merchandising Manager, Ariel is the Chair of our PUMA BBOLD Employee Resource Group in the U.S. Learn more about the group\\u2019s amazing work and join us in celebrating the now of black culture \\u2013 with We Are Legends and \\u201cThe Yard\\u201d collection.\\n\\u00a0\\n&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/interview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/interview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/interview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Finterview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Finterview-with-ariel-weekes-chair-of-pumas-bbold-employee-resource-group-about-the-new-we-are-legends-platform%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">\u201cWe Are Legends\u201d es la nueva plataforma de narraci\u00f3n y desarrollo de productos de PUMA que celebra la excelencia y el impacto cultural de la comunidad negra. Para cont\u00e1rtelo todo, CATch Up ha hablado con Ariel Weekes. Adem\u00e1s de su trabajo como director de comercializaci\u00f3n de calzado, Ariel es el presidente de nuestro grupo de recursos para empleados PUMA BBOLD en Estados Unidos. Descubre m\u00e1s sobre el incre\u00edble trabajo del grupo y \u00fanete a nosotros para celebrar la cultura afroamericana actual con We Are Legends y la colecci\u00f3n \u201cThe Yard\u201d.<\/span>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row two columns -->\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><br\/><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00bfPuedes explicar cu\u00e1ndo y por qu\u00e9 se fund\u00f3 el grupo? \u00bfQu\u00e9 representa?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Ariel: Empec\u00e9 a trabajar en PUMA en 2019, justo un a\u00f1o antes de la pandemia. Cuando empec\u00e9 a trabajar para PUMA, me di cuenta de que muchos de nuestros embajadores se parec\u00edan a m\u00ed: Meek Mill, Nipsey Hussle, Rihanna, muchos de nuestros atletas de baloncesto... y eso es genial. Me encant\u00f3. Me gusta la conexi\u00f3n con la comunidad, y eso es algo que realmente me atrae. Pero cuando entr\u00e9 en la oficina, fue muy diferente. No se parec\u00eda a lo que ve\u00eda desde fuera. Hab\u00eda una falta de personas negras y morenas en la oficina. As\u00ed que empezamos a reunir lo que pens\u00e1bamos que ten\u00edamos que hacer para defender una cultura que era uno de nuestros mayores grupos de consumidores.<br\/>\n<br\/>Y cuando se produjeron las injusticias sociales y esos horribles asesinatos en Estados Unidos, la cuesti\u00f3n cobr\u00f3 a\u00fan m\u00e1s importancia. Qued\u00f3 muy claro que necesit\u00e1bamos alg\u00fan tipo de programa. Y as\u00ed es como empez\u00f3 todo.<br\/>\n<br\/>En mayo de 2020 comenzamos a formar el grupo BBOLD. Al principio \u00e9ramos ocho personas. En agosto de 2020 lanzamos oficialmente el\u00a0<em>Grupo de recursos para empleados<\/em>\u00a0(ERG)<em>.<\/em>\u00a0Es el primer ERG de PUMA a nivel mundial. \u00a1Es muy emocionante! Todav\u00eda estamos creciendo y nos encontramos en una fase inicial, pero vamos por buen camino.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><br\/><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1ntas personas forman parte del grupo?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Ariel: Ahora somos entre 90 y 100 personas, y creo que entre 20 y 30 de ellas participan activamente en nuestras reuniones mensuales.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfPuedes nombrar los principales objetivos que deseas alcanzar con el grupo?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Ariel: Uno de los principales objetivos es garantizar que la oficina, nuestros productos y nuestro trabajo sean equitativos. Ese es uno de nuestros principales objetivos. El otro objetivo es garantizar que seamos accesibles para las personas a las que atendemos: la comunidad negra y morena. Pero tambi\u00e9n asegurarnos de que conseguimos la contrataci\u00f3n y el desarrollo dentro de nuestra empresa. Si tenemos empleados que empiezan hoy o que quieren matricularse, quiero asegurarme de que el grupo de recursos para empleados est\u00e9 presente, para que esas personas se sientan c\u00f3modas, visibles y capaces de ascender dentro de la empresa.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfC\u00f3mo describir\u00edas la cultura negra actual con tres adjetivos?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Ariel: Hablar\u00e9 principalmente desde la perspectiva estadounidense. Creo que una de ellas es, sin duda, la resiliencia. Otra es la belleza. Tambi\u00e9n es colorida, y no lo digo en sentido figurado, obviamente, sino m\u00e1s bien en el sentido de \u201cvibrante\u201d. Evolucionamos como si estuvi\u00e9ramos creciendo y construy\u00e9ndonos constantemente, lo cual es probablemente algo propio de la humanidad, \u00bfno? Pero, en general, creo que evolucionamos m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido simplemente porque estamos al margen. Cuando eres una persona al margen, tienes que crear mucho m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido y luego las personas que est\u00e1n en el centro adaptan esa cultura. Se ve mucho crecimiento ah\u00ed fuera. As\u00ed que cuando uso la palabra \u00abevolucionar\u00bb, no me refiero necesariamente a la evoluci\u00f3n de la humanidad, sino al sentido de innovaci\u00f3n o creatividad.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages3 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.666796875  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/22AW_SP_We-Are-Legends_Yard_360_RGB-scaled-1-scaled.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.666796875  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/22AW_SP_We-Are-Legends_Stairs_214_RGB-scaled-1-scaled.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4997070884593  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/22AW_SP_We-Are-Legends_Gate_007_RGB-scaled-1-scaled.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">\u201cEl nombre, We Are Legends, proviene de la idea de celebrar el presente en la cultura negra. A menudo, cuando celebramos la cultura negra, miramos hacia el pasado. Sin embargo, nuestro colectivo quer\u00eda ayudar a cambiar esta narrativa empoderando a las personas para que expresen sus opiniones con sus voces m\u00e1s aut\u00e9nticas ahora, para crear su propio legado que ser\u00e1 legendario. We Are Legends destaca tanto el legado de este colectivo de dise\u00f1o como las leyendas dentro de sus propias comunidades\u201d.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n<br\/><strong>Ariel Weeks, presidente del grupo de recursos empresariales (ERG) B-Bold de PUMA y director de comercializaci\u00f3n de calzado.\u00a0<\/strong><br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reproductor de v\u00eddeo YouTube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhoPtyv40V8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/><strong>Ahora, has lanzado un proyecto muy importante con la plataforma We Are Legends. \u00bfDe qu\u00e9 se trata?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Ariel: El nombre, We Are Legends, proviene de la idea de celebrar el presente en la cultura afroamericana. A menudo, cuando celebramos la cultura afroamericana, miramos hacia el pasado. Sin embargo, nuestro colectivo quer\u00eda ayudar a cambiar esta narrativa empoderando a las personas para que expresen sus opiniones con sus voces m\u00e1s aut\u00e9nticas en el presente, con el fin de crear su propio legado legendario. We Are Legends pone de relieve tanto el legado de este colectivo de dise\u00f1o como las leyendas dentro de sus propias comunidades. Originalmente, la idea era buscar algo en Estados Unidos para el Mes de la Historia Negra.\u00a0<strong>Mes de la Historia Negra<\/strong>\u00a0es en febrero. Y luego tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1\u00a0<strong>19 de junio<\/strong>, que es en junio cuando hemos empezado a celebrar aqu\u00ed en PNA. Quer\u00edamos empoderar a las personas, a todos los que me rodean, para asegurarnos de que entienden que son leyendas y que tienen la oportunidad de ser tan legendarios como, por ejemplo, el reverendo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. La colecci\u00f3n fue impulsada y liderada por dise\u00f1adores negros y se esfuerza por empoderar y amplificar las voces de nuestra comunidad negra, nuestras leyendas.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfAlg\u00fan proyecto futuro del grupo PUMA BBOLD ERG del que quieras hablar?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Ariel: \u201cThe Yard\u201d es la primera colecci\u00f3n de la plataforma We Are Legends. Se lanz\u00f3 a nivel mundial el 1 de octubre de 2022 en nuestra aplicaci\u00f3n PUMA y en la tienda insignia de Nueva York. Desde el 3 de octubre de 2022, la colecci\u00f3n est\u00e1 disponible en PUMA.com y en tiendas selectas de todo el mundo. Es muy emocionante. Tambi\u00e9n llevamos a cabo muchos proyectos dentro de nuestra oficina. Creo que hay un proyecto realmente fant\u00e1stico en marcha llamado <strong>Prosperar<\/strong>, que se celebra entre el ERG BBOLD y nuestro ERG Mom's Squad en honor a las mujeres y  el Mes de la Herencia Hispana (o Latina), que se extiende desde el 15 de septiembre hasta el 15 de octubre. Todav\u00eda existe una cierta dicotom\u00eda que debe delimitarse entre los nombres hispanos y latinos. \u00a0Flourish organizar\u00e1 una sesi\u00f3n de yoga un s\u00e1bado con nuestro Mom's Squad (ERG para madres trabajadoras), dirigida por mujeres que se identifican como hispanas\/latinas. Tengo muchas ganas de que llegue. Las plazas se agotaron en solo un d\u00eda. El s\u00e1bado vendr\u00e1n 60 personas a la oficina. Adem\u00e1s de la clase de yoga, habr\u00e1 regalos y una mesa redonda. Es una iniciativa fant\u00e1stica para asegurarnos de que estamos conectados con la comunidad. Tambi\u00e9n tenemos nuestros eventos navide\u00f1os. Hay un gran brunch previsto, junto con una ceremonia anual de entrega de premios en octubre. El a\u00f1o que viene queremos ampliar a\u00fan m\u00e1s. Una de nuestras iniciativas es crear una v\u00eda de carrera para nuestros compa\u00f1eros de equipo del sector minorista hacia nuestro mundo corporativo. Hemos establecido un modelo de las cinco C:\u00a0<em>Carrera profesional<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Comunidad<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Comunicaci\u00f3n<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Cultura<\/em>\u00a0y\u00a0<em>Comercio<\/em>. Queremos cumplir con los cinco puntos mencionados y asegurarnos de seguir siendo un recurso real para las personas.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.797619047619  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/legends-01.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.797619047619  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/legends-02.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/><strong>\u201cLa colecci\u00f3n \u201dThe Yard\u00bb  es genial.\n<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Ariel: S\u00ed. Todos los dise\u00f1adores trabajaron duro en ello. Sin duda, fue un trabajo hecho con mucho cari\u00f1o. A pesar de la pandemia y los retos log\u00edsticos, hemos conseguido que todo salga adelante. Hubo un grupo de personas internas que se aseguraron de que esto no se quedara en el olvido. Se aseguraron de que siguiera siendo una iniciativa. \u00a1Les estoy muy agradecido por ello!<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<br\/><em>Catch up hablar\u00e1 con los dise\u00f1adores de la colecci\u00f3n WE ARE LEGENDS en las pr\u00f3ximas semanas y les preguntar\u00e1 sobre su motivaci\u00f3n y su direcci\u00f3n creativa. \u00a1As\u00ed que estad atentos!\u00a0<\/em><br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnNarrow spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Narrow;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sidebar-ariel.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row article teaser 3 -->\n<div class=\"rowArticleTeaser3\">\n\t<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsFull spacing\">\n\t    <div style=\"padding:none\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col articleTeaser\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"secondary\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t        <h4><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shortExcerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"buttonSec articleslider\" href=\"\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">leer la historia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t     style=\"height:200px;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t\t\t\t\t    aspect-ratio:2\t\t\t\t\t    ;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t    class=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t    src=\"\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t\t\t\t\t    object-position: 0% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<br\/>\n\t\t\t<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-rows: auto auto auto;\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hideinprint\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe Are Legends\u201d es la nueva plataforma de narraci\u00f3n y desarrollo de productos de PUMA que celebra la excelencia y el impacto cultural de la comunidad negra. Para cont\u00e1rtelo todo, CATch Up ha hablado con Ariel Weekes. Adem\u00e1s de su trabajo como director de comercializaci\u00f3n de calzado, Ariel es el presidente de nuestro grupo de recursos para empleados PUMA BBOLD en Estados Unidos. Descubre m\u00e1s sobre el incre\u00edble trabajo del grupo y \u00fanete a nosotros para celebrar la cultura afroamericana actual con We Are Legends y la colecci\u00f3n \u201cThe Yard\u201d.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":true,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":1962,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"class_list":["post-42609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportstyle"],"fullData":{"ID":42609,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2022-10-04 08:24:04","post_date_gmt":"2022-10-04 06:24:04","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2022\/09\/header-WAL.jpg\",\"filesize\":460823,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"header-WAL-300x168.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19856},\"large\":{\"file\":\"header-WAL-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":195808},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"header-WAL-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":9638},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"header-WAL-768x431.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":117338},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"header-WAL-18x10.jpg\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":465}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":42612,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/header-WAL.jpg\",\"title\":\"header-WAL\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"What you need to know about WE ARE LEGENDS\",\"content\":\"WE ARE LEGENDS: A PLATFORM LED BY PUMA\u2019S NEW ERA OF BLACK DESIGNERS\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003e\u201cWe Are Legends\u201d is PUMA\u2019s new storytelling and product development platform that celebrates Black excellence and cultural impact. To tell you all about it, CATch Up spoke with Ariel Weekes. In addition to his work as Footwear Merchandising Manager, Ariel is the Chair of our PUMA BBOLD Employee Resource Group in the U.S. Learn more about the group\u2019s amazing work and join us in celebrating the now of black culture \u2013 with We Are Legends and \u201cThe Yard\u201d collection.\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\u00a0\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"style\":\"2b\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-two-columns {\"contentLeft\":\"\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;strong style=\\u0022font-size: 1rem;\\u0022\\u0026gt;Can you explain when and why the group was founded? What does it stand for?\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;Ariel: I started at PUMA in 2019, just one year before the pandemic. 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