<s>
Emojination	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
grassroots	O
organization	O
that	O
designs	O
and	O
advocates	O
for	O
the	O
additions	O
of	O
inclusive	O
emojis	B-Application
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emojination	B-Protocol
’s	O
motto	O
is	O
“	O
Emoji	B-Application
by	O
the	O
people	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
people	O
”	O
and	O
the	O
founders	O
help	O
individuals	O
to	O
submit	O
emoji	B-Application
proposals	O
to	O
Unicode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
and	O
Lu	O
were	O
listed	O
on	O
Fast	O
Company	O
’s	O
list	O
of	O
100	O
most	O
creative	O
business	O
people	O
in	O
2017	O
for	O
their	O
emoji	B-Application
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
realizing	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
dumpling	O
emoji	B-Application
in	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Jennifer	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
purchased	O
a	O
non-voting	O
membership	O
to	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Consortium	O
,	O
a	O
nonprofit	O
consortium	O
whose	O
members	O
select	O
emojis	B-Application
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
universal	O
character	O
set	O
,	O
and	O
sat	O
in	O
on	O
a	O
meeting	O
of	O
the	O
group	O
committee	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
regulating	O
emojis	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Technical	O
Committee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
attendance	O
provided	O
Lee	O
with	O
the	O
technical	O
insight	O
of	O
emoji	B-Application
applications	O
and	O
their	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
their	O
initial	O
campaign	O
and	O
realising	O
the	O
huge	O
challenge	O
that	O
existed	O
for	O
everyday	O
people	O
to	O
contribute	O
new	O
emojis	B-Application
,	O
Emojination	B-Protocol
looked	O
to	O
broaden	O
its	O
scope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sought	O
to	O
enable	O
individuals	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
with	O
Emojination	B-Protocol
to	O
write	O
emoji	B-Application
proposals	O
for	O
submission	O
to	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Consortium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
of	O
these	O
included	O
working	O
with	O
Rayouf	O
Alhumedhi	O
to	O
develop	O
emoji	B-Application
's	O
featuring	O
people	O
wearing	O
headscarfs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emojination	B-Protocol
provided	O
support	O
to	O
Florie	O
Hutchinson	O
in	O
2017	O
to	O
help	O
develop	O
the	O
ballet	O
flat	O
shoe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
teamed	O
up	O
again	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
swimsuit	O
emoji	B-Application
,	O
to	O
offer	O
less	O
sexualised	O
swimwear	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Emojination	B-Protocol
,	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Tinder	O
,	O
helped	O
develop	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
emojis	B-Application
featuring	O
gender-neutral	O
interracial	O
couples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organisation	O
successfully	O
submitted	O
a	O
proposal	O
for	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
hippopotamus	O
emoji	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emojination	B-Protocol
collaborated	O
with	O
Theo	O
Shear	O
,	O
a	O
California	O
videographer	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
beaver	O
emoji	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
piñata	O
emoji	B-Application
,	O
Emojination	B-Protocol
provided	O
research	O
input	O
to	O
Rebecca	O
Blaesing	O
's	O
application	O
and	O
connected	O
Rebecca	O
with	O
designer	O
Gabriella	O
Gomez-Mont	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heart	O
and	O
lung	O
emojis	B-Application
were	O
developed	O
together	O
with	O
Melissa	O
Thermidor	O
of	O
the	O
NHS	O
and	O
Christian	O
Kamkoff	O
of	O
Columbia	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
partnership	O
with	O
Jeanne	O
Brooks	O
,	O
Emojination	B-Protocol
created	O
the	O
Emojicon	B-Application
event	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
event	O
aimed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
brands	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
leverage	O
emoji	B-Application
's	O
in	O
their	O
communications	O
and	O
to	O
facilitate	O
policy	O
discussions	O
relating	O
to	O
emojis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
directors	O
Martha	O
Shane	O
and	O
Ian	O
Cheney	O
released	O
The	O
Emoji	B-Application
Story	O
(	O
original	O
title	O
:	O
Picture	O
Character	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
documentary	O
about	O
the	O
rapid	O
ride	O
of	O
emoji	B-Application
as	O
a	O
global	O
phenomenon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
follows	O
many	O
of	O
Emojination	B-Protocol
's	O
proposal	O
writers	O
as	O
they	O
endeavor	O
to	O
add	O
emojis	B-Application
to	O
the	O
universal	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
