Have you stopped to wonder how social media and advertising have come to influence modern-day relationships? Members and guests of Ad 2 DC dissected this age-old question at the Hella Insecure Panel. The event included panelists representing people of color and the LBGT+ community leading an insightful conversation over happy hour bar fare. The […]
#adding2bhm: A Social Media Campaign for Black History Month
Black History Month, which began in 1926 as “Negro History Week,” has been observed every February since then in Canada and the United States (October in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands). It started as a way to remember important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. From its birth, the primary […]
Normalizing Disability in Advertising
December 3 marks the annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). This year’s themes are empowering people with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality. One billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, experience some form of disability. But if you judged life by the world of advertising, you might conclude that disabled […]
Richardson-Heron’s Mission to End Racism
By Melinda Gipson The time to “study” diversity is past, Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron advised a recent AAF-DC breakfast gathering. “It’s time to be like Nike and ‘Just do it.’” Despite the assertion, the African American CEO of the YWCA made an impassioned case for making the advertising, marketing and public relations industries more inclusive using […]