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#adding2bhm: A Social Media Campaign for Black History Month

February 1, 2019 by Iyana Moore Leave a Comment

#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, 2018 by Iyana Moore Leave a Comment

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

November 29, 2016 by Melinda Gipson Leave a Comment

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 […]

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