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 […]