McCann wins top award for Mastercard’s ‘Restroom for All’ campaign

NEW YORK — McCann has announced that McCann XBC, its dedicated client unit for Mastercard, was awarded Best of Show at the Association of National Advertisers’ 2017 Multicultural Excellence Awards. The campaign, created for Mastercard’s ‘Restroom for All’, a restroom open to people from all backgrounds and sexual orientation, debuted at the 2016 NY Pride parade….

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National Cannabis Industry Association launches ‘We Are The Cannabis Industry’ campaign

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) today launched We Are The Cannabis Industry, a campaign designed to tell the stories of real people who work in America’s legal marijuana industry and highlight how the emerging business sector is creating significant benefits for both individuals and the economy. “Cannabis businesses generate billions of…

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San Diego Opera announces ’50 Years and Counting: A New Vision for San Diego Opera’ campaign

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera have announced a group of dedicated donors will match up to $500,000 in donations from the community to create a new vision for San Diego Opera. This $1 million campaign will keep San Diego Opera strong, and ensure the company will continue to present world-class opera for many more…

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Non-discrimination bill advances in Indiana Legislature with religious refusal language incorporated

Last night the Indiana Senate Rules & Legislative Procedure Committee voted to advance legislation that would  exclude any and all protections for transgender Hoosiers, would undermine existing protections for race and religion and would remove the authority of municipalities to pass any new, fully inclusive LGBT non-discrimination protections at the local level. In addition, the…

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Indiana’s ‘Super-RFRA’ dies in committee

Indiana’s Senate Bill 66 – an anti-LGBT “Super RFRA” that would create sweeping exemptions encouraging people to pick and choose which laws they’re going to follow, has reportedly died in committee. The proposal would have allowed anyone who claims a religious exemption the right to discriminate against LGBT Hoosiers, visitors and other minorities. The legislation…

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New survey reveals Indiana lost at least $60 million due to RFRA fight last year

A brand new survey from Visit Indy is set to be released on Thursday that shows Indiana lost as much as $60 million in convention revenue alone because of last year’s disastrous and divisive Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) fight. As reported by the Associated Press late last night, “12 out-of-state groups were surveyed and…

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HRC calls on Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to support LGBT non-discrimination protections in his state of the state address

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) urged Indiana Governor Mike Pence to join the overwhelming majority of Hoosiers and endorse fully-inclusive non-discrimination protections for all LGBT people in Indiana during his State of the State address tomorrow night. In the year since Gov. Pence threw Indiana into chaos by signing a law allowing…

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Newly released emails reveal damage Mike Pence’s anti-LGBT RFRA law had on Indiana’s economic climate

Emails just released by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) reveal the tremendous damage Gov. Mike Pence’s anti-LGBT “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) inflicted on Indiana’s economic climate. In light of the fact that there is still no law in Indiana at the state level protecting LGBT Hoosiers from unjust discrimination, the emails reveal the…

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