SAN DIEGO – Hundreds of singers will be making surprise appearances throughout San Diego County from Balboa Park to shopping centers and food courts as part of the Choral Consortium of San Diego’s free Pop-up Concert Series taking place throughout the month of March. “By branching out of our traditional music venues, our goals are…
NEW YORK – Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Accenture will receive the HRC Corporate Equality Award at the 2016 Greater New York Gala on Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The award recognizes Accenture’s commitment to equality for the LGBT community. “Accenture is a role model…
The last several weeks have been monumental with respect to the implementation of marriage equality in the United States. As gays and lesbians have celebrated the Supreme Court decision giving us equal marriage rights across the nation, there are those committed to ensuring that it is not universally applied. That is one reason why you…
I just returned from Las Vegas after attending the inaugural conference of the National Equality Publishers Association (NEPA). A group of publishers serving the LGBT community across the nation began the process of creating the organization almost a year ago. NEPA is an advocacy group for LGBT print publishers and associated Web sites. Why should…
As Pride season ended, I had several conversations with those of a certain age about the events around the country. Many of those that are 40 years old and older are beginning to feel left out of the festivities. Pride seems to be all about youth. Is it time for Pride to grow up and…
An ad in Tylenol’s new #HowWeFamily campaign features gay and lesbian couples aiming to show the diversity of modern families. The ad, directed by Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black is scheduled to begin airing on TV next week. The clip launches a three-month campaign that will include profiles of 10 real-life U.S. families, a…
The ol’ boys club of corporate leadership so poignantly portrayed by “Mad Men” should end at the same time as the TV show. In the place of corporate boards who undervalued women, LGBT people and minorities, there is now a growing sentiment that a diverse board of directors is essential for business. Times have changed….
For the second year in a row, Novartis Pharmaceuticals has taken the top spot in DiversityInc’s annual ranking of some of world’s top corporations for its commitment to equality in hiring, promotion and a host of other metrics. The top five also include (by rank) Kaiser Permanente, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, EY (Ernest & Young) and Sodexo (French-based…
WASHINGTON – On the heels of a meeting of the American Latino Scholars Expert Panel and in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced $500,000 in matching grants to help fund 13 projects across the country to increase the number of…
http://youtu.be/RdsmPLzz7_U LOS ANGELES — In a night that celebrated the achievements of those working to champion diversity in the advertising, marketing, PR, media and entertainment industries, ADCOLOR® recognized some of the best and brightest at their annual ADCOLOR® Awards ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 20. The event, hosted by CNN’s Don Lemon, was filled with rousing moments from…
