The 8th annual Celebrating Black PR History event, "Looking Beyond the Data," is next Thursday, February 2, 2023, 6pm ET and you are invited tom attend. Two significant Fireside Chats with MICHAEL STEELE, MSNBC, and BAKARI SELLERS, CNN, will be featured in this program.

Register here to attend this online event. There is no cost to attend, thanks to the generosity of our event sponsors.

There have been tremendous efforts underway the past five years to study the effectiveness of our diversity programs. DEI programs at the Page Society, IPR, the PR Council, PRSA, and most particularly, the Diversity Action Alliance (DAA), have sought to raise the number of diverse students entering the field. And, equally important, several efforts have been made to retain these young employees as they move into management roles. A new research study by DAA and IPR—to be announced during this event—will shed light on the programs that are working, those that are not, and those that can be strengthened. Plus, a panel of PR leaders will reveal the programs that have worked well in their companies to not only attract diverse talent, but have managed to retain them through the senior ranks. 

Host: DEBORAH HYMAN, Senior Vice President, Head of Employee Communications & Employer Brand, Wells Fargo

Fireside Chat with MICHAEL STEELE, Political Commentator, MSNBC; attorney; former lieutenant governor from Maryland
“Building better representation in the newsroom”

Fireside Chat with BAKARI SELLERS, Political Analyst, CNN; former representative from South Carolina
"Improving diversity in the Communications fields”

Wrap Up with TOROD NEPTUNE, Senior VP and CCO, Medtronic

Analysis with CARMELLA GLOVER, President, Diversity Action Alliance
“Looking Beyond the Data”

PANELISTS
Teneshia Jackson Warner, CEO, EGAMI Group
Kinetra Joseph, Campaign Director, CDC Foundation
Nikki Forman, Senior PR Manager, US Operations, Amazon
Emily K. Graham, Chief Equity & Impact Officer, Omnicom Group
Haley W. Jones, DEI Leader and Communications Strategist, Amazon
Anetra Henry, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Institute for Public Relations
Raoul Davis, CEO, Ascendant Marketing Group

Marvin Hill, Director, Corporate Communications and Diversity & Inclusion, The Humana Foundation
Tanasia Reed, PR Specialist, Global DEI, Amazon
Eric M. Winkfield, VP, M Booth and M Booth Health
Kim Adams, VP, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Ulta Beauty
Denvol Haye Jr., Head of Communications, McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

Underwritten by Amazon.

Sponsored in part by: Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia; The Diversity Action Alliance; and CommPRO.