Day: 22 June 2019

The International Human Trafficking Institute Launches “The Truth in Trafficking” Billboard Campaign Aimed to Change Predators’ Perception

Stuart Mitchell

The International Human Trafficking Institute (IHTI), an initiative of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Inc., launches a powerful and provocative billboard advertising campaign, “The Truth in Trafficking,” which focuses on disrupting and re-orienting the perception of predators. The dramatic and captivating ads depict ravaged dolls designed to show the predators’ perception of the victims as something less than human. It is that gross misperception that rationalizes the predators’ willingness to impose the horror they do on innocent children that the ad campaign aims to eradicate. The digital…

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Scientific Games Becomes Founding Partner of All-In Diversity Project to Foster Diversity and Inclusion in the Gaming Industry

Stuart Mitchell

Scientific Games Corporation is creating an inclusive global gaming industry as a founding member of the All-In Diversity Project, a non-profit organization creating tools to advance the industry’s diversity, inclusion and workplace equality.   “Gaming is evolving and growing more than ever, and it’s crucial that the industry embraces the diverse and unique people who contribute to the gaming world,” said Scientific Games Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Katharine Anderson. “Scientific Games is proud to be a founding partner of this trailblazing project and celebrates the efforts being made to…

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P&G Launches New Film Highlighting Its Internal Journey for LGBT+ Inclusion

Stuart Mitchell

The Procter & Gamble Company  in partnership with Great Big Story, today released Out of the Shadows, a new film chronicling P&G’s journey of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender inclusion. The film highlights the employees who challenged the Company and overcame adversity during the tumultuous 1990s and early 2000s. In 1992, P&G became one of the first Fortune 500 companies to add sexual orientation into its diversity statement. The struggle for workplace equality for the LGBT+ community, however, was just beginning. Ravaged by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and fighting an increasingly…

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Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS Partner with Health Departments and Local HIV Organizations Across the Nation to Offer Free Testing on National HIV Testing Day

Stuart Mitchell

Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS are working with health departments, HIV/AIDS service organizations, and other community organizations to provide free HIV testing and information at select Walgreens stores in more than 260 cities on National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), Thursday, June 27 between 10 am – 7 pm (local time). Click here for a map of all participating locations. HIV testing is recommended as part of routine health care, yet many Americans are not being tested as often as advised. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),…

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Equitas Health Launches We Are #Healthworthy for Pride Month

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of Pride Month, Equitas Health launches its “We Are #Healthworthy” public awareness campaign, with a series of videos to be released on social media over the course of the month. The LGBTQ+ affirming healthcare and social service agency will also bring the “We Are #Healthworthy” message to 22 Pride festivals across Ohio and into Kentucky and West Virginia. “‘#Healthworthy’ is where Pride and who we are as a healthcare agency serving the LGBTQ+ community intersect,” said CEO Bill Hardy. “There are many ways to celebrate being proud of…

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