Day: 15 June 2020

AHF Unveils New National #StandAgainstHate Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC), an affinity group of AHF, today announced the relaunching of the empowering #StandAgainstHate campaign, a national advocacy, awareness and action campaign intended to take on and challenge the racism, hatred, police abuse targeting African Americans and a burgeoning white supremacy movement that continue to sweep our nation. This new incarnation of #StandAgainstHate comes in direct response to the brutal murder last week of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer and an ongoing, tragic pattern of…

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Displaced Due to COVID-19, Former Service Industry Workers Turn Filmmakers Seek to Produce Web Series with Help from Crowdfunding Efforts

Stuart Mitchell

What happens when the people beside you become your support system? For this group of Atlanta-based servers turned filmmakers, the answer is a web series called Gratuity Not Included. Even when the tips stopped the show did not. The cast and crew of Gratuity Not Included has come to provide their own form of relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing. Today, the web series launched its official crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo. Left to Right: Megs Free, Andrew Klasnic, Chris June Based in Atlanta, Gratuity Not Included is a…

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Amorepacific makes upcycled bench made from empty cosmetic bottles in celebration of World Environment Day

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of World Environment Day (June 5), Amorepacific announced its plan to install an upcycled bench made from recycled cosmetic bottles in public facilities for citizens. The bench is a co-creation with environmental startup TerraCycle and environmental design startup Radio-B. To make the bench, Amorepacific developed a terrazzo for the first time in the industry by mixing plastic cosmetic bottle powder with ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). The bench’s design highlights the importance of recycling with 1,400 empty bottles used in its production. The project also includes some unique ideas…

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National Road Safety Foundation Partners With SADD To Help Young Drivers Make This “The Safest Summer Ever”

Stuart Mitchell

The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is traditionally the most dangerous time for teen drivers, with a 21 percent spike in teen traffic fatalities. Traffic safety officials often refer to it as the 100 deadliest days, but the tens of thousands of young people active in SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) are partnering with The National Road Safety Foundation to instead make it “The Safest Summer Ever.” SADD and The National Road Safety Foundation, a non-profit group, are mounting a massive social media campaign to call attention to a…

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CAP – Ensuring your environmental claims are more than just hot air

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Ensuring your environmental claims are more than just hot air. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. The 5th of June 2020 is World Environment Day, a UN initiative to raise awareness and encourage action to protect the environment.  To coincide with this we’ve put together some guidance to help you make sure you make sustainable claims in…

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