Tag: St Patrick’s Day

St. Pat’s Pop-Up Pub Refuses To Serve The Irish To Highlight How Refugees Are Treated

Stuart Mitchell

To refocus the current immigration debate from ‘legal status’ to ‘human stories’, Detroit advertising Creative Director Dan Margulis opened the “No Irish Pub”. The bar opened for one day during Detroit’s St. Patrick’s celebrations. It treated the Irish like America used to treat Irish immigrants.  A bouncer, echoing America’s ‘No Irish Need Apply’ legacy, refused entry to people of Irish heritage or anyone wearing green, claiming Irish ancestry for the day.  As you’ll see in the video, the impact was significant. A video documenting the experience was released Sat., March…

Read More

Retailers Across the US ask Consumers to Save and Improve Lives During Annual #MDAShamrocks Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

More than 20,000 retailers nationwide have rallied together to raise funds to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) improve the lives of kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related life-threatening diseases that severely weaken muscle strength and mobility by participating in the 36th annual MDA Shamrocks program — the nation’s largest St. Patrick’s Day fundraising program of its kind. “Each Shamrock you see at local retailers this season will help MDA continue to move the needle on advancing research and treatments. The dollars we raise together enable MDA…

Read More