Tag: The One Club

The One Club Launches WE ARE ONE To Rally Creatives Against Hate

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity takes a significant step to advance its creative activism efforts with the launch of WE ARE ONE, a new initiative rallying creatives around the world to take a collective stand against racism and intolerance, and use their unique talents to spread that message globally. Brought on by recent increases in discrimination, hostility and violence against Asians and Pacific Islanders spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as last year’s killing of George Floyd and subsequent rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, WE ARE…

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The One Club Announces Right The Ratio 2021 Summit To Advance Industry Gender Equity

Stuart Mitchell

In line with its commitment to advance gender equality and inclusiveness in advertising, The One Club for Creativity has announced its latest Right The Ratio summit, May 18-20, 2021. The three-day virtual summit, this year under the banner “Building An Equitable Workplace”, is aimed at decision makers with the authority to advance workplace equality and foster a better, more gender-inclusive environment at their agencies.   Right The Ratio will serve as a forum to share ideas, insights, real-world experiences and solutions that can then be acted upon through all levels…

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The One Club Names First Class of 15 Black Creatives

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost non-profit organization recognizing creative excellence in advertising and design, has announced the first-ever group of 15 talented students accepted into the East Coast fall session for ONE School, a free portfolio program for young Black creatives. Students were selected based on their raw creativity, passion and commitment so as not to discourage those with no prior knowledge of advertising.   The inaugural class for ONE School East, starting September 8, are Trey Alston, Van Leigh Armer, Trey Bradley, Elizabeth Culton, Nicole Francois,…

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The One Club Adds to Diversity of Board, Naming SVA’s Gail Anderson and Ogilvy’s Sherina Florence

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost nonprofit organization supporting the global creative community, has enhanced diversity within its leadership with the appointments of Gail Anderson, chair of BFA Design and BFA Advertising at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and Sherina Florence, creative director at Ogilvy, New York, to its National Board of Directors. The pair, selected from a long list of highly qualified creative leaders, were nominated by David Baldwin, head of Baldwin&, Raleigh, and Steve Sandstrom, creative director, designer and founder at Sandstrom Partners, Portland,…

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The One Club Returns to “Where Are All The Black People” Name for Annual Multicultural Conference

Stuart Mitchell

Prompted by this year’s rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and in acknowledgment of the ad industry’s continued lack of diversity, The One Club for Creativity has rebranded its annual Here Are All The Black People multicultural conference and career fair back to its original name: Where Are All The Black People. The event, typically held in person in New York, is this year available online to a global audience running September 22-24, and will address the new realities of race, inclusion and diversity in advertising.  The conference features…

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