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This guest blog post is written by Beverly Lancaster-Jones, a Senior Account Supervisor at Vanguard Communications. Today our nation mourns the passing of a true patriot – Dorothy Height. Height was among the coalition of African American leaders who pushed civil rights to the center of the American political stage after World War II, and she [...] April 20th, 2010 | Tags: advocacy, civil rights, desegregation, Dorothy Height, Mary McLeod Bethune, memoriam, National Council of Negro Women, voting rights | Categories: Communications Heroes
7 comments | Share: Marian Anderson: Barrier-Breaking Contralto March 2010 “When I sing, I don’t want them to see that my face is black. I don’t want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.” – Marian Anderson Born in the heart of Philadelphia, Marian Anderson rose from [...] March 1st, 2010 | Tags: civil rights, Marian Anderson, Musical Communicator of the Month, New York Metropolitan Opera, Presidential Medal of Freedom, United Nations, Washington DC | Categories: Musical Communicator of the Month
Leave a comment | Share: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office The Washington Post reports that 20 percent of people may not participate in the 2010 census, even though they are legally obligated to do so. According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, many respondents said they are too busy or uninterested to fill out [...] January 25th, 2010 | Tags: 2010 census, advertising campaign, african-americans, asian-americans, census, Census Bureau, center, civil rights, communication, cultural competence, culture, hispanics, InSites, language, multicultural, Pew, Pew Research Center, PR, public relations, research, Social Marketing, Vanguard Communications, Washington DC, washington post | Categories: Advertising & Promotion, Multicultural Outreach, Social Marketing, Strategic Planning
One comment | Share: Mary Travers: Social Justice Songbird January 2010 “We’ve always been involved with issues that deal with the fundamental human rights of people, whether that means the right to political freedom or the right to breathe air that’s clean.” – Mary Travers The passing of Mary Travers in September 2009 marked a [...] January 12th, 2010 | Tags: change, civil rights, communication, energy, homelessness, human rights, hunger, Mary Travers, Musical Communicator of the Month, Peter Paul and Mary | Categories: Musical Communicator of the Month
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