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The Raben Group is representing Color of Change and its effort to “build real power for Black communities."
Oakland-based CoC says it’s the No. 1 online racial justice organization, with more than 7M members.
Raben Group is handling DC outreach regarding legislation about student loan forgiveness, small business loans, technology and racial justice.
Its three-member CoC team includes Elliot Williams, who was assistant attorney general for legislative affairs during the Obama administration; Timothy Lynch, ex-senior Democratic counsel at the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee; and Rachel Motley, who interned for Ohio’s Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown.
Robert Raben, former counsel to Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, launched his shop in 2002 to drive public policy in a humane and sensible direction and to bring diversity and equity to the boardrooms, think tanks and corporations of America.
Jen Daulby, "a known and valued commodity in Republican circles," joins Ogilvy Government Relations.
BGR Public Relations has added digital strategist David Ferguson to create customized issues advocacy and grassroots mobilization campaigns.
Ex-Republican Congressman Jeff Denham, a senior policy analyst at Dentons, reps TikTok as pressure builds to ban the Chinese-owned video app from the US. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies in Congress next week.
Global investment management firm Franklin Templeton has recruited Dean Sackett as managing director for government affairs, a newly created position.
ExxonMobil's Robby Zirkelbach will return to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America group as EVP of PA and strategic initiatives next month.
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Jul. 14, 2021, by Joe Honick
Having been active in civil rights since the day as a very young man I witnessed MLK make his Dream Speech, my concern here is that the goals indicated are quite appropriate but fails to include even mention of impoverished white families, entrepreneurs and workers as well, many of whom feel ignored in the overhwhelming attention elsewhere.
The comment will, of course, irritate some, but the reality should not be ignored because the question will arise from those who choose to ignore both.