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The Institute for Public Relations and PRSA Educators Academy are presenting “Allies on the DE&I Journey,” the latest in their series of Race in the PR Classroom free webinars, on Oct. 28. The webinars are focused on helping educators develop ways to incorporate Race into the PR curriculum, addressing topics such as understanding the pervasive issue of Race in higher education and enabling systemic change by creating a more diverse PR faculty and pipeline of practitioners. Presenters at Oct. 28’s webinar include Quinnipac University associate professor Katie R. Place, Grand Valley State University associate professor Adrienne Wallace and Luke Capizzo, associate professor at James Madison University.
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The National Press Club is helping to raise awareness and generate public support for detained journalist Austin Tice with the first “Run For Austin Virtual 5K” on Nov. 13. The Run For Austin is the latest in the NPC’s ongoing efforts to push for action in Austin’s case. Registered participants can download a personal race bib to print out and wear during the race, use the hashtags #RunForAustin and #FreeAustinTice to keep the conversation going, and tag @PressClubDC to share their trails, training and teams as race day approaches. After completing the virtual 5K, runners can submit race results through their registered participant account. A Marine combat veteran, Tice delivered dispatches to the Washington Post and McClatchy before he was detained at a checkpoint near Damascus on August 14, 2012. After more than nine years, he has endured the longest detention of any U.S. journalist to date.
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The 2021 Financial Follies has been rescheduled for May 20, 2022. The event is the main fundraiser for the New York Financial Writers Association and also helps fund its annual scholarships to aspiring financial journalists. The November 2021 show was canceled due to the risks associated with holding an indoor event in the wake of the Delta variant of COVID-19. In addition to the new date, the Follies are also moving to a new venue—the Edison Ballroom, a rooftop ballroom with a retractable roof that the organization says allows it to hold the closest thing possible to an outdoor Financial Follies in midtown NYC. Since the NYFWA has suffered a fundraising slowdown since the beginning of the pandemic, the per-table price for the Follies has risen to $6,000 for a table of 10, with a limited number of individual seats available for $600. That price includes an open bar.
The New York Women in Communications are honoring an accomplished group of female communications professionals at the 54th Annual Matrix Awards on May 21... The USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations is placing the spotlight on purpose-driven communications at “The Balancing Act, Purpose, Politics and Polarization,” its 34th Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium on April 4... The Knight Center for Journalism in America is sponsoring The 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ
The National Press Club is holding a March 20 screening of a film that depicts the dangers journalists face in Vladimir Putin’s Russia... News platform Semafor, in partnership with Gallup, will present an exclusive first look at its 2024 World Happiness Report on March 20 from 9 to 11:30 a.m... The Museum of Public Relations is sponsoring a March 14 event that looks at the role communicators played in gaining equal rights for women.
ICR is hosting a Nov. 14 The IPO Summit: Navigating the 2023 IPO Landscape,online event that will bring together CFOs, investors and other key players to share their insights and outlook on the process of going public... The Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit, PR Summit DC and ADWKDC are being held on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, VA... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring a free Nov. 15 webinar on how virtual reality is reshaping the ways in which communicators do their jobs.
The Museum of Public Relations is putting a spotlight on the contributions made to the PR industry by Native Americans and Indigenous People at a virtual event on Nov. 3... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring an Oct. 18 webinar on that will look at the issues facing communications pros who address ESG matters... The American Marketing Association San Diego Chapter is presenting an Oct. 21 conference that will feature speakers from Walt Disney Parks, Snap Inc. and Qualcomm.
Richard Edelman presented the inaugural Daniel J. Edelman Award to NBC-TV weatherman Al Roker to honor his effort to make the world a better place during PRSA/NY's Big Apple Awards gala on Sept. 22.
