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Why We’re Optimistic This Earth Day
Last year’s Earth Day hardly seemed like the appropriate time to celebrate the event’s 50th anniversary. But a year later — with confidence that a vaccine will curb a devastating global pandemic — there is renewed hope for our future and the health of people and planet. In the spirit of that sentiment, Ketchum’s team […]
George Floyd, One Year Later: Key Communications Considerations
by Ketchum| April 7, 2021
UPDATE—April 16: Each new act of police violence against the Black community now raises the bar exponentially for corporations to evaluate how they will or won’t respond. As if on cue, at the halfway mark of the Chauvin trial, this past week saw three more extraordinarily painful incidents of police violence, two involving Black men […]
How We #ChooseToChallenge on International Women’s Day
by Ketchum| March 8, 2021
International Women’s Day 2021 arrives in a world that feels fundamentally different from last year. In every corner of the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the fabric of our lives—and women have been disproportionately affected, largely as an amplification of existing gender inequalities. According to a recent report from Glint, women are experiencing an […]
What COVID-19 Vaccines Mean for Employees and Customers
The milestone we’ve waited for throughout 2020 has finally arrived. Vaccines to protect against the COVID-19 virus are winning approval, moving through supply chains, and beginning to be administered. As this process unfolds, there will be many factors companies can’t control, like the local availability of vaccine doses. But what they can control may go a long way toward helping employees and customers through the next […]
HBCU Week: Investing in the Future of Black Students
HBCU Week Foundation is an organization set up to encourage high-school aged youth to enroll into HBCUs, provide scholarships for matriculation and sustain a pipeline for employment from undergraduate school to corporate America. Since HBCU Week started in 2017, more than 2,000 on-the-spot college acceptances have been given to students, and over $5M in scholarships […]
From Education to Action: Ketchum Leaders on Anti-Racism and the Road Ahead
by Ketchum| June 26, 2020
Last week, Ketchum closed for Juneteenth. It was the first time many employees were made aware of the holiday’s significance, and it created an opportunity for them to reflect on what this day means not only to Black Americans, but to themselves. We asked our leaders to share some of their learnings from this important […]
