Highlights of the Groundbreaking Three-Day Virtual Experience Include:   The ADCOLOR Conference Hosted by Dana Blair, Featuring Mainstage Sessions with Bishop T.D. Jakes, Activist Tamika Mallory and The Recording Academy’s Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Valeisha Butterfield Jones   A Fireside Chat with Gabrielle Union   ADCOLOR After Dark at the Apollo, Featuring Wyclef Jean […]

ADCOLOR announces details of its second annual After Dark concert   NEW YORK, August 18, 2020 — ADCOLOR, the premier organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, today announced its 2020 After Dark event will feature a virtual concert by Grammy Award-winning artist Wyclef Jean at the Apollo Theater. […]

NEW YORK, August 12, 2020 – ADCOLOR, the premier organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, today announced registration for its 2020 event, ADCOLOR Everywhere, is now open. ADCOLOR Everywhere, which includes the ADCOLOR Conference, ADCOLOR FUTURES program and the 14th Annual ADCOLOR Awards, will feature 49 hours of content, […]

Registration for the virtual event, ADCOLOR Everywhere, will go live August 12th   NEW YORK, July 28, 2020 — ADCOLOR, the premier organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, today announced the nominees and honorees for the 14th Annual ADCOLOR Awards. Since 2007, the ADCOLOR Awards have highlighted and […]

ADCOLOR brings the 2020 experience online due to global COVID-19 pandemic NEW YORK, May 28, 2020 — ADCOLOR, the premier organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, today announced ADCOLOR 2020 will be going virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. This includes the ADCOLOR Conference, ADCOLOR […]

Author: Wadnes Castelly (ADCOLOR Content Team) Client Solutions Partner, Spotify   James Baldwin once said, “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost all of the time — and in one’s work.” Baldwin said these words decades ago but the impact still rings […]

By Simeon Coker, Creative Social Entrepreneur (ADCOLOR Contributing Writer)   There’s more that Black people can say and do to ensure Black lives matter. But we shouldn’t have to–especially not at this moment in time.   Allies, read the room. Black people need a break. My friends need a break. I need a break. And […]

Author: Julian Castillo   Angela Davis once said, “I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I’m changing the things I cannot accept.”   And for as long as can be remembered, Black people have had to accept that our industries are not their allies. That is not something that changes overnight. Decades of […]

Introducing, ADCOLOR Inside: A Lunch and Learn Series Every Thursday at 1:30 PM ET   In the advent of staying inside the confines of our home, ADCOLOR is launching ADCOLOR Inside, a video series that gives people an inside look into some of the panel discussions from last year’s conference. Viewers will have the chance […]

Nominations for the 14th Annual ADCOLOR Awards open on March 16th, 2020 Presented by Facebook, Google|YouTube and Omnicom Group NEW YORK, NY (March 10, 2020) – ADCOLOR, the premier organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, today announced ADCOLOR 2020 will be hosted, for the first time, […]