
Publicis Groupe Agencies Pick Up Their 2016 HRC CEI Trophies At New York Awards Ceremony
In the fall of last year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced the results of its 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) survey. DigitasLBi, Leo Burnett, MSLGROUP, Razorfish, Re:Sources, Saatchi & Saatchi North America, Starcom Mediavest Group and ZenithOptimedia in the US all scored a perfect 100. This week, representatives from each agency had an opportunity to attend the HRC's 2016 CEI awards ceremony in New York to claim their trophies. This achievement is a testament

‘PREP4LOVE’ CAMPAIGN TRANSMITS LOVE & CONFIDENCE THROUGHOUT CHICAGO
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Égalité Chicago, the Chicago PrEP Working Group, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago launched PrEP4Love, a citywide campaign designed to increase awareness about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a daily HIV-1 prevention pill for people who are HIV-negative. Nearly a year ago, our friends at AIDS Foundation of Chicago approached members of Égalité’s Chicago chapter for help with a campaign to increase awareness of this HIV prevention drug in so


Égalité Members Convene In Dallas For The Out & Equal Summit
The Out & Equal Workplace Summit provides a forum for employees and experts from around the world to gather and share strategies and best practices that allow them to promote workplace equality, inclusive of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions. This year, Publicis Groupe sent its largest delegation to date. From across the country, 23 ambassadors from a wide variety of Publicis Groupe’s agencies convened in Dallas for a week of workshops, panels, plenar

Publicis Groupe Agencies Score High Marks On HRC's 2015 CEI
Publicis Groupe agencies were very well represented at this year's Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index awards ceremony in New York. Digitas, Leo Burnett, MSLGROUP, Publicis, Publicis Healthcare Communications Group, Razorfish and ZenithOptimedia all raked in top scores! Thank you Égalité Board Members for representing us! #HumanRightsCampaign #HRC #CEI #CorporateEqualityIndex #LeoBurnett #PublicisWorldwide #ZenithOptimedia #MSLGROUP #PHCG #DigitasLBi #Razorfish #

Publicis Groupe Agencies Score High Marks On The HRC's 2014 Corporate Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign hosted an awards ceremony in New York for all companies that scored a perfect 100 on the 2014 Corporate Equality Index. The index is a national benchmarking tool for corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. As reported in last quarter’s issue of The Égalitarian, this year eight Groupe agencies scored a perfect 100 on the index: Digitas, Leo Burnett, MSL, Publicis Healthcare Communications Group,

Leo Burnett's Christopher Warmanen Paticipates In AdWeek's AMPLIFIED: Voices In Advertising
Leo Burnett’s Christopher Warmanen joined ambassadors from Diageo, Deutsch and Ad Age in a panel discussion during Ad Week titled “Amplified: LGBT Voices In Advertising”. The event, which was the only LGBT-centric event during Ad Week, was presented by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) and ADCOLOR with Bronze level sponsorship support from Leo Burnett. Panelists each shared the ways they have helped their organizations and clients build relationships with me

Publicis Groupe Agency Leaders Speak Out In Support Of Marriage Equality
In an open letter, over 40 Chicago business leaders spoke out in favor of same-sex marriage in Illinois. The letter contends that supporting same-sex marriage is a smart business decision so as not to lose talent to states such as New York where same-sex marriage is now legal. Starcom MediaVest Group CEO Laura Desmond, Leo Burnett President Rich Stoddart and Digitas Regional President Tony Weisman joined other Chicago business leaders in openly endorsing same-sex marriage in

Leo Burnett's EQUALITY IS Campaign For Allstate
Brian Stout is a global strategy director at Leo Burnett in Chicago. In addition to his regular role on the global Samsung account, Brian plays a key role in developing strategy for LGBT-targeted work for clients across the agency, most notably for Allstate. The Égalitarian had a chance to catch up with Brian and find out more about Allstate's most recent award-winning LGBT campaign called “Equality Is”.
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