Congrats to all of our winners of the 2018 Diversity Distinction in PR Awards!
See below for a complete list of the winners, along with the videos submitted by each.
The PR Council’s Diversity Distinction in PR Awards reward and recognize individuals and organizations that play a key role in facilitating the recruitment, retention, and promotion of diverse PR practitioners. They similarly support and inspire professionals of diverse backgrounds, as well as those who strive to encourage and strengthen diversity and inclusion across the PR workforce.
BEST PR FIRM DIVERSITY INITIATIVE – $100 million or more in annual revenue
WINNER
Porter Novelli
You Are Welcome Here
HONORABLE MENTION
Burson Cohn & Wolfe
Together Being More 2.0
BEST PR FIRM DIVERSITY INITIATIVE – less than $100 million in annual revenue
WINNER
Finn Partners
Actions Speak Louder Program
HONORABLE MENTION
Carmichael Lynch Relate
Diversity Inclusion Action League (DIAL)
DIVERSITY CHAMPION – PR AGENCY
WINNER
Soon Mee Kim
Porter Novelli
HONORABLE MENTION
Judith Harrison
Weber Shandwick
DIVERSITY CHAMPION – IN-HOUSE
WINNER
Carlos Orta
Carnival Corporation
HONORABLE MENTION
Rochelle Ford
Elon University
BEST IN-HOUSE DIVERSITY INITIATIVE
WINNER
HP
Reinvent Mindsets
HONORABLE MENTION
Bank of America
Count me In! Campaign
BEST CAMPAIGN BY A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE TEAM
WINNER
P&G, Egami Group, and BBDO
My Black Is Beautiful “THE TALK” – Creating a National
Movement to End “The Talk”
HONORABLE MENTION
Weber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick Los Angeles and the LA LGBT Center-F*ck w/out Fear Campaign
OUTSTANDING YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
WINNER
Amber Arnold
MWWPR
HONORABLE MENTION
Rodney Pruitt
Weber Shandwick
Take a look back at the 2017 dinner here, emceed by Al Roker, host, and weatherman of NBC’s Today Show.