During 2024, pay equity is the meaningful change that we want to advance with collective micro-action. Please take five (5) minutes to answer a few anonymous questions about pay in your industry that will help us advocate for change (e.g., transparent ranges; third-party audits). Study results will be shared with participants, to learn how their pay compares to others in their industry, state, and role.

The pledge grew from conversations with business leaders — Amy Edmondson (Harvard Business School), Rita McGrath (Columbia Business School), Bob Liodice (Association of National Advertisers), Michael Kassan (MediaLink/UTA, Laura Morgan Roberts (University of Virginia Darden School of Business), and Kristen Cavallo (Martin Agency/MullenLowe). Through the video series “System Overload: How Change Happens” co-produced with Ad Age, viewers learned how to navigate change related to organizational design and corporate culture to accomplish tangible diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) progress.

Since 1985, WARC has helped marketers and strategists navigate global change with populations and technologies. Their annual event Cannes Lions recognizes the best in creativity applied strategically.

Over 400 U.S. agencies in advertising, media, public relations, and production made commitments to DEI, including releasing key employee diversity data. Source: Agency DEI

Launched in 2020 as a social change initiative, blacklist100 gathered the voices of 100 changemakers across industries to recognize their message for meaningful progress.

In 2020, 600&Rising rallied over 1,000 Black professionals working across 50 agencies including Ogilvy, VML, BBDO, Droga5, Giant Spoon, McCann, R/GA, TBWA, The Martin Agency, and Wieden + Kennedy. Top unifying issues were representation, pay equity, and culture.