Kai Wright

Apr 7, 2024 | adage.com | Tim Nudd |Kai Wright

Kai Deveraux Lawson has long been one of the most insightful, relevant and demanding voices in diversity, equity and inclusion in the advertising business. Her two and a half years at Dentsu Creative showed her skill in not just building policy around DE&I but executing it for real results—internally and externally.

Feb 14, 2024 | adage.com | Parker Herren |Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos |Kai Wright

Gift ArticleGift Article. 10 RemainingAs a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Parker Herren is Ad Age’s TV reporter. He was previously a freelance journalist and podcaster covering pop culture and entertainment as well as a Pilates instructor and a professional dancer. His passions include cats, the “Scream” franchise and Halloween costumes.

Feb 14, 2024 | adage.com | Kai Wright |Lindsay Rittenhouse |Erika Wheless

Unfortunately, but predictably, most DE&I programs fail. But what if we had a better relationship with failure that allowed us to make sustained improvement?

Feb 13, 2024 | adage.com | Kai Wright

Despite negative news coverage, an exodus of industry chief diversity officers and CEOs declaring their anti-woke status, significant DE&I progress has been made in the advertising industry since 2020. Twenty years of data indicate that DE&I advocates and employee activists have achieved gains in racial diversity.

Jun 15, 2023 | cpb.org | Kai Wright

Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts will premiere on WORLD on Juneteenth and is available for streaming on the PBS app and PBS.org.   Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and is celebrated on the anniversary of the order issued by Major General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865.