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Why L.A. should Boycott Arizona
OP-ED: Political and community leaders must put pressure on the state to ax its unconstitutional immigration law
By LUIS VASQUEZ-AJMAC
Monday, May 31, 2010
While pledging my allegiance to the American flag at a recent chamber meeting, it dawned on me that in Arizona “justice and liberty” excludes my children and me.
Arizona’s leaders seek to placate [...]
FIFA World Cup 2010 football fever takes over social media
As Online Social Media blogger, Tina Chubb rightly pointed out, during the last World Cup, social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook were in their beginning stages. Four years later, however, there has been a social media explosion and this transition is particularly visible when it comes to football fans supporting their home teams. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A Hollywood star comes to Washington DC
AN EVENING WITH LOUIS GOSSETT. JR. AND DC’S MOST OUTSTANDING CHARTER SCHOOL GRADUATES
Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. will address an audience of DC’s Charter School Graduates, their parents and supporters and the public, at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium, on Friday May 21, 2010, starting at 7:00pm.
Hosted by the DC Association of Chartered Public Schools [...]
MAYA’s Kate Faxon-St. Georges speaks at John Hopkins University Carey Business School’s Marketing Club and JHU Career Services event “An Insight into the Marketing Arena”
MAYA’s multi-talented account executive Kate Faxon-St. Georges recently visited John Hopkins University to provide future industry professionals with some insight into the world of advertising.
Kate was joined by Margaret Zollars, Account Manager for the Aquent team, Marketing Strategist, Maurisa Turner Potts and Tina Kydes, Marketing Manager at Tobii Technology. Questions posed to [...]
Obama Administration’s Open Government Initiative
“For too long, Washington has closed itself off from the oversight of the American public, resulting in information that’s difficult to find, taxpayer dollars that disappear without a trace and lobbyists that wield undue influence … Now that these plans are published online, we hope the American people will play their [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Hispanic agencies are the experts at addressing Latino community
Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, has reassigned their Hispanic account to Richards Group. The $37 million Hispanic account had been handled by the Hispanic agency The Vidal Partnership since 2004.
This account change has generated critical reactions from Hispanic market specialists and associations. “Corporations are recognizing [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Apple iPad to improve our interaction with the public?
We were impressed with the launch of the iPad, the new Apple tablet that promises to revolutionize the user experience on the Web. While we wait to see it in stores on April 3, we have asked ourselves: how will this and other technologically advanced devices change the way we work?
We have found a great [...]