On an autumn day in 2016 I decided that building diversity in the field was going to be the Museum’s new mission. While the mission had long been to “collect, preserve and exhibit the history of the PR field,” I decided that that day a much deeper, more meaningful mission had to be set into motion, and fast.
A grad class from George Washington University had come to visit the Museum, then situated on the 5th floor of the century-old Library of Baruch College. This was a fairly diverse class. The dozen or so students walked around to check out the many photos, books, and artifacts and then sat down to hear the lecture. As I was starting to recount the field’s beginnings, an African American woman in the front row raised her hand, interrupting ...
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