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New Hires at Brown PR

New Hires at Brown PR

Brown Public Relations welcomes Kyla Perkins as Assistant Social/Media Manager and Producer.   

Kyla is familiar with the agency, she is a former Account Support Strategist intern. A Chicago native, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Tougaloo College where she gained additional experience in literary analysis, editing, and producing. She will be responsible for producing, writing, and managing social media programs of multiple agency accounts. 

“I am excited and very grateful to be able to start my career path so soon after graduating college. I believe this opportunity will be a great beginning of my journey to apply communication skills learned in school to the real world’s side of mass media.” Perkins’ said. 

 

Adrian Dubose has recently joined Brown-PR as an Account Strategist. A New Orleans native, he graduated from the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University.  

Brown Public Relations recruits budding professionals in the PR-industry and provides professional development opportunities needed to drive client success.
New Mural Shines Light on the Story of Juneteenth

New Mural Shines Light on the Story of Juneteenth

On June 19, 1865—a full two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation—Union General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas.

In the years that followed, Black communities, first in Texas and then across the United States, gathered to mark the day that became commonly known as Juneteenth. While knowledge of Juneteenth has evolved and grown, it has become the focus of the Juneteenth Legacy Project (JLP) to further elevate the history of June 19th as a central moment in United States history, while also supporting activist and educator Opal Lee’s campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

In 2021, the JLP is marking this day with the unveiling of a 5000-square-foot public art mural that overlooks the site where Granger issued General Order No. 3. The intent behind this installation—called Absolute Equality—is to reconsider the role of monuments and memorials in telling pivotal moments in American history, while emphasizing, as JLP co-chair and National Trust Advisor Sam Collins says in the Galveston Daily News, that “Absolute equality is not about equal results but about creating a society that supports all to become their very best selves to benefit a collective community.”

To read more visit: https://savingplaces.org/stories/absolute-equality-mural-reimagines-public-spaces-and-the-story-of-juneteenth#.YMJRr5NufFp

Source: National Trust for Historic Preservation, Priya Chhaya Reporting