[ADvance Omaha Fund]

As marketers and expert communicators, we often know the right things to say. But during these current times involving racial tensions, many agencies have struggled to find the words to express their support for the Black community – particularly in our industry. For that reason, Bozell has partnered with AAF Omaha to create the ADvance Omaha Fund—an initiative focused on closing the diversity hiring gap, starting with our very own marketing and advertising communities right here in Omaha.

In an effort to support a more diverse group of creatives, marketers and developers in Omaha, we created the ADvance Omaha Fund and 11 agencies contributed $28,150. These donations will go directly toward the following local organizations:

• Culxr House – A hub that provides artists and creatives a safe space to grow their talent and obtain access to resources necessary to turn their art into economic opportunities.
• Seventy Five North: Code Camp– A coding camp primarily for high schoolers in North Omaha.
• Noise– A community-led news organization that addresses the information gap within North Omaha.
• I Be Black Girl– A collective that creates space for Black identifying women and girls to access their full potential to authentically “be.”

While the fund is now complete, we plan to continue an ongoing partnership with these four nonprofits through our Diversity and Inclusion committee. If you would like to learn more about how you can participate, please email Teri Hamburger at aafomaha.teri@gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your considered participation. We believe firmly in the mission behind this initiative, and we hope you feel the same. It’s time to make a difference, and that difference starts today.

Read the full press release here.

Thank you to the generous ADvance Fund Omaha donors: Angel Carl Marketing, Archrival, Bailey Lauerman, Bozell, Eleven Twenty-Three, Ervin & Smith, KidGlov, OBI Creative, Smith Kroeger, Swanson Russell and Verizon Media.