By Ryan Duncan In this episode of a Quick Minute with Gwen, our President Gwen McKinney takes a moment to reflect on an upcoming milestone anniversary: the passing of the great emancipator Harriet Tubman. In honor of Harriet Tubman and her efforts transporting so many slaves to freedom on the Underground... Read More

In this inspiring new video by Beckstein Productions, Gwen McKinney reminisces about her transition from journalist to PR pro and the importance of storytelling. "As a young reporter, I felt that telling stories and crusading on behalf of justice and what I believed in was a really important part of... Read More

By Ryan Duncan In case you didn't know, today marks the sixth annual Blog Action Day! This year's theme is "The Power of We." According to the movement's website: Founded in 2007, Blog Action Day brings together bloggers from different countries, interests and languages to blog about one important global topic on the... Read More

By Ryan Duncan We're back with a new episode from our series "A Quick Minute with Gwen." In this episode, our President Gwen McKinney sits down to discuss the recent presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It was a controversial debate, with former Massachusetts governor Romney receiving the most... Read More

By Ryan Duncan Occupy Wall Street was supposed to be a movement. Inspired by the Arab Spring, it was meant to be a protest against social and economic inequality, as well as greed, corruption, and undue influence of corporations within our government. We were supposed to be the 99 percent fighting to take... Read More

By Ryan Duncan With the recent RNC and DNC conventions, both parties and both candidates have been actively trying to highlight their differences while painting a picture of what a Romney vs. Obama presidency would look like. But perhaps the clearest portrait of the dissimilarities between the two candidates was captured... Read More

In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen," our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to discuss gaffes, gaps and mistakes. Case in point: Mitt Romney's recent trip abroad to England, Israel and Poland where he made several of these communication missteps. Gwen applies communication lessons to Mitt Romney's examples,... Read More

In our last two video blog posts we drew your attention to a PBS "Frontline" documentary highlighting the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic on the African American community in the United States and then a hopeful new possibility: Are we looking at the beginning of the end of this tragedy? We... Read More

In last week's video blog post we drew your attention to a PBS "Frontline" documentary highlighting the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic on the African American community in the United States. That documentary, entitled "ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America" highlights how racism and homophobia have played roles in the spread of... Read More

Every 10 minutes, someone in the US contracts HIV. Half are black. An estimated one in five Americans living with HIV doesn’t know their status. While the CDC recommends that health care providers test everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 as part of routine physical... Read More

In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen," our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling that challenged Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law known as SB 1070. In the Court's ruling, Chief Justice Roberts joined with Kennedy and the court's liberals to strike, 5-3, two... Read More

In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen," our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to discuss the value of cable news. One criticism is that cable news only reinforces what people already believe, but Gwen makes the point that the more news and information you receive, the better—as... Read More

In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen," our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to announce the launch of McKPR's most recent eBook featuring Karen Narasaki. Karen Narasaki is the former president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center, one of the nation's premier civil rights advocacy... Read More

You probably heard about Tuesday's recall election against Wisconsin Rep. Governor Scott Walker. Gov. Walker, who faced major public outcry over his dismantling of unions and removal of public bargaining in his state, has survived the recall effort against him and now remains governor of Wisconsin. Many democrats, progressives and... Read More

  Video: Quick Minute with Gwen on Childhood Obesity and Diabetes In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen", our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to discuss a recent study that revealed that childhood obesity and diabetes rates in American youth are skyrocketing at an alarming rate. Gwen makes the point... Read More

Video: Quick Minute with Gwen on American Exceptionalism & Diversity In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen," our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to discuss the recent census data revelation that for the first time minority births outnumber white births. Gwen argues that America's exceptionalism is directly tied... Read More

Video: A Quick Minute with Gwen on Walmart We're back with a new episode of our "A Quick Minute with Gwen" series. In this episode, our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to discuss the recent controversy regarding the Walmart bribing scandal in Mexico and how it relates to our own local... Read More

Bob Herbert is an award-winning columnist who wrote about politics, urban affairs and social trends for the New York Times for nearly two decades. He is the author of "Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream". In this video, Bob Herbert speaks at the Voice Matters Book Launch Party from... Read More

Video: A Quick Minute with Gwen on eBooks! In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen," our President Gwen McKinney takes a minute to discuss the continuation of our book, Voice Matters: An Anthology of Public Relations with a Conscience via our new eBook series. Filmmaker Larry Adelman offers a powerful... Read More

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Earlier this week we witnessed the 20th GOP Presidential Candidate debate, as if we hadn't heard these men bicker enough. The glaring issue that emerged from these debates had nothing to do... Read More

In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen", our President takes a minute to discuss "institutional promotion." What it is, why it's important, and how it differs from self-promotion. ... Read More

In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen", our President takes a minute to discuss the importance of honoring our heroes during Black History Month, and all year long. Gwen also mentions how she received a distinguished award from her Alma Mater, West Chester University, in the name of... Read More

February is American Heart Month and to show our support, Team McKinney all wore red this Friday. In this episode of our "Quick Minute with Gwen" series, Gwen takes a moment to reflect on the importance of being heart healthy, this month, and all year long! We hope you will... Read More

Today GOP presidential candiate Mitt Romney said, "I'm not concerned about the very poor."    In December former Gov. Romeny said cutting programs that support the poor and "giving money back to the states" won't hurt the poor.  He's not concerned about the very poor because... Read More

A Farewell to Etta JamesBy: Ryan DuncanVia: The New York Times:Etta James, whose powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs, most indelibly in her signature hit, “At Last,” died Friday morning in Riverside, Calif. She was 73. Her manager, Lupe De Leon,... Read More

Has the government strayed away from the vision of our Founding Fathers?... Read More

Remembering the Tuscon Shooting Tragedy, One Year Later   By: Ryan Duncan   Yesterday was the anniversary of the horrific shooting in Tucson, Arizona, which wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, killed six, and injured 13 more. In a new video, survivors talk about how that day has affected their lives, and the strength they've found... Read More

2011 Buh-Bye!Wow, hard to believe another year is over and a new one is about to begin again! There was a lot that happened in the world this year, and it always feels refreshing to begin a new year with a clean slate. We at McKinney & Associates would like... Read More

Black Barbies Get 'Natural' Makeovers For Holidays   By: Ryan Duncan   It's the holiday season and that spells s-t-r-e-s-s for so many Americans trying to complete their holiday shopping lists. The true meaning of the season, "Peace, love, and good will towards all men" is usually passed over as an after thought, while... Read More

Video: A Quick Minute with Gwen on Human RightsGwen McKinney, President & Founder of McKinney & Associates Public Relations in Washington, DC introduces our week long tribute to Human Rights. For the next ten days through December 10, International Human Rights Day, our Comm in the Storm blog will be... Read More

McKPR Celebrates Human RightsMcKPR is proud to launch a new blog series in honor of the upcoming Human Rights Day. We'll be posting daily blogs related to human rights issues from around the world."2011 has been an extraordinary year for human rights, UN Human Rights Chief, Navi Pillay says in... Read More

Video: Disparities in Media Coverage for Occupy Wallstreet MovementBy: Ryan DuncanThe Occupy Wall Street movement has been going on for months now and this week, we began to see a crack down on many of the Occupy Wall Street camps across the country. From Zuccotti Park, to... Read More

A Protest Song For Occupy Wall StreetPerformed last night to an audience that included President Obama. From the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Slack-key celebrity Makana used his performance at an APEC dinner last night at the Hale Koa Hotel as an opportunity to get his pro-Occupy Wall Street movement views out to... Read More

Video: RWJF President Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Accepts 2011 APHA Presidential Citation   By: Ryan Duncan   Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) joined the ranks of Nelson Mandela, the National Association of Community Health Centers, the National WIC Association and families of public health workers everywhere as... Read More

See Something, Say SomethingBy: Ryan DuncanWe've been following the Occupy Wall Street protests around the country and the world, and are inspired by the passion and bravery of these Americans who have seen injustice and decided to stand up and do something about it. So often, we are accustomed to... Read More

Video: Spices of Life - Welcome to Food Day We hope you enjoyed our week long series devoted to covering food related issues in celebration of National Food Day! Remember, to celebrate healthy food & healthy living this Monday, October 24 and hopefully continue all year long! For our weekly Friday... Read More

Video: 'Occupy Wallstreet Protesters' WON'T Go Away!By: Ryan Duncan If you've been following all the OccupyWallStreet news from around the country, you probably heard about NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's failed attempts to "temporarily" move all the protesters in order for the park they've been occupying to be cleaned. However, the Mayor... Read More

Committed People Move a Message By Nicole Hayes For more than three weeks, Americans have witnessed a collective increase of committed people joining in a movement to highlight wealth inequality in the United States. “Occupy Wall Street,” which protests corporate tax avoidance and Wall Street bailouts,... Read More

Video Series: Teachable PR Tips from Howard University's CapComm Lecture Series   McKinney & Associates is proud to be teaming up with Howard University's CapComm series in providing weekly guest lectures for their communications/public relations students. During these classes, which take on a variety of public relations aspects, our team provides the... Read More

Video of the Week: A life in the Balance - Examining the Troy Davis CaseTroy Davis, convicted of murdering an off-duty Savannah, GA police officer more than two decades ago, is set to be executed by the State of Georgia in two days. Davis has gained growing international support for his claim that... Read More

Video of the Week: President Obama Delivers Job Initiative Legistlation Yesterday evening President Obama delivered a speech to both Houses of Congress, as well as the American people, about his proposal to spur job creation in America. Already, there are few who believe that Congress can work together to actually... Read More