100 ROSES FROM CONCRETE

Founder Keni Thacker on the group that goes way beyond networking

Mill Talk is a new podcast exploring trends, big ideas and creative works that relate to advertising, production and the digital arts. Drawing on insights from leading names across a variety of industries and disciplines, Mill Talk is for artists, directors, innovators, technologists, and thinkers who bring extraordinary ideas to life. 

The great folks at Baruch had me back to speak to the amazing students from the American Marketing Association about diversity and inclusion in advertising.

When the client request for a private school advertisement hit her desk, Le’Shae Robinson thought, Here comes another Caucasian-only order.

Join The School of Business and Multicultural Retention Services for our first annual Empowering Men of Color in Business event. We intentionally hold space in the community to center the experiences of Men of Color within the field of business.

In January, I had the opportunity to share my origin story with AAF Tampa for their Speak On It series. I was able to add a little bit of inspiration about using your North Star to guide your purpose. Enjoy.

There is too much self-congratulation happening at the moment in ad land. After all most of these DE&I efforts should have taken place long ago. 

In June, following a call to action by Black employees in advertising, agencies and holding companies began to release employee data with regard to race, which shed a light on the glaring lack of diversity at agencies particularly in mid-level and C-Suite roles.

On this episode of GET TO KNOW YOU, we discuss  another thought-provoking topic; ‘How can we build diversity and change the system?’. This week, I’ll be sitting down with Keni Thacker. He is the Chief Creative Officer and founder of 100 Roses From Concrete, the premier network for men of colour in advertising, marketing media and public relations.

A few years ago, during Advertising Week 2015, a photo of seven non-Black ad execs sitting in front of a banner that read, “Here are all the Black people,” went viral.  

This challenging year has made it harder than ever for young talent to network and break into the advertising industry. 

The IC Park Careers Podcast series at Ithaca College (IC) features conversations on the media and communications industry/professions. IC students Savannah Dames IC'22, Julia Batista IC'22, Elena Chang IC'21 and Teddy Bryne IC'21 invite alumni across the Roy H. Park School of Communications to discuss their career journey.

Today we’re serving up Tom's conversation with Mr. Keni Thacker, the founder of 100rosesfromconcrete.com, a network for men of color in the advertising, marketing, media and public relations industries.

On this episode of The CMO Weekly, ad agency veteran and 100 Roses From Concrete founder, Keni Thacker, discusses why the advertising industry is late when it comes to diversity and inclusion efforts.

On this episode of The CMO Weekly, ad agency veteran and 100 Roses From Concrete founder, Keni Thacker, discusses why the advertising industry is late when it comes to diversity and inclusion efforts.

A few years ago, during Advertising Week 2015, a photo of seven non-Black ad execs sitting in front of a banner that read, “Here are all the Black people,” went viral.  

This challenging year has made it harder than ever for young talent to network and break into the advertising industry. 

Keni Thacker founded 100 Roses from Concrete to be a platform where people of color in the advertising industry could connect, collaborate, & grow. He hopes it can help move people into the upper echelon in his industry and be an inclusion model for other industries