Diversity Protestors Target Ogilvy

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NEW YORK Demonstrators protesting the advertising industry’s hiring practices today targeted Ogilvy & Mather’s New York headquarters, according to sources.

Approximately two dozens protestors arrived outside the agency at noon, along with event organizer and City Councilman Larry Seabrook. According to eyewitness accounts of the event, the majority of those present were children, ages 3-16, while there were about eight adults on hand as the group chanted “End apartheid at Ogilvy & Mather.”

The American Association of Advertising Agencies has been in negotiations with the New York City Human Rights Commission over minority hiring practices at agencies in the city.

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