Time's Up/Advertising: 'The goal was never perfection. It's action.'
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Time’s Up/Advertising convened its first meeting in cities around North America Monday to talk about the group’s goals for the future and what needs to be addressed in terms of sexual harassment and systemic inequality in the workplace.
But first, the group’s leaders addressed some of the concerns industry women had about the group itself that boiled up over the weekend. Time’s Up/Advertising announced it would open the 14-city event up to all industry women after originally saying it would only welcome “women who work in advertising agencies.” The decision brought backlash from freelancers and others who are not currently employed in the industry. Time’s Up/Advertising apologized in a Facebook post Sunday night and said freelancers and those between jobs were also welcome.
“Clearly, some mistakes have been made on our way to get to this room,” Colleen DeCourcy, Wieden & Kennedy Global chief creative offier, said at the event. “It’s been a tough weekend for everybody.”
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