{"id":3713,"date":"2014-05-01T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T23:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2014-05-20T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T18:09:03","slug":"did-you-know-boston-was-the-first-city-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/did-you-know-boston-was-the-first-city-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know Boston Was the First City To\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostinno.streetwise.co\/2014\/05\/05\/boston-events-the-ad-club-rosoff-awards-celebrates-boston-firsts-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<h1>Did You Know Boston Was the First City To\u2026<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #774966;\"><strong>Caroline Lyle &#8211; BostInno<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostinno.streetwise.co\/2014\/05\/05\/boston-events-the-ad-club-rosoff-awards-celebrates-boston-firsts-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3679\" alt=\"timthumb.php_\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2014\/05\/7060270605_6f8711cd05_o.jpg\" width=\"940\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since its founding, Boston has been a \u201ccity upon a hill.\u201d We are a city of pioneers of forward-thinkers. Rarely do we follow the pack, choosing to innovate the future rather than dwell in the past.<\/p>\n<p>One event epitomizing Boston\u2019s trailblazing spirit is the Ad Club\u2019s annual Rosoff Awards, New England\u2019s premier diversity awards. Each year the Ad Club honors local companies and individuals who do more than merely preach social justice. They are models of inclusion and meaningful diversity practice. Not only do they amplify underrepresented voices within their organization, but also give back to the local community.<\/p>\n<p>This year, five awards are up for grabs: Internal Diversity Initiative Award,External Diversity Initiative Award, Marketing to a Diverse Audience Award, Non-Profit Initiative Award, and the Mentor Award. (Click to learn more about each category.)<\/p>\n<p>Who will join former Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Google, Babson College and other esteemed Rosoff Award winners? Check out all of this year\u2019s finalists here and be sure to attend the 18th Annual Rosoff Awards on Tuesday, May 13th to see who takes home the night\u2019s top honors.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate Boston\u2019s pioneering legacy as diversity champions, we compiled a list of ten of our city and state&#8217;s most impressive \u201cfirsts.\u201d Take a look and be proud you call Boston, \u201ca city upon a hill,\u201d home.<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s a Boston \u201cfirst,\u201d that we missed, please join the discussion and share your firsts by tweeting #AdClubRosoff!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostinno.streetwise.co\/2014\/05\/05\/boston-events-the-ad-club-rosoff-awards-celebrates-boston-firsts-1\/#s_first-state-to-ratify-the-bill-of-rights-1788_s\"  target=\"_blank\">Check out 10 Boston &#038; Massachusetts Diversity &#8220;Firsts&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its founding, Boston has been a \u201ccity upon a hill.\u201d We are a city of pioneers of forward-thinkers. Rarely do we follow the pack, choosing to innovate the future rather than dwell in the past.<\/p>\n<p>One event epitomizing Boston\u2019s trailblazing spirit is the Ad Club\u2019s annual Rosoff Awards, New England\u2019s premier diversity awards. Each year the Ad Club honors local companies and individuals who do more than merely preach social justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2014\/05\/bostino.gif","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2014\/05\/bostino.gif","author_info":{"display_name":"The Ad Club","author_link":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/author\/theadclub\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}