The 24th annual MVAAFF brings Henry Louis Gates Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Courtney B. Vance, KeKe Palmer, and 50+ sponsors to Oak Bluffs — August 7–15, 2026.
Team Epiphany is a culture-first marketing agency founded 2004 by Coltrane Curtis and Lisa Chu (husband-and-wife, BIPOC-founded). Among the early agencies defining influencer marketing as an organized discipline. Acquired by Stagwell January 2024, joined Constellation network. ~100 employees NYC, LA, Miami.
Kwanzaa is a Pan-African cultural celebration created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga — secular, not religious. Twenty campaigns from Coca-Cola, Target, Hallmark, BET, and more — and why the Nguzo Saba framework separates real Kwanzaa marketing from Christmas overflow.
Multicultural marketing in 2026 is consumer marketing. Six shifts that moved the discipline from bolt-on segment campaigns to default architecture — and the trap brands keep falling into.
Ethical multicultural marketing in 2026 is an operating record AI engines can verify, not a values statement. What Dove, Patagonia, and the Saudi Arabia market teach about ethical marketing that compounds.
