The ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition is a 501(c)(6) trade association that was founded in 2005. The AIC seeks to support and inspire professionals of color and diversity champions within the advertising, marketing and media industries.

As its first initiative, The ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition launched ADCOLOR® and The ADCOLOR® Awards in 2007 to honor professionals of color, diversity champions and companies who work together to further diversity & inclusion efforts in the advertising, marketing and media industries.

The ADCOLOR® Award Honorees and Alumni are the trailblazers and the torchbearers for the next generation of young diverse achievers.

In 2011, ADCOLOR® and The ADCOLOR® Awards celebrated its 5th anniversary by launching The ADCOLOR® Industry Conference.

The ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition is supported by the ADVERTISING Club of New York, the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As), Arnold Worldwide, Omnicom Group, CNN, Deutsch, Gotham and Wieden + Kennedy