EARNED MEDIA AND PRESS FEATURES
Chicago TRIBUNE
Stephen Colbert joins new powerhouse Second City Board of Directors.
Others named include Chris Henchy, the co-founder of the comedy video company known as “Funny or Die”; Larry Irving, a partner at ZMC; Brad Jenkins, the CEO of Enfranchisement Productions; and Laura Kennedy, the CEO of the Avalon Group, a powerful talent agency and producer whose shows include “Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver.”
Jenkins formerly worked in the Obama White House in the office headed by Valerie Jarrett.
YAHOO NEWS
On May 3, The Asian American Foundation released a launch video narrated by Ling and Kim and produced by Brad Jenkins of Enfranchisement Productions to introduce the organization.
“The Asian American Foundation has come together to support Asian American Leaders who know how to make change,” the video’s description states.
PEOPLE MAGAZINE
Lisa Ling, Naomi Osaka, Jeremy Lin, Kevin Durant, and More Help Launch The Asian American Foundation
The foundation will aim to increase awareness, representation, funding, education and more for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. TAAF has already raised $250 million — the largest funding for an Asian-American organization in history.
DEADLINE
Kumail Nanjiani, Kal Penn And South Asian Leaders Blast David Perdue; Mobilize Georgia AAPI Voters In #MyNameIs Campaign
Meena Harris and Brad Jenkins’ Phenomenal Productions and the Indian American Impact Fund (IMPACT) released a new video that is part of series of Georgia voting videos that bolster the #MyNameIs message
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
CAA has assembled a packed lineup of Asian American influencers and leaders to discuss the wave of anti-Asian violence and hate that continues to sweep the country.
DEADLINE
Meena Harris Teams With Former Funny Or Die Exec, Obama White House Alum Brad Jenkins To Launch Phenomenal Productions
NBC NEWS
Amid wave of violence, Asian Americans, Black communities build coalitions. “White supremacy has always pitted racial groups against one another,” Jenkins said in an email, “These communities have long fought against violence and hatred while many in the Asian American community have stayed silent in the past. So yes, Asian American leaders do realize that we must find strength in combating this violence -- but, we also recognize that our African American brothers and sisters deal with this hatred and violence every single day of our lives.”
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Mike Farah and Brad Jenkins of Funny or Die and Scott Aukerman and Zach Galifianakis of Between Two Ferns will be honored with the Humanitarian Award for their work in promoting the Affordable Care Act and social issues. Joan E. Herman will take home VFC’s Irma Colen Leadership Award.
DEADLINE
Presidential Inaugural Committee Set Program To Honor Diversity. Confirmed participants include Phenomenal Productions’ Meena Harris and Brad Jenkins; former Olympian Michelle Kwan; actors Kal Penn, John Cho, Kumail Nanjiani, and Chloe Bennet; performances by Japanese Breakfast, Ari Afsar, Raja Kumar; and more
NBC NEWS
AAPI Inaugural Ball: Harris makes America feel like home again. Hosts Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins of RUN AAPI raised champagne glasses to a new day, and the dozens of speakers who followed spoke to the hope the new administration, particularly Harris, gives them and their families.
SUPERMAJORITY NEWS
RUN AAPI (RUN), a voter outreach campaign focused on building political power among AAPI youth (and the organization behind that poll), is fighting to change that. Led by Obama White House alum Brad Jenkins
TIME MAGAZINE
That has real consequences when it comes to participation, says Brad Jenkins, former Obama White House Associate Director and co-founder of the RUN AAPI political advocacy group. In September, RUN AAPI released the first-ever political opinion poll focused exclusively on Asian Americans between the ages of 18 and 34.
PEOPLE MAGAZINE
Moms of Zendaya, Alicia Keys and Jonah Hill Team Up for Voting PSA: ‘Don’t Make Us Nag You’ “Yes, our kids are famous. But your vote counts just the same as theirs,” says Terria Augello, mom to Keys
MUSE BY CLIO AWARDS
On Thursday, Muse spoke with RUN co-founders Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins. Bennet is an actress best known for playing Daisy Johnson in the ABC superhero drama Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. since 2013. Jenkins is CEO of Enfranchisement, a production and creative strategy firm, and has also done a lot of political strategy work. (He was associate director in the Office of Public Engagement in Obama's White House, and helped convince the president to appear on Between Two Ferns in 2014. He later worked for Funny Or Die.)
POP SUGAR
Led by Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet — as well as Obama White House alum Brad Jenkins and political campaign strategist Linh Nguyen — the organization has focused its efforts on battleground states like Georgia and Texas, where eligible Asian American voters have doubled since 2012.
COLD TEA COLLECTIVE
(RUN) Co-founder Brad Jenkins knows what it feels like to be on the outside looking in. You might think being a part of the Obama White House would have shielded you from that, but he’s not alone. It’s an isolating and diminishing experience the rest of the (RUN) leadership team, Marvel actress Chloe Bennet and senior producer Elle Kurata, also shared in our conversation—an all too familiar narrative that will come as no surprise to any Asian American. A narrative they want to take back.
‘Cool Asians doing cool shit’: Inside (RUN)’s mission to build cultural scaffolding
On a Tuesday afternoon, (RUN) Co-founder and Enfranchisement Productions CEO Brad Jenkins hops onto Zoom with his daughter by his side. (RUN) Political Director Linh Nguyen waves hi to the little one, a wide smile on her face. A few seconds later, Jenkins sends his daughter along her way. She ambles off the screen as Nguyen tells us the light is hitting our profiles just right.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
With support from Taika Waititi and Lulu Wang, Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins teamed up to boost voter turnout at the polls: "This is a bigger culture issue."
WASHINGTONIAN FEATURE
Exclusive: Obama Vet Brad Jenkins Is Leaving Funny Or Die To Start His Own Company
Brad Jenkins, the managing director and executive producer of Funny or Die’s DC branch, is leaving to start a new independent creative agency, called Enfranchisement Productions.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: GLAM UP THE MIDTERMS
To further offer insight into their initiative and their plans for election day, Managing Director and executive producer of Funny or Die D.C., Brad Jenkins, spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about their hope to break youth voting records, enlisting “trusted comedians” to encourage voters and making democracy "entertaining."
SHORTY AWARDS
National Sikh Campaign, a Sikh American advocacy organization that was created in response to a shooting by a white supremacist in 2012 at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, WI, created the We Are Sikhs initiative to focus on helping the broader public understand the values and contributions of Sikh Americans.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
‘Between Two Ferns’ With President Obama Wins at 2015 CLIO Awards
Funny or Die’s Brad Jenkins suggesting that the CLIO team ship the statue to the White House and its rightful owner.
WIRED MAGAZINE: How Funny or Die Helped Congress Finally Agree on Something
There's literally nothing funny about sexual assault. Not one thing. But in the digital age, humor sometimes can capture national attention—and spur action—more readily than serious efforts to elicit public support.
AD WEEK: KAty Perry Votes NAked in Funny Or Die Campaign
The spot is part of a new comedy campaign called “Everyone Votes!" and is spearheaded by FOD co-founder Judd Apatow, CEO Mike Farah, and D.C. managing director Brad Jenkins. "Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been wasted this election cycle on political ads that no young American will watch. As we did for healthcare.gov, Funny Or Die is now being asked to save democracy. No pressure," Jenkins says.
FUNNY OR DIE at 10: AN ORAL HISTORY
Brad Jenkins: On the day of filming Obama, we had lunch in the West Wing mess, and Zach couldn’t get over the fact that the dessert in the West Wing mess was called Chocolate Freedom.
FREE COOKIES PODCAST: KATE FAGAN AND KATHRYN BUDIG
K&K talk with Funny or Die’s Brad Jenkins, who worked in the White House for former President Obama and, most importantly, co-starred with Kathryn in Romeo & Juliet, circa 1999.
ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS PODCAST
An outdated focus on television can hamstring Democratic candidates. To reach crucial voters, strategists have to invest in quality digital content.
This week we sit down with Brad Jenkins, Obama White House alum and current executive producer of Funny or Die DC.
SOUTHerN FRIED ASIAN PODCAST
On the debut episode of Southern Fried Asian, Keith talks to Brad Jenkins, the Executive Producer of Funny or Die DC and a co-founder of RUN, an organization designed to mobilize Asian Americans politically.