Date: March 07, 2019
BMSG’s health equity coordinator Katherine Schaff traveled to Rhode Island in March to deliver a training in partnership with The Praxis Project for the Rhode Island Department of Health. The training …Date: Feburary 28, 2019
BMSG’s Lori Dorfman and Shaddai Martinez Cuestas traveled to Eureka, California, at the end of February to give a training to the Community Building Initiative (CBI) and Intersections Initiative …Date: Feburary 13, 2019
BMSG researchers gave a guest lecture to a Dominican University class on global health issues in violence and social justice in February. As part of the session, they explored how gun violence is framed …Date: Feburary 06, 2019
BMSG’s Shaddai Martinez Cuestas and Fernando Quintero gave a training at the Public Health Institute for California Wellness Foundation grantees. This February session covered media advocacy 101 …Date: January 29, 2019
BMSG’s Shaddai Martinez Cuestas gave a training for the San Francisco Department of Public Health Community Health Equity & Promotion (CHEP) program. The session focused on strategic storytelling …Date: January 16, 2019
BMSG’s Pamela Mejia traveled to Los Angeles to present at a Women Against Gun Violence roundtable on how the news media and entertainment cover gun violence in America. As part of the talk, she discussed …Date: January 08, 2019 - January 09, 2019
BMSG’s Pamela Mejia and Shaddai Martinez Cuestas gave a two-day training in Sacramento with the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) to help staff from rape crisis centers across …Date: November 10, 2018 - November 14, 2018
This year at APHA, BMSG is presenting research on a range of topics, from violence prevention to the child welfare system to racial equity in the news. The theme of this year’s conference, “Creating …Date: November 02, 2018 - November 14, 2018
The BMSG team gave a training in Columbia, Missouri, to help educators, advocates, law enforcement, and others communicate more effectively about sexual violence prevention. Thanks to Missouri Partners …Date: October 25, 2018 - November 14, 2018
Research shows that in the U.S. most people think that individuals are masters of their own destiny. These values extend to people’s perceptions about health: Their gut-level assumption — the default …