Keeping equity at the forefront: How local health departments can help create the new normal
Date: August 11, 2020
BMSG events
Introduction to media advocacy
Date: July 08, 2020
Introduction to media advocacy
In a presentation to graduate students in the criminal justice law and public health advocacy programs at Touro University, BMSG Health Equity Coordinator Katherine Schaff introduced basic concepts in …A Black-led COVID Recovery: Black leaders on their work tackling the dual crises of COVID and racism — and building a better world for all of us
Date: July 08, 2020
A Black-led COVID Recovery: Black leaders on their work tackling the dual crises of COVID and racism — and building a better world for all of us
This roundtable connected the media to the Black leaders guiding us through COVID response and recovery while reimagining the Bay Area to protect people of color’s health. These leaders included youth …Staying on message during a media interview
Date: June 29, 2020
Staying on message during a media interview
This two-hour online workshop with the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative and partners was for housing rights and Black leaders. BMSG provided a brief introduction to put media interviews in …Bay Area community stories on housing, health, and COVID-19
Date: May 12, 2020
Bay Area community stories on housing, health, and COVID-19
BMSG joined the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative, Council of Community Housing Organizations, and Public Advocates to host a reporter roundtable to help reporters connect to a broad range …Pitching your prevention story to journalists
Date: April 30, 2020
Pitching your prevention story to journalists
Everyone is looking to credible media sources for information about health and safety right now. Your prevention efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic are newsworthy and important — and media advocacy …Food marketing to kids: Excesses in capitalism
Date: March 06, 2020
Food marketing to kids: Excesses in capitalism
In a plenary session of “lightening rounds” for the annual meeting of Healthy Eating Research, BMSG Director Lori Dorfman described how food marketing shapes the current nutrition landscape for …Media advocacy lecture at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Public Health
Date: Feburary 19, 2020
Media advocacy lecture at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Public Health
BMSG Director Lori Dorfman provided students in Leonard Syme & Linda Neuhauser’s Interventions course a general overview of media advocacy in the context of our current social and political moment. …frank2020 talk: What happens when we’re not afraid to talk about sexual violence?
Date: Feburary 06, 2020
frank2020 talk: What happens when we’re not afraid to talk about sexual violence?
How can advocates striving to prevent sexual violence get better at communicating about their work? What does that look like in practice? What is holding us back? Those are some of the questions that BMSG …Media advocacy lessons to build power and change policy
Date: Feburary 05, 2020