Food marketing to kids: Excesses in capitalism
Date: March 06, 2020
BMSG events
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
Media advocacy lessons to build power and change policy
In a guest lecture at the University of California, San Francisco, BMSG Director Lori Dorfman introduced students to basic media advocacy concepts, including strategy development, message framing, and …Synthesizing knowledge and gaps in research to inform communication strategies in building a culture of health
Date: January 15, 2020
Synthesizing knowledge and gaps in research to inform communication strategies in building a culture of health
In this presentation, BMSG Director Lori Dorfman discussed several lessons learned that can inform communication strategies to build a culture of health. Her first lesson, “message is never first,” …APHA 2019: Creating the healthiest nation. For science. For action. For health.
Date: November 03, 2019 - November 05, 2019
APHA 2019: Creating the healthiest nation. For science. For action. For health.
BMSG presented three posters as part of the 2019 gathering of the American Public Health Association. During the poster sessions, our researchers highlighted findings from news analyses on cannabis legislation, …HJA media training
Date: October 17, 2019 - November 05, 2019
HJA media training
As part of BMSG’s work with the Healing Justice Alliance (HJA), BMSG’s Shaddai Martinez Cuestas provided a day-long training to the HJA Newark site on media engagement and interviewing skills.Junk food marketing to children: The current reality and what we can do about it
Date: October 16, 2019 - November 05, 2019
Junk food marketing to children: The current reality and what we can do about it
In a Grand Rounds lecture for the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, BMSG Director Lori Dorfman discussed the scourge of food marketing that is targeted at children of color, with …Advocating for Children Together Conference
Date: October 05, 2019 - November 05, 2019
Advocating for Children Together Conference
Advocating for Children Together (ACT) is a newly formed coalition of Bay Area pediatricians interested in leveraging their voices to advocate for change. BMSG facilitated two sessions to introduce participants …Changing the narrative about gun violence
Date: September 11, 2019 - November 05, 2019