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 …Date: October 18, 2018 - November 14, 2018
BMSG’s strategic communications specialists Shaddai Martinez Cuestas and Michael Bakal gave a training in San Jose, where they spent the day with Tulare County’s Friday Night Live group leaders …Date: October 17, 2018 - November 14, 2018
BMSG’s senior media researcher, Laura Nixon, attended at this year’s ACEs conference in San Francisco, where she presented BMSG’s poster, “Talking About Trauma: Equipping the Field …Date: October 13, 2018 - November 14, 2018
BMSG’s head of research, Pamela Mejia, attended the SOPHE Annual Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., where she shared findings from our analysis of how the media cover different types of gun violence, …