Created as part of a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association, the Voices for Healthy Kids initiative works to improve the aspects of children’s food and physical activity environments make it hard for kids to eat well and be active. Berkeley Media Studies Group led one of six teams to help the initiative achieve its vision.
Are Black women 55 and older — who can draw on their experience in the civil rights movement and decades of policy advocacy — visible in a key part of our nation’s public discourse: television news?
Degree-granting programs in public health generally do not provide systematic training in advocacy. In recognition of this curricular gap, BMSG worked with professor Susan Sorenson and dean Lawrence Wallack to develop a curriculum and resource guide that public health programs could adapt to teach social advocacy.
