Community Media
Maria Eraña and Lourdes Oliva Medina of Radio Bilingüe get the word out to Latina and Mixteca women about early cancer detection. View video
Este informe ofrece una guía para organizaciones comunitarias y para aquellos que invierten en el cambio social y entienden el poder de los medios de... read more
This report offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community... read more
This “Lessons Learned” publication summarizes the principles and practices gleaned from the New Routes to Community Health project. Learn about the immigrant health and media... read more
Every day Maria De Lourdes Gonzalez jumps on a bus on the way to
work. She cleans houses for a living, but the rest of... Visit website
Storytelling for Community Health: A program evaluation of a Somali
mental health media project was produced and researched by Erin Aagesen as
part of her... View video
Around the country, community media centers are launching exciting new
collaborations with local organizations, neighborhood activists,
schools, and media outlets to create online, hyperlocal citizen... Visit website
Guillermina Castellanos
(Domestic Workers Safety and Dignity Project), Sara Rohde and Mukhtar
Gaaddasaar (Egal Shidad) and Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco (Salud:
Healing Through the... View video
In Philadelphia, Laotian and Vietnamese elders are producing videos, radio programs and blogs to help immigrants like themselves to more easily access health care. Partners... View video
Latin American teenagers and young adults in Chicago are producing radio programs and live theater events focused on helping their peers make sound life and... View video
In Los Angeles, short videos show Chinese American elders how to navigate the US health care system and deal with language and cultural differences. Partners... View video
In Boston, Haitian immigrants are creating media and holding community meetings to address their cultural dislocation and chronic mental health issues. After the January 2010... View video
Latin American immigrants in Oakland, CA are developing videos and other media addressing intimate partner violence among immigrants in the Fruitvale neighborhood. Partners are La... View video
East African immigrants in Atlanta are creating radio and online productions promoting health and cultural competency within their community. Partners are the Office of University-Community... View video
Community news sites should engage, not just inform, their users;
ramp up quickly with social media tools; tease out contributors rather
than train a corps... Visit website
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... View video
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... read more
Getting to—and staying in—America. A curated playlist from the editors of PRX. Featured stories include:
American Dreamer from Long Haul Productions and Latino USA follows... Visit website
WASHINGTON (AP) — An automobile technician by day, Miguel Ramirez often returns home in a mostly white Dallas suburb to a world of romantic telenovelas,... Visit website
In her blog at Oakland Local, Susan Mernit writes, "I just got back from 5 days in Los Angeles, where I was a lead facilitator... read more
Egal Shidad videos have played an important role in raising awareness of mental
health among Somalis. The collaboration that guided production resulted
in a film... Visit website
Emory's faculty and staff newspaper, Emory Report, highlighted HEARMe and Project Coordinator Hussien Mohamed in the latest issue! Read all about it at http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2008/July/July7/HEARme.htm read more
Though best known as the local cable access TV
network, the St. Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) has received a $1.4
million federal grant to help... read more
Los medios y la salud is a resource on media literacy skills
that examines tobacco, alcohol, and food marketing. It includes a
discussion and activities... read more
We have all heard health statistics—and then promptly forgotten
them. We have all experienced
powerful emotions during medical encounters that have prevented us from asking
the “right” questions... read more
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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A national program of the