The Association for Media Professionals is excited to announce that we are co-hosting the “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Racism,” a free, virtual seminar series in collaboration with Howard University Public Relations Student Society of America, this fall semester. The virtual seminar series sponsored by INICIVOX and Pitch Publicity is designed to help mentor and prepare students for meaningful, impactful work that involves addressing the long standing elephant in the room when it comes to racism. There is never a perfect time or place to address racism, but AMP hopes to empower young communications professionals to tackle the issues and change the future of the industry.
“The only way to change something is to start talking about it so we can understand it,” said Anjelica Jones, telecommunication news major and UF AMP president. “Our generation has been tremendously awakened by injustices in our country, which is why continuing the discussion is vital. It’s crucial that our peers learn how to communicate effectively on sensitive race related topics to better understand systemic racism and its implications in the media, workplace and other various aspects of society because this is not a thing of the past, it’s happening now.”
We are thankful to Amy Summers and Leodora Brown at Pitch Publicity and INICIVOX for this incredible opportunity. Each of the six seminars during the fall semester will be broken up into popular communications career tracks including sports, politics, entertainment, fashion and beauty, healthcare and news media. Students who register
and attend the full series will receive a certificate from INICIVOX on virtual networking and diversity relationships. Admission to the virtual seminar series is free, but registration is required. All seminars will all be held from 4 - 5 p.m. ET on Wednesdays; the first seminar takes place on Sept. 23. Register for free here: https://bit.ly/elephantpanels
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