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Communicate For Health Justice (CFHJ)'s 2022 "Miscommunications in Communication" series is back again in VIRTUAL workshop form!
If you’ve been following CFHJ since February 2022, we launched a new series called “Miscommunications in Communication,” where we dissect major conflicts that health communication professionals face. Previous examples have addressed the “BIPOC” debate and the “Just Do It” mentality of direction only health comm.
"Digital blackface is when non-Black people use the images and voices (online) of Black individuals to explain emotions or phenomena.” (Jardin Dogan, M.Ed., Ed.S., @blkfolxtherapy)
In this workshop, we'll take a hard look at digital blackface and how it can appear in public health and healthcare messaging. We'll address some of the historical contexts of digital blackface, highlight some cringe-worthy examples of it (know better, do better!) and offer examples of how to move forward from this practice with racial equity in mind.
This virtual workshop is geared towards organizations and staff who work in health communications and are searching for help building their strengths in communicating for racial equity.
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