GLAAD at Creating Change

Welcome to GLAAD’s first-ever blog from Creating Change! Here in GLAAD’s New York office we’re spending the day getting ready to fly to Detroit. Throughout the next few days, you’ll be hearing from all of the GLAAD staffers attending Creating Change:

• Rashad Robinson, GLAAD’s Senior Director of Media Programs;
• Paul Karr, GLAAD’s Director of Media Field Strategy;
• Ann Craig, GLAAD’s Director of Religion, Faith, and Values;
• Katina Parker, GLAAD’s Communities of African Descent Media Strategist;
• Andy Marra, GLAAD’s Asian Pacific Islander Media Strategist;
• Chuy Sanchez, GLAAD’s Spanish Language Media Strategist;
• and me, Sarah Kennedy, GLAAD’s Central Region Media Field Strategist.

We all are looking forward to Creating Change and the many opportunities we’ll have to meet up with activists from across the country and connect with them about ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community within our local, regional, and national media. We hope you all will stop by our table to visit with us, and that you’ll attend our workshop sessions.

Schedule of GLAAD workshops:

FRIDAY:
9:00 a.m. – 12: 15 p.m.
Media Essentials: Making Your Voice Heard
Rashad Robinson

3:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Media Essentials: Rapid Response Communications
Paul Karr & Sarah Kennedy

SATURDAY:
9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
In Our Own Words: Cultural Competency and Media Advocacy
Katina Parker & Chuy Sanchez

9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Media Cultivation: Media Strategy and Communications Capacity
Paul Karr

3:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Media Mastery: Advanced Media Advocacy and Communications Strategy
Paul Karr

Creating Change Full Schedule: http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/creating_change/CC08PrgrmNoAds.pdf

Sarah Kennedy is the Central Region Media Field Strategist for GLAAD