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Destiny Arts Center
Distance: 2.9 Mi3900 Telegraph Avenue
94609 Oakland -
Prevention Institute
Distance: 3.7 Mi265 29th Street
94611 Oakland -
Catholic Charities of The East Bay
Distance: 4.9 Mi433 Jefferson St
94607 Oakland -
Speer Associates
Distance: 8.9 Mi101 California St # 1
94111 San Francisco -
Legal Community Against Violence
Distance: 9.1 Mi268 Bush St
94104-3503 San Francisco
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Description
BMSG was founded in 1993 in Berkeley, California, by Lawrence Wallack, DrPH, then-professor of public health at the University of California at Berkeley, and Lori Dorfman, DrPH, then a graduate student at the School of Public Health. Wallack, now dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University and U.C. Berkeley professor emeritus, and Dorfman, now BMSG's director, founded the nonprofit to help public health professionals and community groups become more savvy about using the power of the media to advance public health.
Since 1993, BMSG has worked with organizations on a range of issues, including violence and injury prevention, alcohol, tobacco, children's health, child care, affirmative action, food and activity environments, health inequities and sexually transmitted diseases. We have published numerous case studies, research papers, books, and media advocacy training curricula. We have come to be known as a leading public health media advocacy organization in the United States.