“Identifying the Elephant in the Room” Series Helps Students Navigate Social Injustice In and Out of the Workplace

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“Identifying the Elephant in the Room,” is a collaborative seminar series on race relations and critical communications strategies for students pursuing degrees in journalism, public relations and advertising at Howard University and the University of Florida.

Sponsored by Pitch Publicity and INICIVOX, and hosted by HU Public Relations Student Society of America and UF Association for Media Professionals, this series is designed to help mentor all students interested in entering careers within the communications industry, while preparing them for meaningful, impactful work that involves addressing the long-standing elephant in the room when it comes to racism. Participating professionals in the series will be successful alumni of HU and UF who have valuable career lessons to share from all sides of the elephant.

Planning for the series with the students started in mid-July. There will be a total of six seminars in our first series during the fall 2020 semester. The HU PRSSA and UF AMP students have selected the industries they were most interested in working in, which will serve as career themes for each of the
following panels, which will all be held from 4-5 p.m. ET on Wednesdays.

• Sept. 23: Sports
• Oct. 7: Politics
• Oct. 21: Entertainment
• Nov. 11: Fashion/Beauty
• Nov. 18: Healthcare
• Dec. 2: News Media

For more information and to register, go to https://bit.ly/elephantpanels.

Posted: September 30, 2020
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