PCI Media is an award-winning non-profit organization that combines the power of storytelling and technology for social change around the world.
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In partnership with communities and local organizations, we produce culturally resonant television and radio programs, social media, and interpersonal communication campaigns to achieve local, national and global impact. We use strategic communication to position partners to create a more healthy, just, and sustainable world.
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Check out our President Meesha Brown's article on Real Leaders discussing why sustainability is everyone's business!
In 1968, then Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich and his wife, Anne, published The Population Bomb. The book sounded the alarm about the growing population of humans around the globe and the impact rising population numbers would have on our planet. The book predicted mass starvation in the 1970s, a su...
Vaccines are crucial in connecting us to one another, by preventing communicable diseases and ensuring the health of every community.
But misinformation, distrust in the vaccination process and lack of vaccine access means vaccinations aren’t equally distributed to everyone.
PCI programs like Team Survive stepped in during the global COVID-19 pandemic to educate communities about the vaccination process.
Visit pcimedia.org to learn more about Team Survive and don’t forget to click the link in our bio to grab your team survive merch.
#TeamSurvive #COVID19 #Vaccinations #WorldImmunizationWeek
Vaccines are crucial in connecting us to one another, by preventing communicable diseases and ensuring the health of every community.
But misinformation, distrust in the vaccination process and lack of vaccine access means vaccinations aren’t equally distributed to everyone.
PCI programs like Team Survive stepped in during the global COVID-19 pandemic to educate communities about the vaccination process.
Visit pcimedia.org to learn more about Team Survive and don’t forget to click the link in our bio to grab your team survive merch.
#TeamSurvive #COVID19 #Vaccinations #WorldImmunizationWeek
“My Name is Sara Mohamed, from Hargeisa. The weapons should be kept in a safe place like Mom Sirad was telling her husband. Sirad is right. if not registered that risk. If the father puts it in an unsafe place the mother should put it in a safe place. Weapons should be kept in a locked and safe box. Children are intelligent. Children could observe where you are putting it.”
Through Dallaalimo, in collaboration with MAG (Mines Advisory Group), listeners in Somaliland gained a better understanding of the importance of gun safety and 91% agreed the radio drama reflected real-life situations.
#GunSafety #GunRegistration #MAG #MinesAdvisoryGroup #PCIMedia
“My Name is Sara Mohamed, from Hargeisa. The weapons should be kept in a safe place like Mom Sirad was telling her husband. Sirad is right. if not registered that risk. If the father puts it in an unsafe place the mother should put it in a safe place. Weapons should be kept in a locked and safe box. Children are intelligent. Children could observe where you are putting it.”
Through Dallaalimo, in collaboration with MAG (Mines Advisory Group), listeners in Somaliland gained a better understanding of the importance of gun safety and 91% agreed the radio drama reflected real-life situations.
#GunSafety #GunRegistration #MAG #MinesAdvisoryGroup #PCIMedia
#TBT: At the start of the pandemic PCI started to provide COVID-19 information through our popular Mozambican radio drama, Ouro Negro!
PCI Media broadcasted critical COVID-19 information to over 2 million listeners. By building health literacy around COVID-19, individuals and communities were able to make informed choices in order to keep themselves and their families safe.
Click the link to learn more about our Ouro Negro program https://www.pcimedia.org/programs/public-health/
#TBT: At the start of the pandemic PCI started to provide COVID-19 information through our popular Mozambican radio drama, Ouro Negro!
PCI Media broadcasted critical COVID-19 information to over 2 million listeners. By building health literacy around COVID-19, individuals and communities were able to make informed choices in order to keep themselves and their families safe.
Click the link to learn more about our Ouro Negro program https://www.pcimedia.org/programs/public-health/
"As long as we are not all safe, no one is safe. It is in their best interest to facilitate doses that must go to Africa and other under-served parts of the world, because their safety is superficial if the rest of the world is not safe.” via Global Citizen
#VaccineEquity #WorldImmunicatonWeek #VaccinesForAll #VaccinesWork
All communities should have access to quality and affordable health care services, and that includes access to vaccines.
Programs like Ouro Negro addresses prevention, treatment, vaccination and social distancing, along with their usual themes of overall well-being. Visit us at pcimedia.org and sign up for our newsletter to learn about Ouro Negro and more.
All communities should have access to quality and affordable health care services, and that includes access to vaccines.
Programs like Ouro Negro addresses prevention, treatment, vaccination and social distancing, along with their usual themes of overall well-being. Visit us at pcimedia.org and sign up for our newsletter to learn about Ouro Negro and more.
Vaccines bring us closer. World Immunization Week promotes the importance of vaccinations in bringing us together and improving the overall health and wellbeing of us all.
#VaccineEquity #WorldImmunicatonWeek #VaccinesForAll #VaccinesWork
Vaccines bring us closer. World Immunization Week promotes the importance of vaccinations in bringing us together and improving the overall health and wellbeing of us all.
#VaccineEquity #WorldImmunicatonWeek #VaccinesForAll #VaccinesWork
Earth Day and climate action were a big topic of conversation this week! Here are some stories you may have missed on your timeline.
#Climate #EarthDay #Sustainability #PCIMedia #WeeklyRoundup
You still have time to donate + get matched at 100% in honor of #EarthDay 2021—but don’t delay, matching runs out at 11:59pm ET!
With your generosity, we’ll be able to continue programs like Forest Blessings and Watasay Ston or Punta Fuego and #OzoneHeroes, which empower communities and shifts behaviors and attitudes around issues like climate change. Give + get matched today: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empower-communities-to-fight-climate-change/
You still have time to donate + get matched at 100% in honor of #EarthDay 2021—but don’t delay, matching runs out at 11:59pm ET!
With your generosity, we’ll be able to continue programs like Forest Blessings and Watasay Ston or Punta Fuego and #OzoneHeroes, which empower communities and shifts behaviors and attitudes around issues like climate change. Give + get matched today: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empower-communities-to-fight-climate-change/
What we’re reading:
“Entertainment- Education Behind the Scenes: Case Studies for Theory and Practice”
edited by Lauren Frank and Paul Falzone offers a unique insight into how entertainment-education works and gives a behind the scenes glimpse of creating entertainment-education media.
PCI’s scope of work incorporates social change messaging into entertaining media. This unique approach to social and behavior changes communication and offers new opportunities.
What are you reading?
#Communications
#Storytelling
#Social Justice
#Environment
Callaloo is the first-ever serial drama to be recorded in three countries. Voices from three islands help give a truly regional flare to the program by weaving together the Caribbean’s various accents. The drama is part of a larger program, My Island – My Community, which is active in 15 countries throughout the Caribbean.
Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about our programs working to protect our environment.
#PCISavesLive #Environment #Sustainability #ProtectOurEarth
Callaloo is the first-ever serial drama to be recorded in three countries. Voices from three islands help give a truly regional flare to the program by weaving together the Caribbean’s various accents. The drama is part of a larger program, My Island – My Community, which is active in 15 countries throughout the Caribbean.
Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about our programs working to protect our environment.
#PCISavesLive #Environment #Sustainability #ProtectOurEarth
Happy #EarthDay!!
There’s never been a better time to celebrate—and protect—the wonders of our home.
When you donate in support of PCI Media today, @GlobalGiving will DOUBLE your generosity for the #ClimateAction campaign. Every bit helps and goes towards implementing programming, encouraging communities to fight climate change.
Give + get matched now: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empower-communities-to-fight-climate-change/
Happy #EarthDay!!
There’s never been a better time to celebrate—and protect—the wonders of our home.
When you donate in support of PCI Media today, @GlobalGiving will DOUBLE your generosity for the #ClimateAction campaign. Every bit helps and goes towards implementing programming, encouraging communities to fight climate change.
Give + get matched now: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empower-communities-to-fight-climate-change/
Happy International Mother Earth Day! The events of the past year have been a rallying call telling our global community that we must create a more sustainable world that works for people and the planet.
Today, take stock on how to interact with and care for the earth and call on others in your community to do the same. Mother Earth gives so much to us, let’s work together to give back.
#InternationalMotherEarthDay #MotherEarth #GoGreen #Sustainability #ProtectTheEarth #Habitat #Biodiversity
Happy International Mother Earth Day! The events of the past year have been a rallying call telling our global community that we must create a more sustainable world that works for people and the planet.
Today, take stock on how to interact with and care for the earth and call on others in your community to do the same. Mother Earth gives so much to us, let’s work together to give back.
#InternationalMotherEarthDay #MotherEarth #GoGreen #Sustainability #ProtectTheEarth #Habitat #Biodiversity
We’re hiring at PCI Media!
We’re looking for a Lead for our Livable Planet Programs. As lead, candidates would be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring the Livable Planets portfolio. Sound like the role for you? Click the below to learn more about the position and to apply.
https://www.pcimedia.org/contact-us/opportunities/
We’re hiring at PCI Media!
We’re looking for a Lead for our Livable Planet Programs. As lead, candidates would be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring the Livable Planets portfolio. Sound like the role for you? Click the below to learn more about the position and to apply.
https://www.pcimedia.org/contact-us/opportunities/
A healthy environment helps create a healthy mind. Many factors play into the condition of our mental health and while there are many barriers to improving mental health for some, doing our collective due diligence to work on the environment.
Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about our programs, like WABICC and Switch Africa Green, and learn how they inspire positive interactions with our planet.
#PCIMedia #Environment
A healthy environment helps create a healthy mind. Many factors play into the condition of our mental health and while there are many barriers to improving mental health for some, doing our collective due diligence to work on the environment.
Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about our programs, like WABICC and Switch Africa Green, and learn how they inspire positive interactions with our planet.
#PCIMedia #Environment
Strong Women, Strong Voices produced and broadcasted unique radio dramas to address critical issues of gender discrimination and domestic violence, putting the process of storytelling in the hands of women themselves to actively work to overcome these issues.
#StrongWomenStrongVoices #Storytelling #WomensRights #ProtectWomen
Strong Women, Strong Voices produced and broadcasted unique radio dramas to address critical issues of gender discrimination and domestic violence, putting the process of storytelling in the hands of women themselves to actively work to overcome these issues.
#StrongWomenStrongVoices #Storytelling #WomensRights #ProtectWomen
Check out this article Today Show featuring pro-ecological behaviors you can adopt to improve your mental health.
https://www.today.com/tmrw/why-going-green-can-have-positive-impact-your-mental-health-t213868#anchor-4Engageinactivitiesthatsupporttheenvironment
#MentalHealth #Environment
The climate crisis demands action from all of us. Join us for an Instagram live discussion with Meesha and Felix Dodd, (sustainable development expert) about the role communication plays in climate action next Monday, April 26th at 12pm ET.
#IGLive #PCIMedia
The climate crisis demands action from all of us. Join us for an Instagram live discussion with Meesha and Felix Dodd, (sustainable development expert) about the role communication plays in climate action next Monday, April 26th at 12pm ET.
#IGLive #PCIMedia
How can we all be #OzoneHeroes ?
Launched in partnership with Marvel comics and the UN Environment Programme, the comic followed Iron Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy as they discover humans are the superheroes who solved the global issue of ozone depletion.
Check out the comic in the link below
https://read.marvel.com/#/book/46539
#PCIMedia #Ozone #OzoneHeroes #Earth #ProtectOurPlanet
How can we all be #OzoneHeroes ?
Launched in partnership with Marvel comics and the UN Environment Programme, the comic followed Iron Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy as they discover humans are the superheroes who solved the global issue of ozone depletion.
Check out the comic in the link below
https://read.marvel.com/#/book/46539
#PCIMedia #Ozone #OzoneHeroes #Earth #ProtectOurPlanet
Attention climate heroes: the #ClimateAction Campaign is here! TODAY through Friday, @GlobalGiving will DOUBLE your donation of up to $100 when you give to support PCI Media. PCI works to produce media, like our radio drama "Forest Blessings", "Into the Jungle" comic and much more, that meet people where they are, empowers them, and inspires changes that ensure a life-sustaining planet.
Click the link below to help us protect our planet + get matched today!
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empower-communities-to-fight-climate-change/
In some West African countries, weak governance, ineffective policies, and natural resource degradation are threatening West Africans' ability to survive and thrive in the face of worsening climate change impacts.
Radio dramas like Forest Blessings in collaboration with @WABiCCnews teaches lessons about the importance of forest conservation for both plant, animal, and human life.
#Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Nature
In some West African countries, weak governance, ineffective policies, and natural resource degradation are threatening West Africans' ability to survive and thrive in the face of worsening climate change impacts.
Radio dramas like Forest Blessings in collaboration with @WABiCCnews teaches lessons about the importance of forest conservation for both plant, animal, and human life.
#Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Nature
We all have the ability to make a significant impact. Sometimes, it just requires reflecting on what YOU can bring to the table. It is our collective skills and contributions, no matter how big or small, that work together for our good.
At PCI, our skill is storytelling for change and elevating voices. What yours?
#StoryTelling #WorkingTogether #ChangeTheWorld #ProtectOurPlanet
We all have the ability to make a significant impact. Sometimes, it just requires reflecting on what YOU can bring to the table. It is our collective skills and contributions, no matter how big or small, that work together for our good.
At PCI, our skill is storytelling for change and elevating voices. What yours?
#StoryTelling #WorkingTogether #ChangeTheWorld #ProtectOurPlanet
Who said protecting the environment couldn’t be fun? We all can play an active role in restoring and maintaining our environment.
Our radio drama “Biribreba” promotes coastal resource management in Ghana.
Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about our programs working to protect our environment.
#PCISavesLive #Environment #Sustainability #ProtectOurEarth
Who said protecting the environment couldn’t be fun? We all can play an active role in restoring and maintaining our environment.
Our radio drama “Biribreba” promotes coastal resource management in Ghana.
Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about our programs working to protect our environment.
#PCISavesLive #Environment #Sustainability #ProtectOurEarth
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We create social change through comprehensive Communications for Behavior Change campaigns, drawing on years of social science theory and applied practice. We do so within a capacity-building model through our My Community approach, training and mentoring in-country organizations to lead program implementation. PCI Media Impact programs leave behind a lasting footprint of local capacity and sustainability. Together with our partners around the world, PCI Media has produced more than 5,000 episodes of 100 television and radio productions, reaching more than one billion people in over 50 countries. PCI Media: - values the right of every being to live a self-determined life on a healthy planet - envisions a healthy. sustainable, just world where people author their own lives - inspires creativity, action and change - promises collaboration, authenticity and quality
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Congratulations to our partner World Food Programme for winning the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize! Serving over 100 million people across the globe, the win reminds us all that peace and zero hunger go hand in hand for a better future.
With flu season right around the corner, it's important now more than ever to keep diligent with wearing our mask & social distancing! Watch this video to find out what else you can do to keep you and those around you safe!
Meet our incredible Mozambique team behind Ouro Negro! 👋 📻 Making Radio, Making Sense: Challenges in Mozambique include gender inequality, poor access to education, child marriage, poor sexual and reproductive health and rights, and a lack of adequate nutrition. Using a radio drama and a trans-media multi-platform approach, we aim to disseminate a wide range of messages and interact with audiences in many languages. The InTxunáveis radio drama tells the story of a group of adolescent students and the villagers of Nguva, led by their traditional leader Sirene. The storyline addresses adolescent sexual and reproductive health, child marriage, maternal and child health, nutrition, WASH, early childhood development, education, and other topics. 👉 Read more about our team in Mozambique at pcimedia.org/who-we-are
#DidYouKnow Black Gay/Bi/Queer men have two-fold greater odds of being unemployed, low income, previously incarcerated, or having less education, compared other GBQ men? This is an example of social determinants having an effect on health in BIPOC / LGBTQ+ communities. To read the full article, check outhttps://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TFIE-33_SDOHForBlackLGBTPeople_Web.pdf And for more on PCI’s work to create informed media materials in the POC / LGBTQ+ communities, check out our work in the Caribbean with One Community, Many Voices in the video below! #lgbtq #pride #poc #happypride
Don’t forget to submit your poetry to SKN alliance before the deadline on June 22nd! Happy Pride Month!
Happy #PrideMonth! PCI Media celebrates POC and LGBTQI+ voices for social change! We value diverse and artistic methods of communication and activism, which is why we support @SKNalliance’s #poetrycompetition this month! Are you a poet? Check out the competition details in the video below (insert video from bennett) And for more information on PCI Media’s programs, visit pcimedia.org #Pride #BlackLivesMatter
June is Pride Month! At PCI Media’s One Community, Many Voices advocates for the LGBTQI+ community. This Caribbean project uplifts the voices of POC and LGBTQI+ citizens to create social change. Happy #PrideMonth !🎉🏳️🌈🌈
Jim Desmond, co-founder of the Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection, identified the reservoir for the Zaire strain of Ebola with his team in Liberia in 2014. As an emerging zoonotic diseases expert, with a focus on conservation impact and biodiversity protection, he makes the link between wildlife trafficking and pandemics in this interview for Liberia TV.
To ensure the safety of our staff, partners and clients, our NYC office has been working from home since Monday due to the COVID-19 outbreak. A tradition of ours is our daily exercise, so we've improvised a little using Microsoft Teams Intelligent Communications to maintain our healthy habits and to keep ourselves active, even when in isolation at home! What are you doing to keep yourself active during isolation? Do you have any ideas for us? PIX 11 NBC News NBC News Health The New York Times CNN Good Morning America Today Show
Huge thanks to The Indie Fest! We have won THREE Outstanding Achievement Humanitarian awards for: 🏆 #CleanSeas Break-Up PSA: Christmas Edition “Home for the Holidays” 🏆 Nature for All: Living 🏆 Cocina con Causa
Did you know that the #LetsTalkEUP campaign is backed by a regional partnership between UNESCO, UNFPA, SAfAIDS and Save the Children Sweden? Each of the core partner organizations recognize the importance of tackling the issue of early and unintended pregnancy and the level of commitment needed. Additional partnerships and collaboration at the country level make the campaign implementation relevant to local contexts. Check out the website for campaign updates from across the East and Southern Africa region! www.letstalkeup.com Young People Today. Time to Act Now. Unesco Regional Office for Southern Africa UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office SAfAIDS Save the Children East & Southern Africa Region
At PCI Media we combine the power of storytelling and technology for social change around the world. This Giving Tuesday, join us in making an impact in people's lives. Donate here: http://bit.ly/2qf67Yo
From fighting and bullying to sexual harassment and corporal punishment, violence in and around school can have devastating, long-term consequences for children. The global superhero comic contest was designed to encourage children and young people to be part of UNICEF’s global campaign to shed light on and spark action to #ENDviolence in schools through the creative medium of comic design.
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