Media Advocacy Students Produce Radio Spots to Encourage Local Young Adults to Get Tested

A service learning partnership with Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center resulted in ads promoting quarterly HIV/STI testing for college students

 Thursday, October 19, 2017 00:03 PM

 

 

When planning for her spring 2017 service learning Media Advocacy class, Susan Kahlenberg, associate professor of media & communication, sought a community partner with a passion for social justice. 

Meanwhile, in downtown Allentown, Adrian Shanker ’09, founder & executive director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, wanted help promoting quarterly HIV/STI testing.

Beth Halpern, Muhlenberg's director of community engagement, recommended Kahlenberg reach out to Shanker. The two teamed up, and Kahlenberg enlisted her Media Advocacy students to help the Center. 

 

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