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ASPR produces the weekly syndicated interview program “Conversations on Health Care,” which recently featured acclaimed opera star Renée Fleming.

She’s received worldwide praise for singing at the Super Bowl, during a presidential inauguration and regularly for The Metropolitan Opera, but we helped her find a way to share her voice in a new way.

Fleming is the editor of “Music and Mind,” a curated collection of essays from leading scientists, artists, creative arts therapists, educators and health care providers about the powerful impacts of music and the arts on health and the human experience.

Fleming appeared on “Conversations on Health Care” to explain how she discovered her own music and mind connection early in her career when she had back pain and how a dinner with three Supreme Court justices led her to become an unexpected advocate for neuroscience.

Fleming, a five-time Grammy award winner, also told hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter what happened when she saw the results of a functional MRI experiment she took and what it means for all of us.

This special edition of “Conversations on Health Care” continued with guest Dr. Francis Collins, the former National Institutes of Health director, who wrote the foreword to the book.

Opera Superstar Renée Fleming & Experts Reveal How Music Can Make Us Healthier in New Book She’s received worldwide praise for singing at the Super Bowl, during a presidential inauguration and regularly for The Metropolitan Opera, but Renée Fleming is stretching her voice in new ways. She’s the editor of “Music and Mind,” a curated collection of essays from leading scientists,...

Advocacy in action

How does a build support for public policy change? ASPR worked with Strategies for Youth to develop a national public opinion poll and leveraged the results for media attention. Learn more at https://aspr.bz/clients/sfy/

Strategies for Youth - ASPR: Adam Shapiro Public Relations Strategies for Youth (SFY), a national nonprofit training and policy organization dedicated to improving interactions between police and young people, issued 12 Model Law Enforcement Policies for Interactions with Youth designed to remedy recurring problems in youth policing including escalation and...

Dr. Calvin E. Moore Jr., CEO, CDA Council for Professional Recognition, shares important insights in The Washington Informer. He writes about opportunities that have arrived for D.C.’s child care and early learning sector, which covers those from birth to 5 years old. The system is a national leader and these changes will help it stay a top performer.

ASPR is proud to support the Council in its communications efforts.

MOORE: Black History Month is a Time to Honor D.C.'s Winning Ways in Early Childhood Education Discover how Washington, D.C.'s early childhood education system is leading the nation in access and resources. Learn about the CDA Credential and its impact on educators.

The MLK Memorial from the Tidal Basin, a perspective you often don't see. Perspective matters.

The Motion Picture Association advocates for an important part of the American economy. They also have cool artifacts.

Thank you Senator Mark Kelly for praising our friends and colleagues at the CDA Council for Professional Recognition in the Congressional Record. The Council, a nonprofit, promotes improved performance and recognition of professionals in the early childhood education of children ages birth to 5 years old. Senator Kelly highlighted Jada Vargas for her achievement of being the 1-millionth person to earn the Council's Child Development Associate(R) Credential (TM). https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-169/issue-195/senate-section/article/S5636-3

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Washington Monthly has an important piece about the need for more . The author is Maria Eitel, who served as Nike's founding Vice President of Corporate Responsibility before founding the Nike Foundation and Girl Effect and is a board director at Cloudflare, Inc. Her main points are:

• These policy (including Biden’s AI Executive Order) moves address some of the complex issues around AI risk. The problem is that they don’t require that companies take safety and security measures. Companies need only report the measures they took.

• Governments need to be courageous and pass legislation enabling effective regulation of advanced AI, and they need to do this within a tight deadline of months, not years.

Maria writes, “When I was at Nike, we built corporate social responsibility with an aperture wide enough to take in impacts and consequences of all kinds—on the products, the profits, and people—as we dealt with issues such as labor conditions. The industry found a common point on the compass as our shared goal. And companies like Nike grew as they pursued growth and responsibility simultaneously. The AI challenge is much more formidable and will take greater collaboration by companies and governments, but the roadmap is right in front of our faces.”

The OpenAI CEO is Out, But the Real Story is the Need for Regulation | Washington Monthly Sam Altman aside, artificial intelligence is wonderful but threatening. It demands a robust government response, and that's coming too slowly.

Great to see the relatively new WTOP News Federal News Network studio/ in person. Washington is fortunate to have such a professional radio news operation.

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Washington Monthly Releases 2023 Ranking of Colleges that Best Serve Nonwealthy Students and the Country as More Schools Abandon U.S. News

Washington Monthly Releases 2023 Ranking of Colleges that Best Serve Nonwealthy Students and the Country as More Schools Abandon U.S. News The Washington Monthly magazine today is releasing its annual college guide and rankings, a socially conscious alternative to the U.S. News & Worl

Wise words from Strategies for Youth on Washington Monthly website: There are 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, and only a tiny fraction have adopted policies that direct officers to differentiate their responses to youth and adults. Police should treat a 14-year-old and a 40-year-old differently, whether using force, providing Miranda warnings against self-incrimination, or interrogation practices. https://bit.ly/3YvHnH9

Police Need to Do a Better Job With Young People | Washington Monthly Few officers get the training to deal with youth, from interrogations to physical restraints to arrests. There’s a better way.

Driving Force Institute is proud to announce Louise Mirrer, Ph.D., president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society, as the recipient of the first-ever Walter W. Buckley Jr. Prize. Throughout her accomplished career Mirrer has led efforts to highlight, document, and exhibit important details about American history. Now, as the country prepares to celebrate Independence Day, Mirrer’s passion and work are being held up as an example for others. The award is named in honor of U.S. history advocate, benefactor, and retired businessman Walter W. Buckley Jr.

Patrick Riccards, DFI’s CEO, says, “The Buckley Prize is expressly designed to go directly to an individual who exemplifies and advances a better understanding of the United States. Dr. Mirrer, in all that she represents and has accomplished, is the perfect choice to be the initial recipient of this honor. We greatly appreciate Walter W. Buckley Jr. and his family for their devotion to this cause and for their important support.”

Thank you Jim Lokay Fox 5 DC Fox 5 DC for putting the spotlight on getting reading skills (and math and computer skills) to more people in D.C. with Washington Literacy Center. https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1238390 "from the Hill to local" w/ Jimmie L. Williams

Helping Washingtonians read for 60 years The Washington Literacy Center is marking six decades helping address low literacy in the D.C. region. Jim talks with the head of the center, Jimmie Williams, who gave up a career on Capitol Hill to take over the mission of helping fellow Washingtonians. You can learn more about the center’s upcom...

Dr. Anthony Fauci met with our client Community Health Center's Mark Masselli, Margaret Flinter, APRN, PHD, FAAN & Leslie Gianelli at Aspen Ideas Health to explain only 20% of Americans right now have the booster shot and we need to get that to 50% in the coming months. It was a sobering message in a beautiful setting.

Janine Davidson is a dynamic higher ed leader with a unique background. If you're flying United Airlines this month, you'll read about her in the in-flight magazine! Metropolitan State University of Denver

It was an honor to attend the arrival ceremony for President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea and hear remarks from President Biden about the relationship between the countries.

President Biden said, "Today, our economies are on the vanguard of technological development; our nations are powerhouses of innovation; and our people, united still by our democratic values, are taking on the challenges of the world, and we’re taking them on together."

Congrats to our friend All In with Chris Hayes; now #1 at 8 p.m. in the post- era https://deadline.com/2023/04/tucker-carlson-fox-news-ratings-drop-msnbc-1235340135/

Available starting today in : When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids
https://www.hachettego.com/titles/gregg-behr/when-you-wonder-youre-learning/9780306874741/

This occasion marks a genuinely special opportunity to raise up Mister Roger’s work – so deeply relevant still today – with teachers and parents across America. As young people grapple with issues of mental health, learning loss, the effects of social media, and near-constant reminders that the world isn’t always kind, caring adults can find guidance in a familiar and much-loved figure.

Congrats Gregg Behr & Ryan Rydzewski!

When You Wonder, You're Learning With lessons from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and examples from the acclaimed education network Remake Learning, this book brings Mister Rogers into th...

Thank you PR News for recognizing our efforts to raise awareness and visibility of Community Health Center, Inc. and its syndicated interview program "Conversations on Health Care." We've been awarded an honorable mention in the category for the 2023 Nonprofit . https://lnkd.in/eBifm_BA
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Some of the news coverage we've secured for this client includes the following:

CNBC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky interview cited with “Conversations on Health Care." https://lnkd.in/eHCPnYHU

CNN: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, interview cited from "Conversations on Health Care." https://lnkd.in/eweFm8Wr

NBC News: Video link to “Conversations on Health Care” interview: https://lnkd.in/eB5iN7Ji

ABC News: "Conversations on Health Care" interview with Dr. Fauci credited: https://lnkd.in/exJ3KBcw

The Hill: Interview sourced from "Conversations on Health Care." https://lnkd.in/e2RbjT8x

ASPR clients make news. In late 2022, Conversations on Health Care interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci about and we secured pick-up of the interview on ABC World News Tonight.

The full interview is available at https://chcradio.com/episode/Anthony-Fauci/654

Off to a busy start at HQ

Finding a home for stories in The New York Times, Washington Post and PBS NewsHour is an important part of public policy-focused communications. But sometimes clients benefit from media outreach that informs Americans in unique and interesting ways.

Such is the case for our client Remake Learning, a network of over 1,200 educators and innovators across 10 counties in Greater Pittsburgh and West Virginia who are committed to helping public education become more collaborative, creative, equitable, inclusive, and just.

We secured coverage of one of its Moonshot Grants in People magazine. The popular print publication featured the Butler Area School District and the grant it received for Growing a Green Future.

This intra-district initiative is bringing together a rural elementary school’s agricultural curriculum and production abilities with an urban school’s community store and resource hub to create a system for growing, distributing, and selling fresh, local produce while engaging students from both schools in agriculture, entrepreneurship, and other STEAM-based learning. Community Advisory Boards also guide and contribute to planning and related projects at each school.

People’s positive coverage has heightened national awareness and appreciation of this innovative effort.

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With rising high school seniors and their families awaiting the latest U.S. News & World Report college rankings amid news that several brand-name universities fudged their data to the magazine, the Washington Monthly today is releasing its alternative rankings, which have avoided such scandals by focusing on data that is more reliable and relevant to the majority of students, as well as to policy makers. The new issue of the Monthly also features a story by James Fallows, the acclaimed journalist and former U.S. News editor fired by U.S. News’s owner after questioning that magazine’s rankings metrics. www.washingtonmonthly.com

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ASPR helped long-time client Council for Professional Recognition take the case for more innovation in early childhood education to the Silicon Valley. Read about why we need more research on integrating developmentally appropriate technology literacy into young children’s daily learning environment. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/19/opinion-why-early-education-needs-a-technology-transformation/

Opinion: Why early education needs a technology transformation We need more research on integrating developmentally appropriate technology literacy into young children’s daily learning environment.

Influential Washington outlet "The Hill" cited a recent interview with ASPR client Conversations on Health Care Radio Show; the article was picked up by other news outlets across the U.S.:

During an interview with the radio program “Conversations on Health Care,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said the administration wants to provide people with the broadest possible protection.

“So the strategy now is to tailor vaccine for giving us the largest breadth of response, ideally one that would have less waning over time,” Walensky said. “I believe it is best to use a vaccine that is tailored for the variant that we have right now.”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3617544-white-house-effort-to-stave-off-fall-covid-surge-with-new-boosters-faces-uphill-battle/

White House effort to stave off fall COVID surge with new boosters faces uphill battle The White House is rushing ahead to roll out a new COVID-19 booster shot campaign in early September, but is facing an uphill battle to ensure it is successful.   The vaccines being …