2023 Public Interest Communications Summer Institute: Where PIC and activism come together

More than 115 people gathered in June 2023 for the second Public Interest Communications Summer Institute. Attendees explored the intersection of public interest communications and activism, crowd sourced ways to bridge the researcher-practitioner divide, workshopped syllabi and more.

Session description: Public interest communicators are not just communicators. In many cases, particularly when it comes to policy change, they must understand activism to be effective in achieving positive social change. What does that mean for public interest communications scholars and educators? Must they be activists as well? In this discussion, we explore the connection between public interest communications and activism.

For more information on the institute and 2023 program, visit: jou.ufl.edu/pic-summer-institute/. The institute is organized by the Public Interest Communications Educators Network (https://www.jou.ufl.edu/public....-interest-communicat