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InSites for the Future

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Source: Roland Tiangco photograph on CultureHall.com

Vanguard will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2012. We’re proud of our accomplishments, but we’re also excited about what the future holds for social change communications. Through the end of the year we will be sharing our predictions for 2012 and beyond under the title, “InSites for the [...]

The Culture of Spanking

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“Warning,” the morning anchor intoned. “The video you are about to see is graphic, and may be hard to watch.”

Which ensured that we all would watch, of course. And I did watch — in discomfort and then growing  horror –  as a Texas judge whaled away at his then 16-year-old daughter with a leather [...]

Trick-or-Treating in a Kimono

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My brother and I dressed up for Halloween

When I was growing up, Japanese exchange students lived with us for eight consecutive summers. I loved it; they showered my siblings and me with attention, provided an excuse to visit places like Disneyland and museums, and would always bring special and exciting gifts from their [...]

Social Marketing Lessons from the Undead

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I know I need duct tape, water, non-perishable food goods, batteries,  blankets and flashlights. But learning about emergency preparedness beyond the basics has always put me to sleep…until today.

Now, I have to think about the zombies. Yes, zombies.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) new Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic has turned the standard disaster preparation message [...]

Line Dancing Our Way to Wellness

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Last week was National Wellness Week, which encouraged people to incorporate one of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness into their lives to fight heart disease. Each of the Eight Dimensions – whether it be occupational, emotional, financial, social, spiritual, physical, intellectual, or environmental – help people address the physical health behaviors that can put [...]