• Chair:        LCDR Njeri Jones  
• Co-Chair:  LCDR Yvesna Blaise  

Committee Meeting

• Occurs 3^rd Tuesday of every other month from 1400 - 1500 EST.
  • Join:  ZoomGov. Passcode: @Rp4gu
  • Alt Call-in: (669) 254-5252, Meeting ID: 161 752 7634#, Passcode: *748130#

The Communications and Public Relations Committee is responsible for executing the following charges and goals:

• Evaluate and maintain the BCOAG website to ensure that a useful format and structure of the website content is established and maintained. 
• Enhance BCOAG visibility within the Commissioned Corps, as well as in the General Public and media.
• Ensure that a useful and up-to-date information of interest to BCOAG is readily available to BCOAG membership through the website, newsletter and/or Social Media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.  Additionally, the Committee will identify and organize at least one committee project per year to enhance the visibility of the BCOAG by interacting with the PACs, CPOs, OSO, minority communities, and other agencies and the media.
• Develop and update the website content by posting BCOAG meeting minutes and BCOAG related pictures on time.
• Assist the BCOAG Chair in communication with other agencies and media
• Monitor public information on African American affairs.
• Plan for Black History Month Celebration Activities.
• Review and periodically update the BCOAG brochure.
• Maintain and update the BCOAG poster.

The Communications and Public Relations Committee is comprised of the following teams:

Website Team

• Website Team members are responsible for maintaining and updating the BCOAG website per the request of Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs.
• The BCOAG Communications and Public Relations Committee has developed a new process for requesting updates to committee webpages.  In order to have your webpage updated, committees are asked to complete the BCOAG Website Update Request Form.  Completed forms should be submitted to the Committee Chair. Please allow a minimum of one week for information to be updated on your page.

Max.gov Team

• Max.gov Team works with each BCOAG committee to support their child pages on Max.gov. 

Newsletter Team

• The Newsletter Team ensure articles are received from BCOAG Committees and/or members for inclusion in the BCOAG annually newsletter.  The team focuses on publishing a newsletter annually  to capture BCOAG supported events during the operational year.  

Social Media Team

• Social Media Team members are responsible for monitoring the BCOAG Social Media platforms by providing information related to the Commissioned Corps and BCOAG.  

Be in the Know When it Happens, Follow BCOAG on Social Media

• Use the following hashtags whenever appropriate in your personal social media posts: #USPHS or #BCOAG

If you are interested in participating in any of the teams stated above, please contact the Committee Chair.  If you would like additional information about this Committee, please email the Committee Chair, LCDR Njeri Jones or the Co-Chair, LCDR Yvesna Blaise at bcoag.communications@gmail.com.