{"id":7802,"date":"2017-02-10T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/?p=7802"},"modified":"2018-08-08T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T15:31:18","slug":"cheryl-procter-rogers-apr-fellow-prsa-a-champion-for-diversity-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/10\/cheryl-procter-rogers-apr-fellow-prsa-a-champion-for-diversity-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl Procter-Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA: A Champion for Diversity and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is part of a mini-series celebrating the first-ever Black PR History Month, showcasing individuals of color and the influence they’ve had on the public relations industry. Read more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cheryl Procter-Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA<\/span><\/a>, is a leader, advocate, educator and passionate public relations practitioner. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the first black PRSA president of one of the Society\u2019s largest Chapters, PRSA Chicago, and 2005 recipient of the D. Parke Gibson Pioneer Award \u2014 PRSA\u2019s highest distinction in multicultural affairs \u2014 Procter-Rogers has been an advocate for diversity in public relations throughout her career. She also served as the PRSA 2006 National President, was the recipient of the 2011 Golden Anvil Award and became the youngest person ever inducted into the college of fellows, in addition to being one of only two black women inducted at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Procter-Rogers has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and currently works as a public relations strategist and executive coach for A Step Ahead Consulting and Coaching, a global consulting practice. <\/span><\/p>\n

Procter-Rogers is an advocate for education and has contributed to several books and dedicated time to speaking with students and professionals across the U.S. Her expertise is featured in \u201c<\/span>Managing Public Relations: Methods and Tools\u201d and \u201cNo Mulligans Allowed: Strategically Plotting Your Public Relations Course.\u201d She was one of 11 public relations practitioners interviewed for the CD companion to \u201cPublic Relations: The Profession and the Practice,\u201d published by McGraw Hill Higher Education.<\/span> She has also been featured in <\/span>Black Enterprise Magazine<\/span><\/i> (\u201c14 Boom Careers,\u201d February 1994) and <\/span>Inside PR<\/span><\/i> (\u201cRising Star,\u201d 1993). <\/span><\/p>\n

Through forward thinking, Procter-Rogers strives to surpass cultural and professional norms in everything she does \u2014 a lesson to be learned by all aspiring communications professionals today. As a champion for diversity and education, she is a leader our industry is lucky to have. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Krista Watson is a junior at Loyola University Chicago and the PRSSA 2016\u20132017 Publications Editor in Chief. Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/i> @watson_krista<\/span><\/i><\/a> or connect on<\/span><\/i> LinkedIn<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article is part of a mini-series celebrating the first-ever Black PR History Month, showcasing individuals of color and the influence they’ve had on the public relations industry. Read more\u00a0here. Cheryl Procter-Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA, is a leader, advocate, educator and passionate public relations practitioner. As the first black PRSA president of one of the Society\u2019s largest Chapters, PRSA Chicago, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2893],"tags":[2221,2657,2658,594,360],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7802"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7839,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7802\/revisions\/7839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}