April 2018 April is National Minority Health Month

Caring is sharing! Did you know that Partnerships at the national, state, tribal and the month of April is officially recognized as local levels are vital to the work of reducing National Minority Health Month? Numerous health disparities and advancing health equity. health providers work tirelessly each day to Beginning April 1, 2018, the Office of Minority raise awareness about the health disparities that Health will join with partners, health advocates continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities. and organizations to highlight the role of They also work to increase awareness about partnerships in improving the health of people the health care law’s groundbreaking policies and communities across the country. to reduce these disparities and achieve health Let’s show our support. Remember, caring equity. reducing health disparities. It is a call to action, is sharing! Having a lack of health awareness is This year’s theme, Partnering for Health Equity, a charge for all of us to unite towards a common being careless. emphasizes the critical role of prevention in goal of improving the health of our communities.

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POWER PROFILER: CHANNING DUNGEY PRESIDENT, ABC ENTERTAINMENT

Channing Dungey serves as President of ABC As VP, Dungey overseeing development and Entertainment, a position she has held since acquisition of drama programming for the studio February 2016. Dungey is the first black president such as the award-winning and critically acclaimed of a major broadcast TV network. In her role she ABC show “Private Practice,” CBS’s long-running oversees development, programming, marketing drama “,” the CW’s “Reaper” and and scheduling operations for ABC Primetime and Lifetime’s highest-rated series, “Army Wives.” Late Night. Dungey began her successful career in Prior to her role as President, Dungey served entertainment as a development assistant for Davis as Executive Vice President, Drama Development, Entertainment at 20th Century Fox. She then Movies & Miniseries, ABC Entertainment Group became story editor at Steamroller Productions, and Vice President, Drama Development. As EVP, Steven Seagal’s Warner Bros.-based company. She she oversaw the development and production was later offered a job at the studio and served for of all drama pilots, movies & miniseries and the five years as a Warner Bros. production executive, launch of new series for ABC Entertainment. helping to develop and supervise a diverse range of Series Dungey developed and launched include commercially successful, critically acclaimed films. “Scandal,” “Quantico,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” Dungey is a magnum cum laude graduate of “American Crime” and “Once Upon a Time.” UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.

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Ricardo F. Reyes AVP/Creative Director Sister Nancy [email protected] Bianca Golden April Sampe Jenifer Lewis Black Uhuru: Derrick “Duckie” Simpson & Andrew Bees Tanisha Coleman Monica Joe Charlie Wilson Always And Forever: Marketing Manager [email protected] An Evening Of Luther Barbados Gospelfest Vandross Starring April 19 – 27, 2018 Barbados Simone Cook Ruben Studdard Account Executive and Barbadosgospelfest.com April 12, 2018 J. McReynolds Kabaka Pyramid Mighty Mystic Collie Buddz Newsroom Manager Riverside, CA [email protected] Ruben Studdard Ticketmaster.com 22nd Annual Pan African Festival of Georgia Teodoras Vitkauskas Coachella Music Festival April 28 – 29, 2018 Webmaster [email protected] April 13 – 15, 2018 & Macon, GA The Legendary Funk April 20 – 22, 2018 Group Midnight Star JJ Hairston & YP Kevin Downswell Jason Mighty Tubmanmuseum.com Erica Brown Indio, CA Senior Graphic Designer Coachella.com [email protected]

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