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Contacts for journalists and reporters only. For information about contacting KQED, please visit the Contact Us page. Please send press releases or news story ideas directly to KQED Radio Programs contacts.
Scott Walton, Executive Director of Communications
415.553.2145
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Meredith Gandy, Publicist
415.553.2116
mgandy@kqed.org
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| KQED Offers Health Resources to Bay Area Families |
Critically Acclaimed Television Series "American Family"
Inspires Services
"American Family shows that long-form television is a rich genre, allowing characters to live and grow."
-- Roger Ebert of EBERT & ROEPER, in a rare discussion about long-form television
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- As part of an ongoing effort to raise awareness of health issues and related Bay Area resources, KQED Education Network (EdNet) has announced their 2004 American Family -- Journey of Dreams outreach campaign. The multi-faceted outreach effort uses the PBS series as a springboard to highlight Latino health issues in the Bay Area through a series of community outreach activities and a unique youth media campaign.
American Family chronicles the multigenerational saga of one family's pursuit of the American dream. It is the first drama series ever to air on broadcast television featuring a Latino cast, and the first original prime-time American episodic drama on PBS in decades. It first premiered in January 2002. Its second season premieres on Sunday, April 4, at 7:00PM on KQED Public Television 9.
In addition to conducting the outreach events detailed below, as an broadcast component to the initiative, EdNet teamed up with Youth Sounds and Native American Health Center's Urban Indian Film Project to produce a series of bilingual health-related television interstitials produced by youth for broadcast on KQED.
Free American Family outreach free events include the following:
East Oakland Community Health Fair
Saturday, April 3, 11am-3pm
Eastmont Town Center
7200 Bancroft Avenue, Oakland
Call (510) 238-3165 for more information
Join 50 health and early childhood organizations disseminating health resource information at this fair. Dental check-ups, screenings for diabetes, asthma, optometry and cholesterol screenings, childhood immunizations, mental health services, and more will be offered.
Early Learning Health Workshop for Parents
Wednesday, April 21, 6-8pm
Mission Neighborhood Child Development Center
362 Capp Street, San Francisco
Call (800) 723-ELMO for more information.
This bilingual (Spanish/English) health workshop is designed for parents to raise awareness of and share KQED and PBS resources about childhood asthma. This workshop will feature the programs Children and Asthma, Sesame Street: A is for Asthma, and ARTHUR Goes to the Doctor: Buster's Breathless, along with American Family resources. Parents will receive free videos, bilingual educational guides and other related materials.
Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros: A Celebration of Children and Books
Sunday, April 25, 1-4pm
Dolores Park
Church and 20th Streets, San Francisco
Call 1 (800) 723-ELMO for more information
Now in its third year, KQED Early Learning will partners with a host of community organizations to present this wonderful community celebration of children, literacy and culture. Now in its third year, Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros will feature art, and musical performances, resource tables, face painting, raffle prize drawings, book giveaways and more. Michael Pritchard, Bay Area comedian and star of PBS specials, will host this event along with an outstanding Latino community youth leader.
Early Learning Health Workshop for Parents
Mission Neighborhood Child Development Center
Wednesday, April 21, 6-8pm
362 Capp Street
San Francisco
Call (800) 723-ELMO for more information.
This bilingual (Spanish/English) health workshop is designed for parents to raise awareness and share KQED and PBS resources about childhood asthma. This workshop will feature KQED's Children and Asthma, Sesame Street: A is for Asthma, ARTHUR Goes to the Doctor: Buster's Breathless programs, along with American Family resources. Parents will receive free videos, bilingual educational guides and other related materials.
KQED "American Family" Screening
Tuesday, May 4, 5:30-8:30pm
KQED Broadcast Center
2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco
Call (415) 553-3340 for more information
KQED will celebrate American Family and its local outreach campaign at this special screening event. Attendees will view clips from the series and the youth-produced "Healthy Tips" television interstitial campaign from Youth Sounds and Native American Health Center's Urban Indian Film Project. They'll also learn about Education Network's outreach campaign activities to date and those yet to come. Refreshments will be served.
Sponsors of the Oakland Community Health Fair include Head Start, City of Oakland; Havenscourt Community Partnership; Tzu Chi Foundation; and the University of California Health and Wellness Initiative. Sponsors of Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros: A Celebration of Children and Books include Mission Learning Center, University of San Francisco, Zeum, Univision, San Francisco Public Library, Children's Book Press, Bay Area Discovery Museum, San Francisco State University "Jump Start," Museum of Craft and Folk Art, "Childhood Matters" and "Nuestros Niños."
Major funding for the American Family -- Journey of Dreams television series is provided by Johnson & Johnson, the American Legacy Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS.
KQED Public Broadcasting operates KQED Public Television 9, one of the nation's most-watched public television stations during prime-time, and KQED's digital television channels, which include KQED HD, KQED Encore, KQED World, KQED Life and KQED Kids; KQED Public Radio, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation with an award-winning news and public affairs program service (88.5 FM in San Francisco and 89.3 FM in Sacramento); KQED.org, one of the most visited station sites in Public Broadcasting; and KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources.
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