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On August 28th, thousands of American citizens converged upon Washington, DC, to commemmorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The March on Washington was attended by an estimated 250,000 - 300,000 people of diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds 50 years ago today, August 28, 1963. In the crowd was SC native Norman Deas, a 25-year-old employee of the Federal Housing Authority. Deas, who now lives in Conway, shares his recollections of the march, King's speech, and the aftermath with Bhakti Larry Hough on the current edition of Insight.

http://www.50thanniversarymarchonwashington.com/

Insight airs Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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Comprehensive health care reform (or the Affordable Care Act) will go into full effect on January 1, 2014. Until then, but even after that date, many Americans will not have health insurance. Fortunately, there are individual healthcare providers and facilities that provide free medical care for those who can't afford it. Among those providers is the Smith Free Medical Clinic on Pawleys Island. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Anne Faul, executive director of the Smith Clinic, about the work she and the staff do to meet the needs of the health and medical needs of the underserved.

http://www.smithfreeclinic.org/

Insight airs on Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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When I was 14 years old, I watched my father pass away from stomach cancer at the age of 39. That began a series of losses of male relatives and friends at relatively young ages – 20s through 50s – that have left me almost obsessed with the idea of men’s health and men’s mortality, especially African American men. That’s because of the tragic loss of brothers who were making and poised to make significant contributions to their families and communities - voids that in some cases could have been prevented. That led me to issue a strong message to all men, but especially African American men, in observance of Men’s Health Month.

Download and listen to my commentary here.

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In recent decades, men have shown poorer health outcomes across all racial and ethnic groups as well as socioeconomic status, according to the Men’s Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association.  But this is particularly true for African American men. Educating men and boys, their families, and health care providers about the importance of early detection of male health issues - including cardiovascular, mental, prostate heath, and cancer (lung, prostate, skin, colorectal, testicular, and more), HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis - can result in reducing rates of mortality for male-specific diseases, as well as improve the health of America’s men and its overall economic well-being. The premature death and disability of men and boys is a serious and expanding public health issue

June is Men’s Health Month, and on the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Dr. William Hughes, a semi-retired urologist living in the Conway area of South Carolina, about the status of men’s health in general, and African American men's health, in particular.

Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

 

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The chief mission of the SC Arts Commission is to support artists and to insure the availability of the arts in various ways to all South Carolinians, regardless of where they live or their socieconomic status, according to Ken May, the commission's executive director. Host Bhakti Larry Hough interviews May about the commission and the arts in South Carolina on the current edition of Insight.

Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

 

 

 

 

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