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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is holding public forums around the state to gather input from residents about the agency asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allow SC to restrict the kinds of foods that can be bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, also known as food stamps. In an effort to curb obesity in the state, DHEC wants restrict food bought with public benefits to what it determines to be healthy choices.

 Dr. Edward A. Frongillo, Jr., is a professor and chairman of  the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and an authority on the issue. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews him about the public health implications of using such a method to improve and protect public health.

A public forum on the issue will be held in Florence on March 28, 5:30 – 7:30 PM in the Bevis Conference Center at the Pee Dee Mental Health Center, 125 East Cheves Street. Citizens may also comment online using the link below.

http://www.scdhec.gov/SNAP/SNAP_public_comment.htm

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

 

 

 

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In the early 70s, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) student Thaddeus John Bell was "angry, hurt, upset" upon learning of the wide health disparities between African Americans and the poor and the general white population and vowed to do something about it.

Today, Thaddeus John Bell, MD, is a family practice physician in Charleston and arguably the state's leading crusader in the fight to erase those disparities. He is the founder and CEO of Closing the Health Gap, Inc., a lowcountry nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to addressing health disparities.

On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Dr. Bell about his life and work.

http://www.closingthegapinhealthcare.com/

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

 

 

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Ernest A. Finney, Jr. being sworn in as Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1994.

Ernest A. Finney, Jr., of Columbia embodies living history. He was the first African American chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, when he was elected to the position in 1994. Also, he was the first African American to be a circuit judge in SC, and he represented the Friendship Nine of Rock Hill during the sit-in movement in SC in the 1960s.  On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough conducts part one of a two-part interview with Finney.

Part one will air on Wednesday, February 27th and Monday, March 4th. Part two will air Wednesday, March 6th and Monday, March 11th.

More information on Ernest Finney is available from: Wikipedia and a blog by Bobby Rettew.

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Thursday, Feb. 28th, listen to a Black History Month special: a radio play performed by the Village Voices -- children from Plantersville Elementary School in Georgetown County. The play, If Anybody Ask You Who I Am, was written by Roosevelt Wright, Jr. Don’t miss these wonderful children exploring their identity.

The production of this play was directed by Mrs. Gladys Bonds McKoy and Queen D. Funnye. It was produced by DeShantell Singleton (who was featured on Insight a few months ago)

If Anybody Ask You Who I Am will be aired on Thursday, Feb. 28th, at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and midnight, on 90.9 FM, Radio Baha’i.

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Mrs. Wilhelmina P. Johnson, Executive Director - CRC INC.

For 40 years, the Cultural Realism Complex (CRC) in Darlington has served Darlington County with a variety of programs for youth and community development and historic preservation. The force behind CRC is Wilhelmina P. Johnson, a retired educator and Darlington County Councilwoman, who started CRC as Cultural Realism Charm in 1973. Bhakti Larry Hough interviewed Johnson about CRC and African American history in general on the current edition of Insight.

Insight airs Wednesdays and Mondays at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and midnight, at 90.9 FM, Radio Baha’i.

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