Byrd Produces Prostate Cancer Awareness Film

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Byrd Produces Prostate Cancer Awareness Film

By: Alyssa Rashbaum

September 28, 2005

Maybe you weren't aware that September was Prostate Cancer Awareness

month, but there's still a few days left to take notice.

Actor, producer and health advocate Byrd worked with the American

Cancer Society to promote awareness of prostate cancer with the

independent film The Last Dayz. Along with co-producer Blossom Brown,

Byrd created this film to spread the message of the seriousness of the

disease, to encourage people to get properly tested, and to alert the

public to the fact that the disease can occur among African Americans as

early as age 15.

Byrd himself stars in the film, which has been screened at health fairs

and lectures throughout New York City. For more information or to see

the full length film, check out www.kevbyrd.com.

http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2005/09/kevin_byrd_prostate_canc

er_awareness_film/

Kathy Meade

Arlington Educational Consulting

http://www.vapcacoalition.org/

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There is power in coalitions. However, there is also power in one

person, and oftentimes it takes a visionary to step forth, to break new

ground, to look at something differently, and to set an idea in motion.

Pamela , BSN, RN

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month