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EPSN Interview – NFL Player Chris Draft on Losing His Wife to Lung Cancer – VIDEO

In Community, Press Releases on February 5, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Changing the face of lung cancer…one breath at a time..

In 2011 Chris lost his beautiful wife, Keasha Rutledge-Draft, to cancer…just one month after the two were married.

Watch Chris talk about his wife and the Team Draft Foundation on the Sunday NFL Countdown, Sunday February 5th @ 10:30 AM Central on ESPN!


Early diagnosis could have been the key to her survival.

“Team Draft was created by Chris and Keasha during her year-long struggle with lung cancer in hopes that her valiant fight to live, love, laugh,and smile will give hope and comfort to people around the world. Team Draft is working to save lives by changing the face of lung cancer, but it takes a team to tackle cancer, and we need your help.”

Learn how you can join Team Draft,
tell your story, donate and more!

Fact: Anyone can get lung cancer–even non-smokers like Keasha.
Fact: Lung cancer kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney, and skin cancer . . . combined.
Fact: There is no cure for stage 4 lung cancer, which is by far the most common stage at the time of diagnosis.

Watch Chris talk about his wife and the Team Draft Foundation on the Sunday NFL Countdown, Sunday February 5th @ 10:30 AM Central on ESPN!

Robyne Robinson to be honored as one of Minnesota’s “Firsts”: A documentary honoring African American Groundbreakers

In Business, Entrepreneurs, Press Releases on August 7, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Black Twin Cities is happy to say that Robyne Robinson will be featured in a SPNN/TPT/MN Humanities documentary on “Firsts: Minnesota’s African American Groundbreakers”.
Robyne Robinson was the first African American woman to anchor a prime-time news cast in the state of Minnesota, and continues to make us proud as the CEO & Founder of ROX Minneapolis jewelry.
You can see segmented 10 minute clips of all the interviews categorized by name on the Minnesota Humanities Center link: http://www.mnhum.org/video/cbm.cfm.
SPNN will be airing “Firsts” on the following dates:
Fri 08/19/11       7:00 pm
Sat 08/20/11      8:00 am
Sun 08/21/11     11:00 pm
Tue 08/23/11     7:00 pm
Fri 08/26/11       7:00 pm
Check your local listings.  SPNN is Channel 19 in St. Paul. TPT is planning on airing “Firsts” some time late summer or early fall.
Robyn says,”It was only because of your support over the years that this honor happened.  I’m proud to have represented Minnesota on the air or 20 years, as the second African-American candidate for Lt. Governor in Minnesota, and all of you — as a woman, an activist and a friend.”
Read about her amazing company in Black Twin Cities Magazine!

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PRESS RELEASE: Minnesota Viking Visanthe Shiancoe Graces Cover of Black Twin Cities Magazine on Virtual Newsstands and iPad

In Arts & Entertainment, Press Releases on January 7, 2011 at 8:51 AM

Black Twin Cities announces the latest issue of Black Twin Cities Magazine with Minnesota Viking Visanthe Shiancoe, an exclusive excerpt from Mark A. Wingo‘s “Wingonomics” book series, and everything you’ll need to know to make 2011 Your Year.

Black Twin Cities Magazine The This Is YOUR Year! Issue Jan/Feb 2011Minneapolis, MN, January 07, 2011 –(PR.com)– The fourth issue of Black Twin Cities Magazine, a business, life and style publication, focuses on You in 2011, featuring an interview with Visanthe Shiancoe of the Minnesota Vikings.

The “This is YOUR Year” Issue provides recipes that will impress your guests, workouts to jump-start your resolutions, hair care for the frugal, and personal stories that will touch and inspire you. And if that’s not enough, BTC helps you get your money in order with book excerpt “7 Tips to Create Wealth in 2011.”

Black Twin Cities Magazine is The publication for African Americans in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

Black Twin Cities Magazine is available at MagCloud.com, Amazon.com and for the iPad on the MagCloud app.

For more information, visit http://magazine.blacktwincities.com

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