A Changing Vision
BLack Issues Forum
Celebrates 10 Years
May 1996

[Note to Editors/News Directors: Jay Holloway, series executive producer, and Milton Jordan, journalist and writer of A Changing Vision, are available for interviews.]

A decade of timely journalism is celebrated in A Changing Vision, the latest edition of Black Issues Forum...

Throughout the past 10 years, UNC-TV's Black Issues Forum has been on the cutting edge of rapidly occurring societal changes. In more than 26 episodes, the series has brought to North Carolinians the tough issues and challenges facing our state's African-American community.

Host and series executive producer Jay Holloway introduces highlights from four key areas of discussion: Race Relations, Business and Economic Issues, Health and Health Care and Education. Helping shape the themes of the many episodes of Black Issues Forum have been some of the nation's preeminent experts in areas including social health, the economy, academe, and the business community. Among those sharing their comments in this special program are Harvard University professor of Afro-American

Black Issues Forum is part of UNC-TV's ongoing commitment to producing programming for and about North Carolinians. Plans are currently underway for a new series of programs to begin airing this fall.

Panelists:

Paul Anderson Minister Baptist Grove Church Raleigh, NC
Dr. Molefi Asante Director African-American Studies Temple University
Ellis Bonner CEO Comprehensive Health Services
E'Vonne Coleman Executive Director Durham Arts Council
Comer Cottrell President & Chairman Pro-Line Corp.
John Crump President National Bar Association
Aramentha Curry Public Relations Manager Breezes SuperClub
Carl Douglas Lawyer
Suzzane Douglas Actress
Arthur Fletcher President Fletcher Learning Services, Inc.

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Dr. Bernard Franklin President St. Augustine's College
John Hope Franklin, Ph.D. Historian Duke University
George Fraser President Success Source, Inc.
Bill Friday President Emeritus University of North Carolina
Willie Gary Lawyer
Peter Grear President NC Black leadership Conference
Lloyd Hackley Former Chancellor Fayetteville Stat University
Andrea Harris President N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development
Dr. William Hayes Project Director Oakland Cancer Control Center
Dr. Michael Hooker Chancellor UNC-Chapel Hill

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John Jennings CEO, McDonald's Inn & Fun City, Inc.
Dr. James H. Johnson Ph.D. Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Chapel Hill, NC
Byron Lewis Chairman & CEO Uniworld Group Inc.
Eula Mathis Family Counselor Social Services Discovery Resources and Enterprises
Mickey Michaux, Jr. State Representative N.C. General Assembly
Christopher Nance Nance Children's Foundation
Dr. Vivian Pinn-Wiggins Howard University College of Medicine
Carl Rowan Syndicated Columnist
Maceo Sloan CEO Sloan Financial Group, Inc. Durham, NC
Joshua Smith Chairman & CEO Maixma Corporation

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Dr. Frank Staggers President National Medical Association
Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D. Harvard School of Public Health
Sonya Stone former Director African/Afro-American Studies UNC-Chapel Hill
Forrest Toms Director Institute for Multicultural Education Lenoir-Rhyne College
Tonie Weaver, Ph. D. Author & Consultant
Cornel West Ph. D. Harvard Univiversity
Dr. Rhonda Williams University of Maryland