Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) September 16, 2011 -- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

DATE: Saturday September 17, 2011

SPECIAL TIME: 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT

GO TO: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joykeys/2011/09/17/ovarian-cancer-awareness-month-1 and listen to the show from your computer.

CALL: 646-929-0368 to listen and ask questions from your phone.
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SPECIAL GUEST: Award-winning personality, Sharon K. McGhee, born in St. Louis, is the news director for WVON Radio. Before arriving in Chicago, Sharon hosted the top-rated morning talk show, Good Morning St. Louis, for five years. She won the prestigious Achievement in Radio (AIR) Award on KATZ Radio for a series on the death of Emmett Till.

During her time in Chicago, Sharon won the prestigious AIR (Achievement in Radio) Award for a five-part series on breast cancer and also launched the first WVON book club, Between the Covers.

McGhee's purpose in life changed after reporting on the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that revealed women and girls of color had the highest new cases of HIV/AIDS. McGhee decided to explore the topics of sexuality and responsibility in our community so she authored, The PocketBook Monologues. The term ‘pocketbook’ was used by many older African-American women when they described the triangle that separates their thighs.

McGhee premiered The Pocketbook Monologues, an intimate, hilarious stage play that gives women of color a chance to tell their stories, featuring talented actresses: Kim Coles, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Essence Atkins and Ella Joyce, just to name a few. The PocketBook Monologues is being performed to standing-room only crowds and was featured on the popular Bravo show, The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Sharon K. McGhee has battled ovarian cancer for nearly three years and has decided to turn her life-changing diagnosis into an educational stage production about universal themes that cancer patients face: chemo, radiation, depression, addiction to prescription drugs, body image, new intimacy, and putting God first. A funny thing happened on the way to chemo and through humor, McGhee shares her journey with ovarian cancer and the journey of other cancer patients in her new venture, The Cancer Monologues. WEBSITE: http://pocketbookmonologues.com/blog1/

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Matthew Powell, a member of the Foundation for Women's Cancer Board of Directors and a gynecologic oncologist at Washington University, will be on the podcast. www.foundationforwomenscancer.org

Check out their National Race to End Women’s Cancer to be held in Washington, DC on November 6, 2011. It is an 8K, I mile walk to raise funds for gynecologic cancer research and rally the community to increase awareness about the prevention, early detection and optimal treatment of gynecologic cancers---the Foundation’s mission in addition to funding research and training. More information about the race and registration is available on our Web site, foundationforwomenscancer.org.
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