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Charyn Diane Sutton, Warrior, Writer, Anti-Tobacco Advocate born 1947, died 2004

Charyn Diane Sutton was a founding member of the Uptown Coalition for Tobacco Control. As media coordinator for the community-based effort that prevented the introduction of "Uptown," a cigarette brand designed specifically for African Americans.

Author

Breathe Free GRIO

Pathways to Freedom

Contributing author to the 1998 Surgeon General's Report that looked at smoking and racial/ethnic minorities.

Reporter

The Philadelphia Inquirer (First African American female reporter)
The Philadelphia Bulletin (First African American female reporter)
The Detroit Free Press

Corporate History

Director of marketing communications for the National Office of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America.

Director of Public and Community Information for the Office of Employment and Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Information Coordinator for the 1980 Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Press Secretary for the Attorney General of Pennsylvania;

Communications Director for Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania;

Communications Director for Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OICs) of America.

President and CEO of The Oynx Group.

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AttackingTobacco Through a Meal-Time Treat: A Boycott of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Gains Support. C Sutton and K Mulvey, Christian Social Action (UnitedMethodist Church), November/December 1999. {http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/9/1/1]
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