Posts Tagged ‘Connie Milstein board member’
Famous People Joining in PSA for Blue Star Families
On February 24th and 25th, many Hollywood favorites came out to show their support for Blue Star Families, where Connie Milstein is on the Board of Directors. The Creative Coalition joined with Blue Star Families to create a PSA to help raise awareness about suicide among military service members and their families.
Directed by Tim Daly, the co-President of The Creative Coalition, the PSA was scheduled to include Cher, Dana Delany, Hector Elizondo, Minnie Driver, Omar Epps, Richard Schiff and many others. Stars such as Susan Sarandon, Melissa Leo, Stanley Tucci, Ellen Barkin and many others have already lent their talent towards these efforts as well.
The PSA is scheduled to debut at the White House Correspondents Dinner weekend in Washington, D.C.
CURE Program, Connie Milstein & Many Others Helping Combat Soldiers
CURE, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, has created a program to help soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The most common wound for soldiers serving in these locations is traumatic brain injury (TBI), of which epilepsy is a common long-term consequence. CURE, where Connie Milstein is on the board, has a program called Prevention of Epilepsy after Traumatic Brain Injury.
With this program, they target funds to basic and applied research on epilepsy that is related to TBI. This research specifically targets the needs of combat, veteran and civilian populations to understand the causes of epilepsy that commonly follows TBI.