AATCLC's Co-Chair and AMPLIFY's Project Director Carol McGruder accepted theBiddy Mason "Unsung Shero" Charitable Foundation Award for her extraordinary work in commercial tobacco control. "In the past 20 years, 1 million Black people have died from Newport and menthol tobacco. California is ground zero for tobacco control legislation. These deadly products have to go!"AMPLIFY! and the AATCLC applaud our "giant slayer," Carol McGruder.
Listen to Carol's Ceremony Speech (link).
Learn more about the life of Biddy Mason and Slavery in California (link).