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<b><span style="color:#00467F">News Media Contact<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">Amy Blalock, Public Affairs Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">919.560.4123 x11253 | 919.475.7735 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">Amy.Blalock@DurhamNC.gov</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#00467F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:50.0pt;color:#00467F">News Release</span><span style="font-size:49.0pt;color:#00467F;text-transform:uppercase">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#EF3D42">For Immediate Release: January 19, 2021</span>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Durham Mayor to Award Dr. Mandy Cohen Key to the City<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Virtual Ceremony to be Livestreamed January 19</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DURHAM, N.C. – During a virtual ceremony later this evening, City of Durham Mayor
Steve Schewel will acknowledge </span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.ncdhhs.gov/about/leadership/dr-mandy-k-cohen-md-mph"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Dr.
Mandy Cohen</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, for her extraordinary service to the
Bull City and the state during the global COVID-19 pandemic. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">As part of his proclamation in recognition of her public service, he will also
award a Key to the City as well as proclaim January 19, 2021 “Secretary Mandy Cohen Day” in Durham.
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">This ceremony will take place during the virtual </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1345/Watch-or-Comment-at-Meetings-Work-Sessio" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;background:white">City
Council meeting</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white"> on Tuesday, January 19 beginning at 7 p.m. and Durham residents are encouraged to watch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">This meeting will be livestreamed on the City's </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/CityofDurhamNC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;background:white">YouTube</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">, </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;background:white">Facebook</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">, and </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;background:white">Twitter</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white"> pages
as well as on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV through the free Boxcast app. <o:p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">The meeting will also be televised live on Spectrum channel 8, Google Fiber channel 8, Frontier channel 70, and AT&T U-verse channel 99.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Past recipients of a Key to the City of Durham include Aretha Franklin, Grant Hill,
and André Leon Talley.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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