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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk70930776"></a><a name="_Hlk532890042"></a><a name="_Hlk532890118"></a><a name="_Hlk68158823"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">NEWS
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">For Immediate Release
Date: 07/01/21<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Contact: Public Information Office
Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Watch the July ‘In Touch with Durham County’ Show<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><a name="_Hlk68158767"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Alliance Health’s Dr. Mehul Mankad Joins Us to Talk Mental
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham, N.C. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The
Durham County Public Information Office continues to bring residents who are also social distancing important information on our programs and services with the “In Touch with Durham County” show for July 2021 shot completely online and safe! The show is available
to watch on the DCo YouTube channel </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/RZJHyboZnLE"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">;
as well as on the </span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information/the-durham-county-government-show"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham
County Government website</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"> and the
</span></span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham Television Network</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">In this month’s episode, host Deborah Craig-Ray, General Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, welcomes
Dr. Mehul Mankad, Chief Medical Officer for Alliance Health, for a special one-guest episode.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Mankad joins the show for the first time as we devote the entire show to an important conversation about Mental
Health, including how the pandemic and the interruption of our normal social interactions has impacted us over the past 16 months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Now that the world is beginning to see signs of returning to pre-pandemic reality, albeit with a new outlook on
many things, Mankad will share some insights about how to adjust to new normals and finding the resources and help that both young and old may need after such a significant change to routines and life in general.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Dr. Mankad also highlights the work of Lindsey Atkins, a clinical instructor at the UNC Child and Adolescent Outpatient
Program in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, who published a coloring book titled “Joey the Kangaroo and Her Coping with COVID Plan.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The coloring book is available for download for free
</span></span><a href="https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track/?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A3c92b862-7125-4eab-9a7b-8ee2de30ce93&pageNum=1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">About “In Touch with Durham County”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The “In Touch with Durham County” show is a monthly program that provides governmental programming and access
to your local government and provides timely, ongoing coverage of Durham County Government. The show airs daily on the
</span></span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham Television Network</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
(DTN). DTN is available on Spectrum channel 8, Google Fiber channel 8, Frontier channel 70 and AT&T U-verse channel 99. To view past editions of the “In Touch with Durham County” show, visit the DCo YouTube Channel
</span></span><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYjpxKxVJ0FM3sAWsGZZYrGcYz7Mk1Tn"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">For more information on the Durham County Public Information Office, visit the
</span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">PIO website</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">,
call 919-560-0000 or email </span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.
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