The Bigger Picture Campaign Brings Attention to Type 2 Diabetes Bringing a Giant Diabetes Soda Can to Thurgood Marshall High School During Lunch Hour

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 

WHAT: The Bigger Picture will raise awareness of Type 2 Diabetes at Thurgood Marshall High School in San Francisco using a giant coke can containing the word "Diabetes" instead of "Coca-Cola."  The Bigger Picture staff will be speaking to students about the health risks involved in drinking sodas.

WHO: The Bigger Picture Campaign and Youth Speaks Poets

WHEN: Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 11am to 1:00pm

WHERE: Thurgood Marshall High School – 45 Conkling Street, San Francisco, CA  94124

BACKGROUND: The Bigger Picture is a collaboration between Youth Speaks, and the University of California, San Francisco Center for Vulnerable Populations designed to combat the rising epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes by empowering youth to change the conversation about the disease, and work to change the social and environmental factors that have led to its spread. For more information about The Bigger Picture, visit thebiggerpicture.org.

Media Contact: Juan Rivera
Youth Speaks
415.255.9035 ext. 20
[email protected]

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SOURCE Youth Speaks

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