Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) is pleased to announce the full artist line-up for the 22nd Jazz at Drew concert to be held Saturday, October 5, on the campus of the University in South Los Angeles. This year’s event will be headlined by Grammy-nominated artist Will Downing, and also feature electrifying performances by The Ohio Players, Next, Louie Cruz Beltran and the Lao Tizer Band featuring Eric Marienthal and Karen Briggs. Opening performance by L.A. artist, Toni Scruggs.
The annual concert is both a community event and a fundraiser for scholarships, student support services and pipeline programs that help interest youth from pre-K through high school in underserved communities in math, science and health professions as a career. CDU, which features a College of Medicine, a College of Science and Health and the Mervyn M. Dymally School of Nursing has been a champion of health equity and healthcare access to all since its founding in 1966. The University has graduated or trained over 7,000 physicians, nurses, physician assistants, as well as allied and public health professionals over the last five decades.
“The vast majority of physicians and other health professionals trained at CDU go on to practice in some of the most underserved communities in Los Angeles and throughout the nation,” explained CDU President/CEO David M. Carlisle, PhD, MD. “Funds raised by this concert will help the University with its mission of creating healthier communities in under-resourced areas.”
Platinum Sponsors: Cedars-Sinai, Office of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
Gold Sponsors: Comerica, ECMC Foundation, UCLA Health Geffen School of Medicine, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, AltaMed
Silver Sponsor: Wells Fargo
Jazz at Drew Scholar Sponsor: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Cader Adams, LLP
Community Sponsor: Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital
In-Kind Sponsor: BizFed
Tickets are available now for the 2019 Jazz at Drew concert at jazzatdrew.eventbrite.com or via phone at (323) 357-3669. For more information on Jazz at Drew as well as artist biographies and photographs, please see http://www.jazzatdrew.com.
CDU is a private, non-profit, student-centered, minority-serving medical and health sciences University that is committed to cultivating diverse health professional leaders who are dedicated to social justice and health equity for underserved populations through outstanding education, research, clinical service and community engagement.
Located in the Watts-Willowbrook area of South Los Angeles, CDU has graduated, since its inception, more than 600 physicians, 1,225 physician assistants and nearly 1,600 other health professionals, as well as training over 2,700 physician specialists through its sponsored residency programs. Its School of Nursing has graduated over 1,300 nursing professionals, including over 950 family nurse practitioners. CDU is a leader in health disparities research with a focus on education, training, treatment and care in cancer, diabetes, cardiometabolic diseases and HIV/AIDS. a focus on education, training, treatment and care in cancer, diabetes, cardiometabolic and HIV/AIDS.
For more information, visit http://www.cdrewu.edu/, and follow CDU on Facebook, Twitter (@cdrewu), and Instagram (@charlesrdrewu).
