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- EIN 54-1259363
- (703) 481-1414
- 21010 Southbank St Sterling VA 20165-7227 USA
- www.eiconline.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Disaster Aid, Health, Media & Communications, Public Health
Mission: To initiate awareness campaigns on health/social issues: drug abuse, mental health and stem education with the entertainment industries.
Programs: Public education/awareness regarding substance use disorders (sud) and mental health issues. Eic provided technical assistance to the entertainment industry concerning depictions of sud and mental illness encouraging accuracy and avoidance of unintended consequesnces of on-screen images. Eic reviewed and identifies top prism award submissions from 2015 productions related to sud and mental health issues.
health, education, and communication - to educate the public and entertainment industry work force through depiction of various health and social issues in entertainment productions. Eic conducted writer briefings and produced publications for website distribution to community journalists and stakeholders. Eic continued to provide electronic newsletters on these and other topics including skin cancer prevention.
eic produced webcast series on substance use disorders (sud)and mental health issues primarily designed for journalists and entertainment industry content producers. The webcasts featured subject matter experts, people with lived experiences, health care providers and media professionals. The webcasts were distributed to media organizations, health stakeholder groups and interested parties.