Efforts underway to launch national public service cable TV network

By Jill Warren Lucas

Cheryl Hawkins is a big believer in the power of cable television to influence social good.

"The mission is to make media more available to under-represented voices," says Hawkins, president of Prosperity Media, which is based in Washington, D.C., home to numerous  nonprofits and foundations. "Our goal is to create a national public service cable television network that supports nonprofits, which would participate in and provide programming. They could educate the public about their cause, raise funds and recruit volunteers."

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