Disney Junior Celebrates Black History Month with "We Are Doc Mcstuffins"
In celebration of Black History Month, Disney Junior debuted "We Are Doc McStuffins" interstitials featuring Doc McStuffins, a young African-American girl who aspires to be a doctor like her mom, alongside three real life female African-American physicians sharing what their jobs entail, and saluting their heroes. The interstitials will began airing on Disney Channel and Disney Junior on Feb 1. Additional interstitials featuring the three doctors will begin rolling out in the spring and will air regularly on both platforms.
Since its March 2012 premiere, "Doc McStuffins" has garnered worldwide attention for its portrayal of a young girl who runs a clinic for her stuffed animals and toys out of her backyard playhouse. Additionally, the series inspired a group of female African-American physicians to begin a "movement" they coined, "We Are Doc McStuffins." Seeing a reflection of themselves in the Doc character and the opportunity to inspire young girls, the group grew to form the Artemis Medical Society, an organization of over 2500 female African-American physicians and medical students from around the world.
The interstitials feature three of the founding members of the "We Are Doc McStuffins" movement - Dr. Myiesha Taylor, an emergency doctor based in Dallas; Dr. Aletha Maybank, a pediatrician in New York City; and Dr. Naeemah Ghafur, a family doctor in Los Angeles who provides specialized care for the underserved, including the elderly and patients with high-risk illnesses.
Dr. Taylor said, "Doc McStuffins is a wonderful inspiration and we're pleased to be part of extending Disney Channel's role model message so girls and most especially African-American girls can be inspired to pursue a career in medicine."
Nancy Kanter, senior vice president, original programming and general manager, Disney Junior Worldwide, said, "We are tremendously proud of 'Doc McStuffins' and its impact not only with our core audience of kids and parents, but within the medical community as well, and we're pleased to highlight some of those accomplished women physicians."
"Doc McStuffins" ranked as 2012's #1 cable TV series in Kids 2-5 and the #1 preschool cable TV series in Total Viewers and Women 18-49. The series stars the voices of Kiara Muhammad as Doc; Loretta Devine as Hallie; Lara Jill Miller as Lambie; Robbie Rist as Stuffy; Jess Harnell as Chilly; Jaden Betts as Donny McStuffins; Kim Brooks as Mom McStuffins; and Gary Anthony Williams as Dad McStuffins.
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