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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- CCH Pounder and Kal Penn are to be honored at the upcoming Ivy Bethune Tri-Union Diversity Awards ceremony in Burbank, Calif., organizers said. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Equal Employment Opportunities/Diversity Committees of Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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The 8th annual Ivy Bethune Tri-Union Diversity Awards will recognize performers and arts organizations who, through their work and activism, have fostered diversity within the entertainment and news media industries and their communities. The awards will be presented Aug. 23 at the Colony Theatre.
The theme of the 2010 program is a celebration of those who challenge and change preconceptions.
Honorees include artist and actor CCH Pounder from "Brothers" and "Avatar;" actor and activist Kal Penn from the "Harold & Kumar" movies and "House, M.D.;" Deaf West Theatre Company; and writer/producer Yvette Lee Bowser whose credits include "Living Single" and "Half & Half."
