No Menthol Sunday

My Menthol Story

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OUR TEAM

Lorraine Lathen

Lorraine is the President/Founder. She is an experienced health education and advocacy leader whose career has focused on public health and social marketing. She has more than 20 years of experience designing, implementing and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs in Africa and Wisconsin.

Edgar Mendez

Edgar has served as the coordinator for the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Poverty Network since 2014, and coordinated media for the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network. He currently manages Jump at the Sun's communication and media needs and provides ongoing support to project management and implementation.​

Michael D. Campbell

Michael has been a key partner of Jump at the Sun Consultants' branding and message development for numerous public health initiatives. His firm has produced marketing materials for campaigns in tobacco prevention, maternal and child health, voter education, and smoke-free public housing.

Stopping the Spread of COVID-19

The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed  the painful inequities that exist in our communities. Through the lens of health equity and racial and social justice, Jump at the Sun Consultants, LLC  has partnered with many organizations to ensure that community immunity is achieved in neighborhoods that have disproportionally been affected by the virus due to socio economic inequities.

Reducing Health Disparities Improving Health Outcomes

Jump at the Sun Consultants (JATSC), LLC is an African American, woman–owned firm established in 2007 to address health disparities. 

​Our Mission: to provide innovative and culturally relevant technical support to non-profit, public health and private sectors working to improve the well being of people living in poverty.

Our Vision: A world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where everyone lives in dignity and has an equal opportunity to achieve optimal health.

Our Core Values: Equity, inclusion, representation, innovation, and accountability.
Lorraine has more than 20 years experience designing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs. She is widely recognized as a leader in minority health advocacy, community engagement and social marketing. Ms. Lathen has provided technical direction to USAID sponsored maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS prevention programs in Africa and Romania. She is the proud recipient of the 2020 C. Everett Koop Unsung Heroes Award for her incredible work with the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program in addressing tobacco-related disparities among low-income and African American communities in Wisconsin through advocacy and health education.

SELECTED CLIENTS

  • Wisconsin Department of Health Services
  • Wisconsin Partnership Program, School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • ​City of Racine Health Department
  • Madison/Dane County Public Health Department
  • The Salvation Army of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
  • KW2 (formerly Knupp and Watson, Inc.)
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