This week I attended the 13th Annual Stop the Silence National African American Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run hosted by Sister Network Inc. at Lynn Eusan Park. This walk brought in many supporters from all around the country as they came together to honor and celebrate Black women who battle and have overcome breast cancer.
Funds from this event help in the assistance of mammograms for uninsured and underinsured women nationwide.
To date, the Breast Cancer Assistance Program has provided nearly $1.2 million dollars in financial support and early detection screenings.
Sisters Network Inc. was started by Karen Eubanks Jackson, a 30-year breast cancer survivor.
“I was diagnosed in 1993 with ductal carcinoma stage two. And like most women, I thought I was going to die because I didn’t know anything about breast cancer,” Jackson said. “I had family history, but was unfamiliar because like most in our community, we don’t discuss family history. When I was diagnosed I found that most women weren’t talking about it and most women didn’t know any more than I did.”
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