Pink-4-Ever Inc

Support and Empowerment - Our largest initiative in this area is Breast Health Advocates (BHA) - We train women to serve as breast health advocates within the community. Trained advocates provide breast health information through outreach events, one-on-one interactions and formal education sessions. Advocates also administering personal breast cancer risk assessments, connecting women with organization and community resources, and providing support for women throughout the breast health continuum of care. Overall our programs serve 827 individuals with self-care and educational workshops. In addition to BHA, we assist families who experience financial burdens as a result of breast cancer and provide for free mammograms for women who are uninsured or insurance does not cover the cost of mammograms. This year, we have provided 24 mammograms and provided financial assistance to 15 families.

Research Initiatives - The current and long-term objective of this program is to partner and collaborate with clinical and academic researchers who are seeking to understandy why Black women are diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier age and at a later disease stage and die at a higher rate than White women and who are developing better prevention and treatment strategies, especially for black women. Armed with research data and information, we then design and implement community-based and health care system based interventions to combat barriers to access and address gaps in services. Funded projects are still on-going. It is unknown how many project participatnts will be enrolled. We have 4 new research partnerships, one which will lead to change in treatment protocol for Black women administered chemo drugs that cause neuropathy.