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Lynn Eusan Park @ The University of Houston

4400 University Dr.

Houston, TX. 77004

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Sisters Network® Inc. is proud to host the 13th Annual Stop the Silence National African American Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run.

Launched in April 2010, the Stop the Silence Walk is the first and only national Black Breast Cancer walk/run. Each year more than 4,000 participants from around the country travel to Houston, Texas to help honor, celebrate black women courageously fighting breast cancer. A portion of the funds raised support Sisters Network® Inc. Karen E. Jackson Breast Cancer Assistance Program. (BCAP).

Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI)

 

Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI) was founded in 1994 by Karen Eubanks Jackson, 29-year and four-time Breast Cancer Survivor. Today, SNI is the largest and only national Black breast cancer survivorship organization in the United States. Sisters' is recognized globally as the leading voice in the Black Breast Cancer movement. Sisters Network® Inc.'s national headquarters is located in Houston, Texas. The organization has over 28 survivor-run affiliate chapters nationwide in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. For more info, please visit sistersnetworkinc.org.

 

Our Mission:

Sisters Network® Inc. is committed to increasing local and national attention to the devastating impact that breast cancer has in the Black community. 

About Breast Cancer Assistance Program (BCAP):

Established in 2006, Sisters Network® Inc. Breast Cancer Assistance Program (BCAP) is a national financial assistance program for breast cancer survivors in active treatment. The program also has an early detection component providing mammograms for underserved and uninsured women.  In 2022, the Breast Cancer Assistance Program was renamed Karen E. Jackson Breast Cancer Assistance Program in recognition and honor of the Founder's legacy in the fight against breast cancer.

The BCAP has provided nearly $1.2 million dollars in financial assistance and mammograms for thousands of women since its inception. A portion of the funds raised from the annual Stop the Silence 5K Walk/Run help support the Breast Cancer Assistance Program each year. The program is open twice a year in the Spring and Fall.

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