Participant Types
Place
Tom Bass Regional Park - Section I
3452 Fellows Rd
Houston, TX. 77047
Description
First launched in April 2010, the Sisters Network Inc. Stop the Silence National African American Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run is the first and only national breast cancer walk hosted by a black-led organization for black women. The walk is hosted in April to draw attention to National Minority Health Awareness month.
Over the last 15 years, more than 4,000 participants from around the United States travel to Houston, Texas annually to honor and celebrate black women diagnosed with breast cancer. A portion of the funds raised from the Stop the Silence walk benefits Sisters Network Inc. Karen E. Jackson Breast Cancer Assistance Program (BCAP). The national program pays for 3D mammograms for uninsured women and provides financial assistance to breast cancer survivors who are currently in treatment.
Walk Day Agenda
Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI)
Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI) was founded in 1994 by Karen Eubanks Jackson, 31-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.
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 $1.5 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.
Black Women and Breast Cancer: Facts & Figures
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