Monday, January 18, 2010

Loop List M.L.K. Day edition


We have a dream.
Seeing a cure.
Seeing the disease become manageable, not fatal.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's day, here is a list of 5 links to breast cancer websites focusing on the African-American community.

http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org/
The sisters network has a great website, holds an annual conference, and awareness events.

http://www.tigerlilyfoundation.org/
If I may digress, when I was a reporter in Minnesota I covered the Liberian community extensively. The Tigerlily foundation is one of the more intriguing bc awareness groups I have come across. It was founded by a young Liberian-American woman in the DC/VA area. I look forward to seeing how it grows in the future.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120985060
Link to interesting story from NPR on how breast cancer impacts black women.

http://aabcainc.org/
Another awareness group, based in my old stomping ground of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

http://fabulous-boobies.blogspot.com/
O.K. this was on last week's list, but it's one of the best blogs I have read.
"A single sista regaining her life, looking for love and learning to go with the flow... after fighting breast cancer."

So sisters/sistas have a good, meaningful day, and believe in all our dreams.


Suzanne
Image by artist Lenore Garnhum
you can purchase her bc awareness-themed greeting cards via the link

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