Breast Cancer Survivor uses special event to help others fighting the disease
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HOUSTON – Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI), the nation’s largest and only national African American breast cancer survivor-run organization and a leader in the Black Breast Cancer movement will host their 11th Annual Stop the Silence Virtual 5K Run/Walk Saturday, April 10, 2021 from 9 am – 11 am.
In order to stay in compliance with COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, this year’s walk is virtual allowing participants to register individually, as a group or a team while staying safe within their Social Bubble and walk/run at the time and place of their choice. Each year proceeds raised from The Annual Stop the Silence Run/Walk goes towards SNI Breast Cancer Awareness Program (BCAP). BCAP is a national program that provides financial assistance to women diagnosed with breast cancer and have been impacted by COVID-19. Established in 2006, BCAP has successfully helped survivors in
Watch the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Leaders Awards
The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Leaders Awards was broadcast Monday, January 18 at 9 a.m. on WTVR CBS 6. Weâre excited to continue our 43rd annual MLK Community Leaders Celebration versus breakfast, Virginia Union University Dr. Hakim Lucas. I think thatâs the biggest innovation an opportunity that usually it was a breakfast that 800 to 900 people came together, not only lift up the history of the legacy of the social justice movements across the Commonwealth, but also reconnect and to establish new friendships, relationships and network. Lucas said the event s goal remains true, amid changes because of the pandemic, to the founders and visionaries who created the Community Learning Week to inspire Virginians to build community in your home, in your local block, your subdivision, in your local residence, in your community and in the state and in this Commonwealth.