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Free Public Reception is
hosted at Concilio on October 22nd at 11:30 am
The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition
announces the opening of "67
Women-67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"
at Concilio, 705 North Franklin Street,
in Philadelphia. The public is invited
to an opening reception October 22nd at 11:30
a.m. This inspirational traveling photo exhibit
is on display at Concilio from October 21 through
October 31. All activities are free and open to
the public and Spanish materials are available.
The opening reception features guest speakers:
Pat Halpin-Murphy, PBCC President
and Founder
John Domzalski, Philadelphia Health
Commissioner
Dr. Carmen Febo, Executive Director,
Taller Puerto Rriqueno
"67 Women-67 Counties: Facing
Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"
is an educational work of art
sponsored by the PA Breast Cancer Coalition and
funded by the PA Department of Health. The exhibit
reflects the cultural and ethnic diversity across
the state and features a picture and short quote
from at least one woman in each of Pennsylvania's
67 counties. Philadelphia women featured in the
exhibit include Patricia Scott Beach, Janet Cash,
Linda Creed, Hilda Diaz, Novella Lyons, Judge
Thomasine Tynes, and Delgracia Williams.
As an outreach effort of the Pennsylvania Breast
Cancer Coalition "67 Women -
67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"
encourages women to learn about early detection
and celebrates the life, courage, hope and dignity
of women and families that have battled breast
cancer. The traveling photo exhibit will visit
Philadelphia because of the efforts of a committee
that represents Latino community organizations
including Esperanza Health Center, Drexel University,
the Philadelphia Department of Health, Cancer
Information Service, the Philadelphia School District,
Temple University, Telemundo, APM, Inc., Resales
Communications, and Fox Chase Cancer Center.
"Visiting the traveling photo
exhibit is a wonderful opportunity to make sure
that messages concerning the health and welfare
of families reach every community in our Commonwealth.
The 67 Women—67 Counties photo exhibit—which
is both inspiring and emotional---is a very effective
and moving way to increase breast cancer awareness
in Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania First
Lady Kathy Schweiker said. Mrs. Schweiker serves
as Honorary Chair of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer
Coalition.
Pat Halpin-Murphy, PBCC President and
Founder, encourages everyone to visit the exhibit.
"Breast cancer is not a rare event separate
from the fabrics of our lives. It is our mothers,
our daughters, our friends, ourselves. We must
educate ourselves about this insidious disease
and fight to find a cure now… so our daughters
won’t have to."
Carmen Paris, Deputy Commissioner for
the City of Philadelphia Department of Public
Health, said, "Bringing this exhibit
to Philadelphia and the Latino community is a
tremendous service because not only does the exhibit
encourage women to learn about early detection
it is also an inspiring and effective medium.
Breast Cancer isn't contained to one race, background,
or education and we need to raise awareness. Education
is one way that we can fight this disease."
The PBCC, founded in
1993, is a non-profit organization. It serves
as the only statewide grassroots organization
that speaks to and for breast cancer survivors.
This year over 12,000 Pennsylvania women will
be diagnosed with breast cancer. More than 2,300
will lose their lives to the disease.
The PBCC’s mission is
to find a cure for breast cancer and to improve
the quality of breast cancer education, research
and outreach in the state. The PBCC serves the
state’s 67 counties through a network of
County Captains, Regional Vice Presidents and
a statewide Board of Directors and provides programs
such as the Income Tax Check-Off, Mother's Day
Mammograms®, the Keystone Breast Cancer Conference
and the virtual support group Friends Like Me."
For more information on the
Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition or "67
Women-67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"
call 1-800-377-8828 or visit the website www.pabreastcancer.org. |
