Breast cancer is a complex disease that occurs in an environmentally complex world. Learn more with our fact sheet.
We Center Primary Prevention
Read why BCAction opposes a pills-based approach to breast cancer prevention with this fact sheet.
Knowledge is Power
See how we separate fact from fiction with our fact sheet, "Breast Cancer Risks: Facts and Myths."
Breast Cancer Resources
Newly diagnosed people, their loved ones, and caregivers can count on us to provide balanced, understandable, compassionate information about breast cancer research and treatment options.
Take Action Now!
Only large-scale systemic change can address the root causes of breast cancer. Join us in taking action for people living with and at risk of breast cancer today.
Think Before You Pink
Our work to end this breast cancer challenges "pinkwashing" hypocrisy and pink ribbon culture, which have become the status quo of the breast cancer industry.
WHO WE ARE
EDUCATE. ORGANIZE. TAKE ACTION.
We are radical and compassionate — activists at heart with an independent, rapid-response, watchdog perspective.
BCAction was founded 30+ years ago in San Francisco during two public health crises-the AIDS outbreak and the breast cancer epidemic-and that helped shape its mission and fuel its activism. Early members apprenticed themselves to the AIDS group, ACT UP, and shared many of that group’s tactics, turning their anger into action to push for better treatments, true prevention, and investment in public health.
Our founders saw their disease not as a personal tragedy, but as a larger social justice and public health crisis. They knew that individual changes in behavior weren’t the answer, and pushed for sweeping systemic change instead.
What We've Learned About Breast Cancer from the California Immigrant Community
This fact sheet highlights the results of phase 1 of a collaborative research project titled “California Initiative to Prevent Breast Cancer in Immigrants.”
Posted on May 4, 2024
By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager
In recent weeks, with your support, we have championed initiatives at the intersections of health, environmental, economic, and racial justice.
Here’s what you helped make possible:
We e [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2024
By Heather Perkins, Deputy Director
This is Heather Perkins with Breast Cancer Action.
I joined BCAction in July 2022 because of YOU. You, the person who knows that cancer sucks, and that with continued collective action, we will [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2024
By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager
We’re truth-tellers. And our unique role within the breast cancer landscape includes staying up-to-date on the latest developments in breast cancer, and translating them into unbiased, pat [...]
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SEE OUR RESOURCES
We provide free educational materials with unbiasedm accessible, science-based analysis of breast cancer issues untangled from free of industry influnce.
We believe that all people deserve access to patient-centered resources to make the best decisions about their care.
Breast Cancer Actions's Think Before You Pink campaign continues to hold the Breast Cancer Industry accountable
The absence of transparency, lack of accountability, and the widespread hypocrisy in the pink ribbon marketing culture exploits a disease that devastates communities, misrepresents who is affected by breast cancer, and excludes and marginalizes women’s diverse lived experiences of the disease
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Coming Soon
Breast Cancer Action hosts two member connectors and fundraisers every year. Join us for Drawing the Connections, a vibrant, art-focused event with accompanying art auction in the summer; and Radical Disruption Compassionate Resistance, a powerful evening of collective action hosted during our annual October Think Before You Pink® campaign.See All Events
IMPACT
We honor diverse voices and lived experiences
"Your work calling out environmental causes of cancer saved my wife's sanity when all doctors (and anyone else) were telling her was - eat right, exercise more, blah, blah. She did all that and got cancer. You did wonders for her mental health. Thanks!"
- Sandy, Roslindale, MA -
BCAction Member since 2005
IMPACT
We honor diverse voices and lived experiences
"I believe in your work to eradicate breast cancer through systemic change strategies."
- Lisa, Oakland, CA -
BCAction Member since 2002
IMPACT
We honor diverse voices and lived experiences
""As a somewhat recent cancer survivor, I was looking to get involved with an organization focused on health justice with a strategy rooted in racial and gender equity. Breast Cancer Action is the organization doing work most aligned with my values, and I'm so grateful to be able to contribute."
- Stacey, Brooklyn, NY -
BCAction Member since 2021
IMPACT
We honor diverse voices and lived experiences
"I am a longtime supporter because I love Breast Cancer Action's radical and evidence-based values."
- Bonnie, Traverse City, MI -
BCAction Member since 1999
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