Tag Archives: Breast Cancer Action founders
30th Anniversary Event Videos
The following videos from our 30th Anniversary Event Radical Disruption Compassionate Resistance include speeches, testimonials, and personal stories about what the work of BCAction has meant to our members.
Please enjoy the featured 30th Anniversary Event Video, our... Read more
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Wow! Thank you for a powerful evening
By Marj Plumb DrPH, Interim Executive Director
What a night! Thanks to each and every one of you who supported or joined us last night at our first-ever virtual fundraiser, 30 Years of Radical Disruption and Compassionate Resistance. It was an incredible evening and... Read more
Posted in BCA Events, BCA News, E-Alerts
Tomorrow: BCAction’s 30th Anniversary Event
By Lopa Pal, Development Manager
We couldn’t be more excited! Tomorrow is the big night for 30 Years of Radical Disruption and Compassionate Resistance! Get your tickets today and join hundreds of breast cancer activists like yourself as we reflect on the past and... Read more
Posted in BCA Action Alerts, BCA Events, BCA News
You don’t want to miss the featured speakers for our 30th Anniversary event
By Rebecca Saltzman
At our October 15th virtual event, 30 Years of Radical Disruption and Compassionate Resistance, our three featured speakers will weave together the history and the future of Breast Cancer Action. Get your tickets... Read more
Posted in BCA Action Alerts, BCA News, E-Alerts
The Second Decade: 2000-2010
This is the second of three newsletters we’ll be releasing this year to mark Breast Cancer Action’s 30th anniversary. In this second edition, we’re featuring highlights from the second ten years of our 30 year history: 2000 to 2010.
Letter from the Executive... Read more
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Letter from the Executive Director – Second Edition
by Marj Plumb, DrPH, Interim Executive Director
Marking a 30th anniversary of an organization is about recognizing the past work and successes, and recommitting to the ongoing necessity of the mission. Breast Cancer Action’s continuity of mission, vision, and voice across... Read more
Posted in BCA News
Letter from the Executive Director
by Karuna Jaggar, Executive Director
Breast Cancer Action isn’t like any other breast cancer organization. For 30 years we’ve been the independent voice and rapid-response watchdog for the breast cancer resistance—thanks to fierce and committed supporters like... Read more
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Susan Claymon—Sister Survivor
The magazine, MAMM, featured this profile of Breast Cancer Action founder Susan Claymon in a special Women, Cancer, and Community issue, published in July/August,1999. The article was written by Sara Miles. Susan Claymon died in 2000.
Fourteen Years After Metastatic... Read more
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Cause Imperative
Linda Reyes was featured in the April-May 1994 issue of Modern Maturity, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) magazine. This article was written by Diane Curtis.
Linda Reyes bottled up her anger against what she calls the “cancer industry” through two... Read more
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The Larger Good: Fighting for Their Lives
Elenore Pred, one of BCAction's four original founders, was featured in a U.S. News & World Report series on The Most Notable Women of 1991. The profile, by Erica E. Goode, was published on August 26, 1991, just months before Elenore Pred died.
The toxic blue liquid... Read more
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