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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 904 

Honoring Sisters Network Inc.® for its work to raise awareness about the 

tragic impact of breast cancer in the African-American community. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Sisters Network Inc.® for its work to raise awareness about the tragic impact of breast cancer in the 

African-American community. 

Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® was founded in October 1994 

by Karen E. Jackson, a two-time breast cancer survivor, 

and Chief Executive Officer; 

Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® is a nationally recognized organization among leading medical establishments and 

breast cancer physicians; 

Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® is ‘‘committed to increasing 

local and national attention to the devastating impact 

that breast cancer has in the African-American community’’; 


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Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® has 40 affiliate survivor-run 

chapters in 22 States; 

Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® affiliate chapters collaborate 

with organizations and community groups to coordinate 

the promotion of breast health awareness in the AfricanAmerican community through the ‘‘Gift for Life Block 

Walk’’, an innovative door-to-door program, which allows 

the community to meet survivors and hear their stories; 

Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® has designed ‘‘Teens4Pink’’, 

a national interactive, 3-time award winning multilevel 

program to educate teen girls, ages 12 to 16 on the importance of breast health and equip them with knowledge 

to educate their families and communities; 

Whereas in 2006, Sisters Network Inc.® established the 

Breast Cancer Assistance Program (BCAP) to provide 

support to breast cancer survivors, currently in treatment 

and facing financial hardship; 

Whereas in April 2010, Sisters Network Inc.®, hosted the 

historic ‘‘Stop the Silence 5KWalk/Run’’ in Houston, 

Texas, the first national African-American Breast Cancer 

5K/Run, which attracts thousands of participants and 

has become an annual event; 

Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among African-American women in 2016; 

Whereas in 2016, approximately 30,700 new cases of breast 

cancer are expected to occur among African-American 

women; 

Whereas while the incidence rate of breast cancer is lower in 

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tality rate was 39 percent higher in African-American 

women diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013; 

Whereas uninsured women have a 30 percent to 50 percent 

increased risk of dying from breast cancer than those 

with insurance; 

Whereas African-American women are twice as likely to have 

Triple Negative Breast Cancer, the most aggressive molecular breast cancer sub-type; 

Whereas African-American men ages 18 to 64 have a 76 percent higher risk of dying from breast cancer than White 

men of the same age; and 

Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® is dedicated to raising awareness about and reducing these troubling statistics: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 

2 Sisters Network Inc.® for raising awareness about the 

3 tragic impact that breast cancer has in the African-Amer4 ican community. 

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