IV 
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 aware-
ness 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 or-
ganization 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 commu-
nity’’; 
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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 African- 
American 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 im-
portance 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 diag-
nosed 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 
African-American women than White women, the mor-
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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 mo-
lecular breast cancer sub-type; 
Whereas African-American men ages 18 to 64 have a 76 per-
cent higher risk of dying from breast cancer than White 
men of the same age; and 
Whereas Sisters Network Inc.® is dedicated to raising aware-
ness about and reducing these troubling statistics: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
Sisters Network Inc.® for raising awareness about the 
tragic impact that breast cancer has in the African-Amer-
ican community. 
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