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

Bill: 114-hres-904
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2016-09-28
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Honors Sisters Network Inc. for raising awareness about the impact of breast cancer in the African-American community. (African Americans are more likely to die from breast cancer than members of other racial groups.)</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 904 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 ; 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 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 African-American women than White women, the mortality 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

That the House of Representatives honors Sisters Network Inc.® for raising awareness about the tragic impact that breast cancer has in the African-American community.