October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Karen Eubanks Jackson, Founder & CEO of Sisters Network^® Inc. (SNI) is at the helm of the nation’s only African American breast cancer survivor ship organization that addresses the needs particular to African American women. Jackson is a eighteen year breast cancer survivor, who turned a personal challenge into an organization that provides standardized educational programs, support, empowerment and hope. During her personal fight to survive breast cancer, she recognized a lack of “sisterhood” in traditional organizations, a staggering breast cancer mortality rate for African American and limited culturally sensitive material. In 1994, Jackson founded Sisters Network^® Inc. in order to ensure that African American women with breast cancer receive comprehensive support.

Remembering Geoffrey Holder

        Dancer, Painter, and Actor Geoffrey Holder, dies at 84

                  

Geoffrey Holder, the iconic artist, dancer, and actor has died at the age of 84. Born in Trinidad, in 1930, he started dancing at an early age and soon made his way to Broadway. He won two Tony awards and also starred in several movies. He was 6-foot-6 yet graceful as a feather and his articulate and bellowing voice was well recognized. He had an extensive African art collection and he and his wife dancer Carmen De Lavallade, auctioned off some of it at Sotheby’s in  the last 1990’s. May he rest in peace.