<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Sister Study: Supporting Organizations
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Supporting Organizations:
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Supporting Organizations

 

BREAST CANCER ADVOCATES, SUPPORT GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

BREAST HEALTH, WOMEN'S HEALTH AND CANCER CARE

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AND SORORITIES

SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE WOMEN

SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO ASIAN AMERICAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMEN

SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO LATINA WOMEN

SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO SENIOR WOMEN

SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO WOMEN WORKING IN TRADES AND INDUSTRY

MEDIA

OTHER

 

 

 

BREAST CANCER ADVOCATES, SUPPORT GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation, San Antonio, TX
• Arizona Women’s Cancer Network
• Bosom Buddies Cancer Support Groups, National
• Breakfast Club, St. Louis, MO
• Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco, CA
• Breast Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
• Breast Cancer Resource Center, Austin, TX
• Breast Cancer Resource Committee/Rise Sister Rise,
   Washington, DC
• Breast Cancer Wellness
• Burger King Cancer Caring Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• Cancer Survivorship! San Diego
• Cornell University BCERF (Breast Cancer and
   Environmental Risk Factors) Program
• Courage Unlimited, Inc., Las Vegas, NV
• Crawford County Health Dept/Early Detection
   Works, Pittsburg, KS
• Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
• EMBRACED, Florida Breast & Cervical Cancer
   Early Detection Program
• Faces of Courage Foundation, Inc., Tampa, Florida
• Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE)
• Florida Breast Cancer Coalition, Miami, FL
• Latinas Contra Cancer, San José, CA
• Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation
• Livingston County Department of Public Health,
   Howell, MI
• Magee Women's Hospital Breast Cancer Support
   Group, Pittsburgh, PA
• Maine Breast Cancer Coalition
• Nubian Sisters Cancer Support Group,
   New Haven, CT
• Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition
• Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition
• Sisters in Partnership (SIP), Charlotte, NC
• The Wellness Community – National
• Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation
• Women of Color Breast Cancer Survivors,
   Inglewood, CA
• Young Survival Coalition

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BREAST HEALTH, WOMEN'S HEALTH AND CANCER CARE

• Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Belleville, IL
• Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago, IL
• Alleghany General Hospital Breast Care Center,
   Pittsburgh, PA
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and Breast
   Health Center, Oakland, CA
• American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
• Arizona Cancer Center
• AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute, NJ
• Aurora Comprehensive Breast Center, Fox Point, WI
• Baptist Memorial Hospital/Baptist Cancer Institute,
   Columbus, MO
• Bert Fish Medical Center, Oncology Program,
   New Smyrna, FL
• Blessing Breast Center, Quincy, IL
• Boca Raton Community Hospital – Center for
   Breast Care
• Bon Secours Cottage Health Services,
   Grosse Pointe, MI
• Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, FL
• Bryn Mawr Imaging, Bryn Mawr, PA
• Cancer Centers of Florida
• Cancer Health Treatment Centers, Annual Survivor’s
   Day luncheon, Indiana
• Capital Region Radiation Therapy, Jefferson City,
   MO
• Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, IL
• Casa Grande Oncology, Casa Grande, AZ
• Catholic Health Care, St. Joseph ’s Hospital and
   Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
• Central Florida Cancer Institute
• Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic,
   Oakland, CA
• Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program,
   Columbus, OH
• Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center, Topeka, KS
• Crittenton Hospital Medical Center, Rochester, MI
• Crittenton Mammography Unit, Auburn Hills, MI
• Ellis Fischel Cancer Center/University of Missouri
   Columbia
• The Endometriosis Association
• Florida Hospital Fish Memorial Radiation Oncology
• Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
• George Washington Cancer Institute,
   Washington, DC
• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
• International Parish Nurse Resource Center,
   St. Louis, MO
• Joan Karnell Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS
• Marquette General Hospital, Marquette, MI
• Marshalltown Cancer Resource Center,
   Marshalltown, IA
• Menorah Medical Center, Overland, KS
• Mercy Cancer Center, Scranton, PA
• Metro Minnesota CCOP, Minneapolis, MN
• Morton Plant Hospital, Tampa, FL
• Mount Carmel Regional Cancer Center, Pittsburgh,
   KS
• National Research Center for Women & Families
• North Indiana Cancer Research Consortium,
   South Bend, IN
• Office on Women’s Health – Community Centers of
   Excellence in Women’s Health – Department of
   Health and Human Services
• Ohio Commission on Minority Health
• PracticeMatch, Inc., St. Charles, MO
• Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC
• Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri
   (Columbia)
• Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO
• St. Agnes Hospital Women's Imaging,
   Fond du Lac, WI
• St. Joseph Health Center, Kansas City, MO
• St. Luke’s Center for Breast Health, Fort Thomas,
   KY
• St. Luke’s Hospital Oncology Counseling Services,
   Chesterfield, MO
• St. Mary's Health Center, St. Louis, MO
• STAR Foundation, Kansas
• The Bridge into the 21st Century, Inc., Dallas, TX
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/AR
   Cancer Research Center, Little Rock, AR
• Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI
• Well Woman Health Check Program, National
 

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WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AND SORORITIES

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Association of Black Women Executives, Inc.
   (ABWE)
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
• General Federation of Women’s Clubs
• Lambda Theta Alpha Latina Sorority
• National YWCA Encore Plus Program
• Older Womens League (OWL)
• Order of the Eastern Star
• Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
• Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. 
• Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship, Inc.
• Xi Zeta Omega
• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

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SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO MINORITY WOMEN

    African American
    • African American Community Health Group
       of the Central Coast, Santa Cruz, CA
    • Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie and the 13th
       Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church
    • Central Florida Dream Center
    • Delores Burgess Music Ministries
   
• Gamma Gamma Chi Sorority, Inc.
   
• Imani’s Breast and Skin Care, Oakland, CA
    • JAA Foundation
    • National Association of Negro Business and
       Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.
    • National Black Leadership Initiative on
       Cancer III: Community Networks Program
    • National Black Nurses Association
    • National Consortium of Black Women
       in Ministry (NCBWIM)
    • National Council of Negro Women
    • National Medical Association
    • Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and
       Prevention
    • Snaz-Z Hair Salon, Anderson, SC
    • Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.
    • UR-Woman.org
    • Witness Project
    • Women’s Institute for Family Health,
       Philadelphia, PA

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   American Indian/Alaska Native
    • Association of American Indian Physicians
       (AAIP)
    • Indian Health Service
    • Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
    • National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses
       Association (NANAINA)
    • Native American Cancer Research Corporation
    • Native People’s Circle of Hope
    • Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
    • Texas American Indian Chamber of Commerce
    • United South and Eastern Tribes (USET)

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   Asian American/Pacific Islander
    • AANCART (Asian American Network for Cancer
       Awareness, Research and Training)
    • Charles B. Wang Health Center
    • Guam Communications Network

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   Latina
    • Asociacion de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico, Inc.
      (ASPPR)
    • Chicanos por la Causa, Inc. De Colores Shelter,
       Phoenix, AZ
    • Circulo de Vida – San Francisco General Hospital
    • Clínica del Pueblo, Washington, DC
    • Comadre a Comadre Project, Alburquerque, NM
    • Concilio Latino de Salud, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
    • Cup with Love Project, CA
    • Día de la Mujer Latina, Inc.
    • El Pueblo, Inc., Communidad Sana, NC
    • Florida Department of Health – Office of
       Minority Health
    • Fortaleza, Governor of Puerto Rico Aníbal
       Acevedo and First Lady Luisa Gándara,
       San Juan, PR

    • Hispanic Health Initiative, Casselberry, FL
    • Hispanic Women's Corporation, Phoenix, AZ
    • La Clínica, St. Louis, MO
    • Las Comadres Para las Americas
    • Latina Breast Cancer Agency, San Francisco, CA
    • Latinas Contra Cáncer, San José, CA
    • Latino Commission on a New Georgia, Día de la
       Mujer Latina, Inc.
    • LUNA (Latinas Unidas por un Nuevo Amanecer)
    • Mid-Atlantic Assoc of Community Health
       Centers, Maryland
    • Mujeres Latinas en Acción
    • National Council of La Raza
    • National Latino Cosmetology Association
    • National Latina Health Network, Washington, DC
    • Nueva Vida, Washington, DC
    • Oncology Nursing Society
    • Patient Advocate Foundation, New York, NY
    • Redes en Acción – National Hispanic/Latino
       Cancer Network

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SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO SENIOR WOMEN

• AARP
• AARP, Segunda Juventud publication
• Arkansas Rural Centers on Aging
• Boone County Council On Aging, Belvidere, IL
• Celebrate Long Term Living Walk, Washington, DC
• ComingOfAge.org
• Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center,
   Washington, DC
• Florida Department of Elder Affairs
• Mellon Financial Corporation
• Model City Seniors Wellness, Washington, DC
• National Association of Area Agencies on Aging,
   Washington, DC
• National Council On Aging, Washington, DC
• National Senior Games Association, Baton Rouge,
   LA
• NE IL Area Agency on Aging, Kankakee, IL
• North Carolina Senior Games
• Northwest Community Center, Rockford, IL
• Oakwood Village, Madison, WI
• Partnerships for Aging, Manhattan, KS
• Retired Teachers Association, Washington, DC
• Senior Care, Elder, and In Home Care for Elderly
   Health – Care.com

• Washoe County Senior Services, Reno, NV
• Winnebago County Health Department, Rockford,
   IL
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
  Pittsburgh, PA

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SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO WOMEN WORKING IN TRADES AND INDUSTRY

• Amalgamated Transit Union
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal
   Employees (AFSCME)
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
• Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
• Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers
• International Union (GMP)
• Hard Hatted Women
• International Society of Women Airline Pilots
• Ironworkers International
• Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW)
• Office and Professional Employees International
   Union (OPEIU)
• Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
• UNITE HERE!
• United American Nurses, AFL-CIO
• Women Work!

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MEDIA

• Amsterdam News, NY
• BlackAmericaWeb.com
• Black Women 50+ Health and Lifestyles Magazine
• CNN en español radio
• Double R Productions, vidiography
• Hager Sharp, media consultants
• Heart & Style Woman
• Hispanic Radio Network, Inc.
• La Voz, Arizona
• Living Well, Malakoff, TX
• MAMM Magazine
• NC Journal for Women
• Notes 1560 AM WGLB Gospel Radio
• Nuevos Horizontes Newspaper (New Horizon),
   Pawtucket, RI
• Nursing Spectrum Journal
• St. Petersburg Times
• tlc (Tender Loving Care Publication)
• Unity Journalists of Color
• XM Radio: Greatness by Design with Blanche
  Williams, Washington DC

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OTHER

• American Academy of Physician Assistants,
   Alexandria, VA
• Avon Foundation, NYC
• Curves International, Inc.
• Disability-Claims.net, LA, CA
• The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
   Community Center, NY
• Lovely Lady
• Mary Kay Ash Foundation
• Mautner Project, Washington, DC
• NC Academy of Physician Assistants, RTP, NC
• NC Minority Prostate Cancer Awareness Action Team
• The Natural Woman, Geneva, IL
• Prostate Coalition of NC
• Salvation Army
• Speakers for Life™ Hanks-Livingston, Inc.
• ValleyCare Health System
• Warm Spirit, Inc.
• Wayne K. Curry Sports & Learning Center,
   Landover, MD
• WomensEducationCenter.com

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