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Beyond Awareness BookletsThis 20-page (in-color) booklet, titled “Beyond Awareness,” offers a brief history of the pink ribbon and the rise of national breast cancer awareness month, the development of a commercially focused breast cancer industry and survivorship culture, and key trends in awareness campaigns. BCC has given complimentary copies of the booklet to colleges and universities hosting “Beyond Awareness” events.
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Breast cancer has always been political. Let’s make sure everyone gets out to #VoteTomorrow because every vote is an important part of the effort to protect life-saving health coverage for millions. #ProtectOurCare #HealthCareTheVote bit.ly/2D4y610 Karuna R. Jaggar and former Breast Cancer Action board member Julie Morgan talk about this year's #ThinkBeforeYouPink campaign calling out Ford Motor Company for claiming to care about breast cancer while contributing to it. This is #pinkwashing wkyc.com/video/news/… "If Ford truly wants us to believe they have “been active in the fight against breast cancer since 1993,” why would they decide earlier this year to go full-throttle on sales of the highest-emission trucks and SUVs,... facebook.com/BCConso… Read this op-ed by our executive director, @karunajaggar, in @commondreams about this year's #ThinkBeforeYouPink campaign. "Truth be told, @Ford’s #WarriorsInPink program is just another example of “#pinkwashing.” bit.ly/2JfjVHu What we're reading today about women with breast cancer opting out of tamoxifen is nothing new. Activists have been very clear about the side effects of this drug and lack of attention to them by medical professionals for decades #ESMO18 pic.twitter.com/gPuU… Hey @Ford & #WarriorsInPink! Your cars & trucks are fueling #breastcancer risk! We can see right through your pink-tinted smoke screen to the truth. It’s time to make the shift to a zero emission fleet! #PutTheBrakesOn: bit.ly/2NVoDj4 #Pinkwashing: #BreastCancerAwareness products profit off survivors’ suffering. Great article commentary by Dr. Gayle Sulik, #Sociologist Director of @BC_Consortium. @PinkRibbonBlues. vox.com/the-goods/20… via @voxdotcom Breast cancer awareness products profit off survivors' suffering @PinkRibbonBlues @BC_Consortium #Pinkwashing vox.com/the-goods/20… Hey, @Ford Motor Company & @WarriorsinPink! You ask “what more can we do?” Here’s an idea. If you really want to show you care about #BreastCancer, stop making vehicles that produce cancer-causing exhaust! #PutTheBrakesOn Help keep the pressure on #Ford: bit.ly/2NVoDj4 pic.twitter.com/SSE9… We oppose #pinkwashing and we fully support Breast Cancer Action campaign calling out Ford Motor Company. You can do the same by following this link thinkbeforeyoupink.o… facebook.com/BCConso… "Gayle Sulik, a medical sociologist with the University at Albany, has spent years researching the pink products industry and how companies have turned breast cancer... vox.com/the-goods/20… Our founder @PinkRibbonBlues talked to @voxdotcom about #BCAM products profit off survivors’ suffering vox.com/the-goods/20… #bcsm #bccww Over the years “Pinkwasher” has become a common term used to describe the hypocrisy and lack of transparency that surrounds #BCAM and fundraising. It was coined by the group @BCAction breastcancerconsorti… #bcsm #bccww Scientists have known for decades that the chemicals in auto exhaust cause #breastcancer. That’s why we're calling out @Ford’s #WarriorsInPink for their hypocrisy. If #Ford really cared they’d stop making vehicles w/cancer-causing exhaust. bit.ly/2NVoDj4 #WednesdayWisdom Hey @Ford & @WarriorsinPink! Your cars & trucks are fueling breast cancer risk! We can see right through your pink-tinted smoke screen to the truth. Tell #Ford it's time to #PutTheBrakesOn #BreastCancer & shift to a zero emissions fleet! bit.ly/2Qjky5h #WarriorsInPink pic.twitter.com/JmvR… Reminder -- Next week - we are talking about metastatic breast cancer. Join us at 9 pm ET Monday, October 15th! #bcsm .@Ford Motors says they're "dedicated to fueling the spirit" of those living w/ breast cancer, but the truth is their cars and trucks are fueling the *risk* of #breastcancer. Tell #Ford to stop #pinkwashing & #PutTheBrakesOn: bit.ly/2NVoDj4 #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth pic.twitter.com/IoSL… 6 years ago. The 2 lovely women in the middle @jodyms and @regrounding are no longer with us due to metastatic breast cancer. I'm aware. We're all aware. (pic via @stales) #bcsm #bccww pic.twitter.com/Z9WN… 4. Corporations often sell products containing substances increasing the risk to develop #breastcancer claiming to care about the disease. This is called #pinkwashing and it's why @Ford is being called out by @BCAction actnow.io/kwj59eO #bcsm #bccww twitter.com/Metastat… |
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