1. Diagnosed on my 35th birthday
My doctor told me that I did not need a mammogram because I am a black woman. Breast cancer does not affect my community

2. Cierra Sisters was created
I Immediately realized that the truth about breast cancer affecting my community. The information that my doctor shared with me about black women not being diagnosed with breast cancer was not the truth. Cierra Siters=Knowledge

3. 18 years later: Diagnosis to my lungs and liver

4. So my doctor told me I would never sing again

5. Bonnie
Clinical trials are not offered to African Americans in a timely manner and sometimes not at all. This was the case for Bonnie

6. Peer education has the potential to reduce breast cancer disparities.
CEPs “train the trainer” educational tool kit was developed. It was important to have an evidence-based program for our community. We recruited 14 women from Cierra Sisters who went on to educate more than 100 others from within their social networks about prevention and early detection and how to navigate through this complex health care system.
Peer education has the potential to reduce breast cancer disparities.
Partnering Organizations:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (NCI-designated cancer center)
Fourteen AA women were recruited to serve as peer educators (Community Empowerment Partners (CEPs)); the women participated in a one-day train-the-trainer workshop. Within six months, each CEPs conducted at least two peer breast cancer education workshops, and each reached a minimum of 10 community members. Participants completed a pre-test and a post-test.
The need to create an evidence base educational tool kit for the African American community with the hope to create more survivors.

7. Community Empowerment Partners: Examining the use of peer education to empower African American women to improve breast health
Bridgette Hempstead1, Cynthia Green1, Katherine J. Briant, MPH2, Beti Thompson, PhD2, Yamile Molina, PhD3 1Cierra Sisters, Inc., Seattle, WA; 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; 3University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
March 2018
Journal of Community Health
The Publication for Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention
ISSN
J Community Health
DOI /s
Springer
Published article in the Journal of Community Health

8. Trained (CEPs) Ready To Educate and Push Up Their Community

9. CEPs ECANA national training March Eleven States represented Educating &Empowering Women in the community about endometrial cancer
African American Women CEPs ECANA women trained in educating our community in endometria cancer. This community is not surviving like our Caucasian counterparts. The need is great to create survivors now!

10. Life is worth living! This is my reason to advocate and educate everyday…