Thank you for participating in Tigerlily’s #ListenUpMBC Confab on Young Women’s Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Disparities. Now more than ever we need to raise our voices together to end disparities and implement solutions. 

To learn more, click here for the Confab Program with speaker bios.

To help inform our next steps, click here to complete the Confab Survey.

Twitter 101 Lunch & Learn 

You asked! We answered. This pre – Confab virtual session for patient advocates was just in time for the #ListenUpMBC Confab Twitter Chat.

Special thanks to the following speakers and faciliatators:

Maimah Karmo, Founder & President, Tigerlily Foundation

Shyrea Thompson, Tigerlily Foundation Collaborator; Founder & Principal, The IRIS Collaborative

Falasha Zuend, Collaborator, Tigerlily Foundation; Founder, Public Health Goals

How to Make an Impact On Twitter

Use your Twitter platform to advocate on behalf of patients. Here are resources:

• Check out the How-To Video Tutorials we created to walk you through setting up and optimizing your Twitter Profile.
• Claim your Customized Banner Photo.
• Use these 50 Breast Cancer Advocacy Hashtags to Follow and Twitter Terms.
• Connect with our speakers in our #ListenUpMBC Confab Thought Leaders Twitter List.

Confab

#ListenUpMBC we’re back and our latest interactive discussion brought patients, advocates, scientists, industry leaders, and influencers together virtually to find solutions during the ASCO20 Annual Meeting.

Special thanks to the following speakers and faciliatators:

Maimah Karmo, Founder & President, Tigerlily Foundation

Dr. Tatiana Prowell, Chair, ASCO20 Cancer Education Committee

Ricki Fairley, President, DOVE Marketing

Christine Hodgdon & Julia Maues, Co-Founders, GRASP

Jasmine Souers & Marissa Thomas, Co-Founders, For the Breast of Us  

Mia Keeys, Director of Health Equity Policy and Advocacy, American Medical Association  

Shonta Chambers, Executive Vice President, Patient Advocate Foundation

Dr. Daniel Dawes, Director of Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. Funmi Olopade, Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics & Global Health, The University of Chicago Medicine

Dr. Lori Wilson, Division Chief of Surgical Oncology, Howard University, MBC Advocate

Rev. Dr. Sheron Patterson, Senior Pastor, The Park

Craig Lipset, Advisor, and Founder, Clinical Innovation Partners

Dr. Conrad Tucker, Arthur Hamerschlag Career Development Professor, Mechanical Engineering Courtesy Appointment, Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon University

Shyrea Thompson, Tigerlily Foundation Collaborator; Founder & Principal, The IRIS Collaborative

(listed above in order of appearance)

Happy Hour

Thank you to all those who mixed-up a Quarantini and joined our virtual happy hour with engaging breakouts, and swag as we closed out our #ListenUpMBC Confab during the virtual ASCO20 Annual Meeting. 

Special thanks to the following speakers and facilitators:

Zora Asberry, TV Personality

Tigerlily Foundation MBC ANGEL Advocates

Falasha Zuend, Collaborator, Tigerlily Foundation; Founder, Public Health Goals

Eboneka Coleman, Collaborator, Tigerlily Foundation 

Dr. Regina Hampton, Co-Founder & EVP, Cherry Blossom Intimates 

Jasmine Jones, Co-Founder & CEO, Cherry Blossom Intimates 

Kristen Hobbs, Founder, Kroun

Nikia Hammonds Blakely, President, Champion Promise Foundation

Natalie Lewis, Founder, Destinae Wellness

Shyrea Thompson, Collaborator, Tigerlily Foundation; Founder & Principal, The IRIS Collaborative

Gerard Bonner, Founder, Bonnerfide Radio

Chef Chris Kyler, Executive Chef, Hungry & The Food Network Star

Kevin Reid, Mixologist, The Drink Builder

Shonte Drakeford, MBC ANGEL Advisor

Maimah Karmo, Founder & President, Tigerlily Foundation

DJ Brian Henry, Founder, Beats to Beat Breast Cancer

(listed above in order of appearance)

Background |  Black women are diagnosed younger, die more from breast cancer and are disproportionately impacted by MBC yet often go underrepresented in the conversation on the unique needs of women living with stage 4 breast cancer.

To mobilize against these facts, in 2019, Tigerlily launched the Young Women’s MBC Disparities Initiative at our MBC Disparities Listening Summit, began the MBC ANGEL (Advocate Now to Grow, Empower & Lead) Advocate training, the Young Women’s MBC Disparities Alliance and #ListenUpMBC Fireside Chat at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

In 2020, Tigerlily’s #ListenUpMBC ConFab will advance stakeholder recommendations, which include engaging women of color in advocacy, leveraging social media and participating in scientific conferences to share the importance of access to innovations in MBC treatments including clinical trials and genetic testing for women of color towards achieving our goal through action and collaboration.

Attendees | MBC patients, caregivers, advocates, scientists, researchers, academicians, navigators, healthcare providers, researchers, policymakers, civic, campus, community, business leaders and social media influencers.

Social Media | Follow: @TigerlilyCares   Share: #ListenUpMBC