Attendance Works: Attendance Campaign 2021
To help spread the word about their 2021 attendance awareness campaign, Attendance Works has developed a series of digital badges that can be downloaded for display on websites, blogs, email signatures, and social media profile pictures. In addition, Attendance Works has developed a selection of evergreen badges (separate from their 2021 campaign) with the slogan “Attend Today; Achieve Tomorrow”, also intended to help build awareness. The badges are available in English and Spanish, and there are a variety of badge shape options.
View and download the badges here.
Latino Outdoors: Film Premier & Discussion Session
On May 26, at 5 pm PST, in partnership with Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Latino Outdoors will be hosting a Facebook event premiering their film created for beginning backpackers. The film will focus on how to research and plan for a trip, the process of packing, gear set-up, and lessons learned, followed by a discussion and Q&A session. Attendance is free and the event is open to everyone. You can secure a spot by registering on Eventbrite.
Radical Monarchs: Article by Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota’s Twin Cities is one of the several markets Radical Monarchs is targeting for growth in 2021. To promote the regional interest, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) published an extensive article on the group. The May 13 article focuses on twenty-six-year-old Minnesota-based Radical Monarch leader, Cynthia Zapata, but also touches on the mission and history of Radical Monarchs. The article talks about Cynthia’s upbringing and her motivation to get involved. MPR’s write-up includes a link to listen to their brief on-air piece about Cynthia and the organization.
BACHAC: Women of Color Can Write the Next Chapter in Breast Cancer Research
Read about Dr. Laura Esserman’s collaboration with the Athena Breast Health Network to change the truth with the WISDOM (Women Informed to Screen Depending On Measures of risk) study in a recent Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (BACHAC) blog entry. The plan for the national study includes recruitment of 100,000 women, ages forty to seventy-four, with an emphasis on ensuring that women of color, who have been traditionally disenfranchised from receiving adequate medical care, are accurately represented. The study will be conducted over the course of five years and include a risk-based assessment comprised of a breast health questionnaire, genetic testing, and a breast density measurement. The goal of the study is to tailor more screening to those who are most at-risk for aggressive cancers, and safely reduce screening for those who are at lower risk, to prevent over-diagnosis and over-treatment.
Read more about the study here.
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