Breast Cancer Action Organizational Brochure 2017

This is not an individual problem.

The breast cancer epidemic is a social justice issue and a public health crisis.

Take Action on Our Campaigns:

Get Involved!

Breast cancer cannot be solved by simply telling women to eat the right food, exercise, and get a mammogram.

Our power is in our members—people like you!

Become a Community Leader for Change: Join grassroots activists

around the country making a difference.

Find Educational Tools: Free, evidence-based webinars, fact sheets, conference coverage, and more.

Donate: We rely on the support of people like you.

Get Individualized Resources:

Our trained and compassionate staff can help you or a loved one learn about breast cancer treatment, screening, or diagnosis.

Volunteer:

Help spread the word about our work, host a community event, or pitch in on other projects.

I am so very grateful Breast Cancer Action exists.

You remind me all the time that I am not alone.

Breast Cancer Action 275 Fifth Street, Suite 307 San Francisco, CA 94103

toll free 877-2STOPBC 415-243-9301

bcaction.org thinkbeforeyoupink.org

/BCAction @bcaction

—Karin Cotterman, Breast Cancer Action member

We work to achieve health justice for all women at risk of and living with breast cancer.

We are feminist, grassroots, and committed to social justice.

We’re fiercely independent and refuse corporate funding from any company that profits from or contributes to breast cancer. We ALWAYS put women’s health first.

Radical and compassionate, we never shy away from the hard truths about breast cancer: 40,000 women in the U.S. die of this devastating disease every year, and there’s not nearly enough to show for the billions of dollars raised in the name of breast cancer.

We work to ensure breast cancer screening, diagnostics, and treatment are evidence-based and responsive to the women affected—as well as more affordable, more effective, and less toxic.

We work to eliminate root causes of breast cancer—the toxic chemicals in our environment that increase our risk of breast cancer and which may interfere with common treatments.

Our award-winning Think Before You Pink® campaign cuts through the noise of pink ribbon culture to tell the hard truths about breast cancer and challenge pinkwashing and hypocrisy in the breast cancer industry.

We Get Results

In the endless sea of breast cancer charities, corporate donors, and pharmaceutical-funded research agendas, we are proud to be an independent watchdog standing up for women’s health.

We educate, organize, and take action.

We Take Action

We Are Unique

Breast Cancer Action is not your average breast cancer organization.

We helped end Myriad Genetics’ corporate monopoly on the “breast cancer genes,” BRCA1 & BRCA2. This landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory brought down genetic testing costs, increased opportunities for scientific research, and improved testing results for women of color.

We’ve forced corporations and organizations to change their pinkwashing ways, including pressuring Yoplait to eliminate the harmful hormone rBGH from their yogurt, and ending Susan G. Komen’s sale of their toxic “Promise Me” perfume.

We’ve provided free compassionate one-on-one support and evidencebased information to more than 25,000 people with breast cancer and their loved ones.

We are a national organization with over 60,000 members and supporters across the country. Join us!