Carrie's TOUCH African American Breast Cancer Sacramento California

Carrie's TOUCH in the news. Sac Bee Health section interviews Rev. Tammie.

Congratulations to Advisory Board Member, David De Luz . The Greater Sacramento Urban League Board of Directors selected David De Luz as the new President and CEO.

Carrie's TOUCH Officer, Linda White attends Michael Jackson's memorial service.

	My name is MARGIE and I am a survivor of Stage I breast cancer. I am the second of three sisters in my family to be diagnosed. When I was diagnosed in February 2005 ....




	We extend our gratitude to each of you for your efforts and support. Unfortunately, SB 161 was vetoed. This was not because of a lack of strong support. In the weeks between the Legislature 's passage of the bill and the Governor's veto, Carrie's TOUCH, ACS , Susan G. Komen volunteers and bill supporters sent thousands of e-mails , faxes, and letters of support to the Governor's office , while others called to ask for his signature. The SB 161 Team met with multiple members of the Governor's staff to discuss the policy and the importance of the bill to cancer patients and their families. The up side of the veto is that the Governor provided a roadmap for future activities with his administration on the issue. Click here to read the veto message. We thank you and look forward to your support on future legislative endeavors. Find out more and share your thoughts about the bill on our blog at http://passsenatebill161.blogspot.com/


	A Special Invitation to Women... to join a landmark study of breast cancer. The Sister Study will enroll fifty thousand women whose sister had breast cancer. The study is conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Have you helped your sister as she faced breast cancer? Do you wish you could do more to support her struggle...or to honor her life? Sisters share many things - early experiences, environment, and genes. By joining the Sister Study, you can help researchers learn how environment and genes may affect the changes of getting breast cancer.

	It takes less than a minute! Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram."


	Susan G. Komen for the Cure has pledged to do their part to ensure that African American women are empowered with the information and tools they need to take charge of their own health and serve as ambassadors in their local communities. Komen for the Cure's Circle of Promise campaign is designed to engage African American women to help end breast cancer forever by fostering increased awareness, support, empowerment, and action.