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The Inauguration of our new President has caused me to reflect on Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s role in the country’s next chapter. How do we – an organization focused on offering trusted information and a community of support – further a vision deeply grounded in science when our society remains divided about its value? How do we achieve our vision of serving all people impacted by breast cancer?

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The first days of 2021 have been dark ones. The insurrection on the nation’s capital shook us to our core. It was heartbreaking to see this display of hate and destruction broadcast across the country and around the world. It was a visualization of the unequal society we have built.

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“As an organization that trains and supports breast cancer advocates to practice peaceful activism and active empathy, we unequivocally oppose the violence, indecency, and hatred that the rioters displayed on January 6.”

Jean A. Sachs, MSS, MLSP

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If nothing else, the riot reminds us to double down on the commitments we have already made: to deeply examine ourselves, inside and out, to ensure we are properly serving our diverse breast cancer community; to rely on an evidence base to improve public health and welfare; and to persist in lifting up the next generation of advocates as the committed, compassionate, and peaceful force they are. We will continue to question ourselves and our past choices, while remembering Dr. Martin Luther King’s words: “We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”

In the days and months after Inauguration, we will continue to proudly support the science and the activism that will get us to our vision: a world where no one impacted by breast cancer feels uninformed or alone. To achieve advancements in research to find treatments and cures for breast cancer, we need a society that supports science and practices active empathy for all people. We need to ensure all voices are included, so that all may be served.

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About LBBC

Jean Sachs, MSS, MLSP

  • Has been at LBBC since 1996 when she became the organization’s first executive director; she was named CEO in 2008
  • Has grown LBBC’s annual budget from $100,000 to $6,000,000
  • Is inspired by her mother’s courage despite being diagnosed with breast, uterine, and, ultimately passing away from, lung cancer
  • Represents LBBC on the American Cancer Society National Breast Cancer Roundtable

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Living Beyond Breast Cancer is a national nonprofit organization that seeks to create a world that understands there is more than one way to have breast cancer. To fulfill its mission of providing trusted information and a community of support to those impacted by the disease, Living Beyond Breast Cancer offers on-demand emotional, practical, and evidence-based content. For over 30 years, the organization has remained committed to creating a culture of acceptance — where sharing the diversity of the lived experience of breast cancer fosters self-advocacy and hope. For more information, learn more about our programs and services.