About the Organization: ICan.Sir!, a grassroots organization is seeking to become a non-profit with these goals in mind:
- Provide holistic non-medical support to African American women diagnosed with breast cancer
- Collaborate with organizations addressing breast cancer among African American women in Wyandotte County
- Increase awareness and education about the specific issues that African American women experience related to risk for and experiences of breast cancer (systemic racism, increased morbidity and mortality)
- Provide education, training, and activities around holistic prevention strategies that foster health and wellbeing.
Prevention, Education, Choice. Those are the three pillars of the ICanSir! organization and extremely important to Dola Williams as she dealt with her own cancer journey about seven years ago.
“When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, there was a lack of services in Wyandotte County (Kansas), especially for African American women,” Williams said. “Other issues a lot of women, especially African American women, face are they do not share their diagnosis and many times, they accept the diagnosis for what it is…"
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