Susan G. Komen for the Cure® joins Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza to launch “PINK”
Pop up store to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The grand opening of PINK, the first ever pop up store in Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza history, in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
Store event schedule includes Makeover Mondays; mini Race for the Cure events on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for shoppers who walk the mall for exercise; Lunch & Learn events on Thursdays to learn more about free services Komen offers in the community; Klub Komen events on Fridays with healthy nonalcoholic cocktails, dj and gift bags; Sparkle, Shimmer & Shine Saturdays, where uninsured women receive free mammograms and mini spa services and Worship in Pink Sundays with information on how local churches can spread messages of hope to their congregation during breast cancer awareness month and year round.
Store guests will be encouraged to join the Circle of Promise, an initiative designed to raise awareness and reduce cases of late stage breast cancer in the African American community. To join the Circle of Promise, text the word “PROMISE” on cell phone to “50555.” Supporters may donate $10 donation when signing up, but it is not mandatory. To sign up for free hit “Submit’ after completing Circle of Promise form. To donate $10, hit “Donate $10 and Submit.”
Meet U.S. Olympic Track Star Carmelita Jeter, and get free mammograms for uninsured women today from 1:30 - 6:00 p.m.
PINK ceremonial ribbon cutting will be Saturday, Oct. 15, at noon with Komen Circle of Promise Ambassadors Grammy nominated recording artist Kelly Price, actress Vanessa Bell Calloway and Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell will meet and greet guests and take photos on pink carpet.
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, 3650 W. Martin Luther King Blvd., Los Angeles.
Ninety percent of White women who are diagnosed with breast cancer will live at least five years, but only 76 percent of Black women with the same diagnosis will live five years, according to the American Cancer Society. Is breast cancer more difficult to detect among Black women because they have denser, thicker breast tissue?
A U.S. health task force stunned much of the medical world and many women in November 2009 by recommending that most women didn’t need to get their first mammogram until age 50.
But a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll finds that women in their 40s want their mammograms, and two-thirds of them weren’t even aware of the task force’s recommendations.
Here’s a special Mother’s Day treat for all you Jada Pinkett-Smith and Willow Smith fans, Jada is introducing a new on-line series called “Red Table Talks.”
In the first installment, viewers will get to see three generations of Jada Pinkett-Smith’s family which include her daughter and mother in a deep and emotion-driven conversation while sitting at a red round table.
There seems to be a lot of talk about how fast Willow is growing up since she’s been thrust into the spotlight.
Hats off to the recently departed 2012 Pan African Film Festival.
To the community’s delight, the film festival and art show returned to our own backyard at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, and the adjoining theater now known as The Rave Cinemas.
The festival, often referred to simply as PAFF, continues to showcase great feature-length films, such as Steve Harvey’s “Think Like a Man,” scripted from his best-selling book, which kicked off the festival.
The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) celebrates its 20th anniversary starting this evening with the opening-night gala and screening of the Los Angeles premiere of “Think Like a Man.”
Based on the New York Times best-selling book by television-and-radio host and comic, Steve Harvey. The ensemble cast includes Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence J, Jenifer Lewis, Romany Malco, Gary Owen, Gabrielle Union and Chris Brown.
