April Trailblazer & Dash of Joy
Welcome to another special Trailblazer of the month. We are honored to introduce you to The Chrysalis Initiative. Founder and METAvivor’s President Jamil Rivers joins the series host Victoria Goldberg to talk about her new nonprofit organization, dedicated to eliminating disparities in outcomes for Black women with breast cancer.
”The Chrysalis Initiative exists to disrupt outcome disparities within breast cancer, so every patient receives the care they deserve.”
As Jamil puts it, “So I'm a patient, I'm living with MBC, and I am Black woman. You know what, we're done dying at this point. If you're not going to change the system, we're going to disrupt the system.”
Also in this episode it's time for a Dash of Joy. Living with MBC means many things and for our host Dar Finkelstein it means finding joy every day and living with that purpose. In this episode she explains how acceptance is one of the keys that unlocks our Joy.
The Chrysalis Initiative By providing patients with mentoring and resource navigation and equipping Black women (and other disparate groups) with the opportunity and education to assess their breast cancer risk, we are closing the gap one story at a time.
In addition to supporting patients with breast cancer, The Chrysalis Cancer Curriculum Provider Training challenges institutional realities with evidence-based strategies to guide providers as they reshape their paradigms and improve their practices to eradicate treatment disparities.
If you want more JOY in your life you can join Dar (@dardarfi on Insta) on her joyful journey here on the podcast every month and on our social feeds. Want more? Join one of Dar’s joyful groups.
Choose to Live with Joy on Facebook and Instagram - a public group for anyone to have Joy, share Joy, & help others get Joy in their life.
Making Our Best MBC Life - a private facebook group for those who have been diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer. It is dedicated to being a place for uplifting conversation and ideas to help us live our very best life with MBC.
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Whether you have a diagnosis yourself, or you're a friend, family member or caregiver of someone with a diagnosis, we're here to lend support, give information, share experiences, and to lift you up every time you need it. Research has proven that having the support we need during our most challenging times is paramount to honing coping skills and striving for wellness. Our supportive network is made of people just like you, who DO know what it's like, who HAVE been there, who CAN help.
3 Black Docs Podcast
3 Black Docs is a weekly podcast dedicated to educating the community about health and health disparities in an approachable and entertaining way. Our hosts - Dr. Karen Winkfield, Dr. Tiffany Avery, & Dr. Zanetta Lamar (Collectively called “The Docs”)- use their individual experiences in clinic and in life to discuss methods of self-advocacy and create innovative solutions for community health.
Meet the Guests of this Episode
Related Past Episodes
You might be interested in listening to our past episodes that featured 3 Black Docs and Jamil Rivers.
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