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Using My Story to Fight for Equality in Breast Cancer with Jamil Rivers
Podcast |
The Burn
Publisher |
April Stearns
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Mar 01, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:33:48

Jamil Rivers is a powerhouse.  Diagnosed at 39 with Stage IV de novo metastatic breast cancer (MBC), she is a CEO, devoted mama, wife and passionate advocate.  Since diagnosis, Jamil has become an advocate using her cancer experiences to advance legislative policy, medical research and customize support to better meet the needs of individuals impacted by breast cancer, particularly metastatic and African-American patients. She launched The Chrysalis Initiative which provides mentoring, resource navigation, and outreach for African-American women.  In this episode Jamil reads her essay “Fighting for Equality in an Unequal Society” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2022 “Legacy Stories” issue.  Her essay is about using one’s story to advocate for deep change within a system that has been broken and biased for a long time.  April and Jamil will discuss the meaning behind The Chrysalis Initiative name, how cancer revealed Jamil as a leader to help others, and creating an equitable healthcare space in a landscape of discrimination and substandard support.  Jamil gives advice for others living with MBC that want to start new projects, and talks about when she knew her advocacy work was impacting lives.

More about Jamil: https://www.instagram.com/truejamilkali/

More on The Chrysalis Initiative:

1 (800) 929-4979

https://thechrysalisinitiative.org/

https://www.instagram.com/chrysalisinitiative/

https://www.facebook.com/chrysalisinitiative/

https://twitter.com/chrysalisinit

https://www.linkedin.com/company/chrysalis-initiative

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-NCZTCIXspPb3Q44XFzxQ

More about BC Navi: https://www.bcnavi.com/s/

National Comprehensive Cancer Network: https://www.nccn.org/business-policy/business/academy

Purchase a print or digital copy of the “Legacy Stories” issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/mbc22

Get the free Wildfire email newsletter: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org

Learn about Wildfire writing workshops: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/workshops

Shop Wildfire merch & more: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop

Send your voice recording testimonial to editor@wildfirecommunity.org

*Free* The Burn Writing Companion: Guided Prompt Journal (Vol. 1): https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/the-burn

Buy the Wildfire book “Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Today’s Young...

Jamil Rivers is a powerhouse.  Diagnosed at 39 with Stage IV de novo metastatic breast cancer (MBC), she is a CEO, devoted mama, wife and passionate advocate.  Since diagnosis, Jamil has become an advocate using her cancer experiences to advance legislative policy, medical research and customize support to better meet the needs of individuals impacted by breast cancer, particularly metastatic and African-American patients. She launched The Chrysalis Initiative which provides mentoring, resource navigation, and outreach for African-American women.  In this episode Jamil reads her essay “Fighting for Equality in an Unequal Society” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2022 “Legacy Stories” issue.  Her essay is about using one’s story to advocate for deep change within a system that has been broken and biased for a long time.  April and Jamil will discuss the meaning behind The Chrysalis Initiative name, how cancer revealed Jamil as a leader to help others, and creating an equitable healthcare space in a landscape of discrimination and substandard support.  Jamil gives advice for others living with MBC that want to start new projects, and talks about when she knew her advocacy work was impacting lives.

More about Jamil: https://www.instagram.com/truejamilkali/

More on The Chrysalis Initiative:

1 (800) 929-4979

https://thechrysalisinitiative.org/

https://www.instagram.com/chrysalisinitiative/

https://www.facebook.com/chrysalisinitiative/

https://twitter.com/chrysalisinit

https://www.linkedin.com/company/chrysalis-initiative

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-NCZTCIXspPb3Q44XFzxQ

More about BC Navi: https://www.bcnavi.com/s/

National Comprehensive Cancer Network: https://www.nccn.org/business-policy/business/academy

Purchase a print or digital copy of the “Legacy Stories” issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/mbc22

Get the free Wildfire email newsletter: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org

Learn about Wildfire writing workshops: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/workshops

Shop Wildfire merch & more: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop

Send your voice recording testimonial to editor@wildfirecommunity.org

*Free* The Burn Writing Companion: Guided Prompt Journal (Vol. 1): https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/the-burn

Buy the Wildfire book “Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Today’s Young Breast Cancer Community”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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