Advocate Ricki Fairley was diagnosed at 55 with Stage IIIa, Triple Negative breast cancer.  She is the CEO and co-founder of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance.  She is a marketing veteran, and serves on the board of the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation and the Center for Healthcare Innovation. In this episode Ricki reads her essay “When We Tri(al): A Movement to Advance Breast Cancer Science for Black Women'' from Wildfire Magazine’s 2022 “Body” issue.  April and Ricki will discuss how Ricki focused on black breast cancer to form TOUCH, folding your own story into advocacy, and advice on seeking second opinions. They will also discuss using writing to think through thoughts and form opinions. This episode contains explicit language.

More about TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance: https://touchbbca.org/

More about When We Tri(al): https://www.whenwetrial.org/

More on The Wisdom Study: https://www.thewisdomstudy.org/

More on Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation: https://tnbcfoundation.org/

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