Our Commitment to Equity
Bright Pink champions young women’s breast and ovarian health by cultivating and strengthening relationships, especially with populations that have been excluded from preventative care and are systematically under-resourced. We actively listen to and partner with young Black and brown women and those with a higher likelihood of risk due to genetics and family history to address their unique health needs and drive change.
With our Mission Partners, we turn awareness into action!
Breast and Ovarian Health Inequity
American women face profoundly inequitable outcomes from breast and ovarian cancer:
Black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than their white counterparts
Black women are just as likely to have hereditary breast cancer mutations as white women, yet their participation in genetic counseling and testing is substantially lower
Among different populations of women diagnosed with breast cancer, second only to Ashkenazi Jews, Latinas have the highest rate of BRCA1
At Bright Pink, we believe these disparities are unacceptable and that awareness alone is not enough to save lives. For example, 94% of Black women are aware of breast cancer but only 23% have had a conversation with family members about risk.
We commit as an organization to turning awareness of disparities into gap-closing, life-saving action.
We will work to continuously ensure that our organizational strategy centers diverse perspectives and experiences and prioritize investing in programs which seek to reach underserved and underrepresented populations.
To achieve our mission, we will work alongside our Mission Partners to identify and intervene in the unique systemic barriers that women of color face when it comes to breast and ovarian health. We believe that together, we can reduce disparities to ensure equal access to a better brighter future for all young women.
