Last Saturday, a powerful panel of doctors, cancer survivors and physicians gathered at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center for Live Laugh Learn 2025, a cancer awareness event focused on the disparities in breast, prostate and colorectal cancer within the Black community. The message was clear and urgent: Don’t wait. Early detection saves lives, […]
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Breast cancer survivor ensures others need not suffer alone
Breast cancer survivor Pamela Weems built Pink Ladies MN into a 14 year support network that centers early detection and care for women of color. She will receive the Legacy of Light Award at Sister Spokesman’s Live. Laugh. Learn. 2025.
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Reflecting on the March 31, 1994 St. Paul Recorder Edition
The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder’s March 31, 1994 edition covered pivotal moments in the Twin Cities, including Black residents fighting racism in schools, the sentencing of the Williams sisters for reporting abuse, and the state championships won by Minneapolis Washburn and St. Agnes.