Hi John,

 

Breast Cancer Action isn’t like any other breast cancer organization. For 30 years we’ve been the independent voice and rapid-response watchdog for the breast cancer resistance—thanks to fierce and committed supporters like you. 

Check out our 30th anniversary newsletter, the first of three we'll be releasing this year. This first one covers our early years. 

As a geographer, I know that time and place matter. Breast Cancer Action was founded 30 years ago in San Francisco during two public health crises—the AIDS outbreak and the breast cancer epidemic—and that helped shape its mission and fuel its activism. Our early members apprenticed themselves to the AIDS group, ACT UP, and shared many of that group’s tactics, turning their anger into action. The two groups learned from each other and both pushed for better treatments, true prevention, and investment in public health.