Tigerlily

Mission:
To educate, advocate for, empower, and support young women, before, during and after breast cancer.

Vision:
We envision a future where breast cancer diagnosis doesn’t inspire fear, but ignites hope for a future because:

  1. We can inspire young women diagnosed with breast cancer to transform inside and out as they journey through treatment to live their best life going forward.
  2. We empower young women to be advocates for change
  3. Breast cancer will no longer be a terminal disease, but become a chronic disease that will someday be cured.

Through our programs, we seek to educate and empower women of all backgrounds, including those at heightened risk, those facing health disparities, and those with less access to care. We strive to improve the quality of life and end isolation among breast cancer survivors. Most importantly, we encourage and endeavor to empower fearless females in every stage of their journey, and to show them that they are not or alone, but are beautiful, strong like the tiger and the lily, and that they can be transformed – during and after breast cancer.

Inclusion pledge:
https://www.tigerlilyfoundation.org/inclusionpledgeforblackwomen/

Latest from Tigerlily

November 2020 Pull Up A Seat: Cancer While Black

June 04, 2021

Video

The Tigerlily Foundation and Guiding Researchers and Advocates for Scientific Partnerships (GRASP) November conversation focused on what it means to have “Cancer While Black: Moving Past the Medical Mistrust Impact."

October 2020 Pull Up A Seat: Cancer While Black

May 28, 2021

Video

The Tigerlily Foundation and GRASP presents a conversation with Dr. Tisha M. Felder on what it means to have “Cancer While Black: How Trauma, Fear, Generational Pain & Mistrust Impact Breast Cancer.”

November 2020 – Cancer While Black: Moving Past the Medical Mistrust Impact

May 21, 2021

Article

The Tigerlily Foundation and Guiding Researchers and Advocates for Scientific Partnerships (GRASP) November conversation was co-hosted by keynote speaker, Mr. Shawn Johnson, a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School, and our patient experts, La’Kesha Jackson-Gordon, LaTayla Palmer, Tova Parker, Na’Diah Smith and Temi Omaghomi.

October 2020 – Cancer While Black: How Trauma, Fear, Generational Pain & Mistrust Impact Breast Cancer

May 14, 2021

Article

“Cancer while black” is a metaphor for what it means to live while Black in America carrying the historical trauma of systemic and structural racism across generations.

Cancer Sees Color: Investigating Racial Disparities in Cancer Care

February 16, 2021

Article

Black and Latino patients are more likely to receive a diagnosis of and die of cancer than White patients. How can we end this disparity?

#StayHome with our ANGEL Advocates

May 28, 2020

Article

We are proud of our ANGEL Advocates who are leading through example as we mobilize nationally and globally to #StayHome. Read their blogs to learn more about what they’ve been doing during these uncertain times.