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Minority & Small Business Week
October 7, 2020
Remembrance
10 Years of Worship in Pink
Iva Huff- Collins
Sunrise: September 26, 1938
Sunset: September 24, 2007
You are really missed
Love your family
Koman celebrates with
virtual programs
Talunaka
Washington
From
your Dad
and Family
Happy Birthday
Shirley Bailey
We love you!
From your family
Susan G. Komen Oregon & SW Washington
is celebrating its 10th anniversary of Worship in
Pink, a breast cancer education program based
in the Portland-metro faith-based community.
Each year, since 2011, Worship in Pink has
had between 25-40 participating churches of all
faiths, as well as hair salons, barber shops, and
community organizations helping to promote
the program. But this year, the Worship in Pink
team, led by Kathy Kendrix of Empowerment
Group, quickly realized that the program would
need to pivot because of the social distancing
requirements during the coronavirus pandemic.
Plans for a big community celebration during
October were set aside in favor of streaming
breast health education videos during Sunday
services or co-hosting one of four virtual edu-
cation presentations on a Saturday in October.
Of the change, Kathy Kendrix says, “We
knew Worship in Pink had to happen differ-
ently. The amazing Ambassadors representing
their churches have been wonderful to work
with for Worship in Pink to occur during the
pandemic.”
The video features Dr. Nathalie Johnson,
surgical oncologist at Legacy Health, and Tai
Harden-Moore of Komen’s African American
Initiative. The Saturday sessions, which will be
held virtually on Zoom, are open to the public
Kathy Kendrix
and will be held at 10 a.m. on each Saturdays in
October. The webinars will be recorded and can
be found at komenoregon.org/worship-in-pink.
Andrew Asato, CEO of Susan G. Komen Or-
egon & SW Washington, stated, “While we’re
not able to gather as we’d like to celebrate the
10th year of Worship in Pink, we’re grateful to
the churches who have stood by the program
and are sharing the importance of screening in
the early detection of breast cancer with their
church communities.”