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A group participating in a Komen Race for the Cure event. The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is Komen's main fundraising event and the world's largest funding event for breast cancer. [27] It consists of a series of 5K runs and fitness walks to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.
In 2008, Think Before You Pink launched an online campaign against Yoplait, the national sponsor of Susan G. Komen's annual walk. Their pink-lidded yogurt was sold to raise money for breast cancer but was made from dairy containing the hormone rBGH or rBST (recombinant bovine growth hormone or recombinant bovine somatotrophin ).
The timing of the first video led commentators to speculate it may have been released to coincide with a bill to raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which gives funding to Planned Parenthood. [76]
Planned Parenthood hired Rosen to help manage the 2015 undercover videos controversy. [43] Rosen and SKDKnickerbocker were assisting Susan G. Komen for the Cure with a public relations campaign for an environmental research initiative when the Planned Parenthood controversy arose. [34]
Karen Christine Handel (née Walker; born April 18, 1962) is an American businesswoman and former politician.A member of the Republican Party, Handel served as chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners from 2003 to 2006, as Secretary of State of Georgia from 2007 to 2010, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019.
Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a 2011 National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentary about the pink ribbon campaign, directed by Léa Pool and produced by Ravida Din. [1] The film is based on the 2006 book Pink Ribbons, Inc: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy by Samantha King, associate professor of kinesiology and health studies at Queen's University.
WWE ® Goes Pink with Susan G. Komen ® STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WWE (NYS: WWE) and Susan G. Komen are expanding their joint "Rise Above Cancer" campaign to include all WWE Superstars ...
On January 31, 2012, breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure stopped funding Planned Parenthood, citing a congressional investigation by Rep. Cliff Stearns and a newly created internal rule about not funding organizations under any federal, state or local investigation. [112]