Staff and volunteer leaders meet with key African American stakeholders

One of the immediate outcomes from the meeting was that the group decided to stay together as an advisory group and will meet regularly.

On Sept. 9, our Executive Team and three Board members met virtually with the leaders of 13 national African American organizations to identify ways the Society can contribute to addressing the cancer burden among African American people and have more meaningful engagement with the Black community in the fight against cancer.

While ACS has had a longstanding commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity, our Board and Executive Team are committed to doing more. The primary purpose of this important call was for ACS leaders to listen, as key African American leaders shared opportunities for engaging Black communities in the fight against cancer. ACS provided a diversity and inclusion pre-read document and an overview of our current efforts to reduce disparities, increase health equity, and focus on health equity-related advocacy.

*Shared from MySocietySource.