METAvivor Letter to Kohl’s

February 24, 2014  /  BY Kelly Lange

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On Friday, February 21 a staff member at Kohl's told us to expect a call from the President of Kohl's by the end of the day. As of Monday evening, February 24 we have not heard from Mr. Mansell, or from anyone else at Kohl's or Komen. Read the letter we sent to Kohl's and Komen this evening.

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Update on the Komen/Kohl’s Campaign Controversy

February 22, 2014  /  BY Kelly Lange

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On Friday Directory of Advocacy and former President Dian “CJ” Corneliussen-James contacted Kohl’s headquarters and reached the office of the President. After explaining the situation to a helpful employee who was unaware of METAvivor and our campaign, CJ was promised that the President of Kohl’s would call her on Friday. As of this posting on Saturday morning, we have not received a call from Kohl’s.

METAvivor has decided not to comment further on the similarities of the campaigns as an organization to give Kohl’s a chance to respond. We greatly appreciate everyone’s support for our 2012 Elephant in The Pink Room campaign. We encourage everyone to continue to tweet and post about this on our behalf while we explore our options. We welcome your comments on this blog post and our Facebook page.

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Meet Marlene

February 20, 2014

Atlantic Region Ambassador Marlene King was born in Jamaica, West Indies and moved to Washington, DC with her family at the age of 13. She has been married to Eric for twenty-eight years and has three sons Eric, II, Bryant and Aston, a granddaughter Taylor and grandson Xavier. She currently resides in Northwest Baltimore. Despite no family history of heart disease or breast cancer; at the age of 39 she suffered a heart attack and at the age of 49 (in April 2008), she was given a Stage 0 (DCIS) breast cancer diagnosis. After years of keeping the cancer at bay, in July 2012 Marlene was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.

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Meet Shannon

February 17, 2014

Shannon Kegebein, Lead Ambassador for the Great Lakes Region, lives in Brighton, Michigan. Shannon’s sister Stephanie Maltby is her inspiration. Stephanie was diagnosed at Stage IV in 2009 and died January 12, 2014 at the age of 34. Together they launched The Sisterhood of the Stage IV Traveling Pants and through them Stephanie lives on. Shannon is passionate in her advocacy and lucky to have her enthusiasm as part of METAvivor!

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30% for 30% - A Good Idea Worth Revisiting

February 13, 2014  /  BY Dian "CJ" Corneliussen-James

The recent twenty-five year follow-up of the Canadian National Breast Screening study concluded that early detection is not lowering the death rate from breast cancer. Yet the push for prevention and early detection over improved treatment for the metastatic community continues as evidence by the new World Cancer Report. These reports prompted METAvivor Director of Advocacy Dian “CJ” Corneliussen-James to revisit an article she wrote for Health Policy Solutions in June 2011. Read the original article below, with CJ’s updates in italics. Sadly, the news is not good.

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