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Let’s Talk About It: The 6th Annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show & Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer Pt.2
The facts are the facts. It doesn’t feel good to keep a secret. And it doesn’t feel good to hold on to feelings of anxiousness or uncertainty. As women, we commune together often to talk openly about the pressing, and not so pressing aspects of our lives. We talk about work, our families, our personal relationships, our dreams, businesses, what happened on last night’s episode of Empire, etc. However, it has come to my attention that there is a particular conversation that isn’t happening within the space of our group chats, and quite frankly our community as a whole. The issue on the table that has always been present but unfortunately unnoticed is the concerning issue of prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is astonishingly the second-leading cause of cancer death in men overall. As one ‘zeros’ in on the problem, black men are 1.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 2.2 times more likely to die from this disease as opposed to white men. With an issue so prevalent in our community, it begs a few questions. Why isn’t this topic a part of a regular discussion at our dinner tables? Why is this issue so prevalent in our particular community? What can we do to see these numbers go down to, well, zero?
After having the honor of speaking with prostate cancer survivor and mentor Mical J. Roy, VP of Health Equity at the 501(c)(3) non-profit Zero, Dr. Reggie Tucker-Seeley, and fashion designer Fredrick Anderson these inquires not only found refuge from uncertainty, but found educators, leaders, creators, and organizations such as Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer who are driven to ensure that this conversation has a safe and secure space to be up for discussion for everyone, particularly men, on a national level. This is a discussion where we can fight prostate cancer so that we may further ensure and acquire a safe and relevant space for men to not only convene to speak on these matters, but to celebrate themselves. The sixth annual Blue Jacket Fashion show, sponsored by Janssen Oncology-who matched donations made to Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer, commenced on February 17th to stir the grounds for this conversation.
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By Rashida AshleyThe facts are the facts. It doesn’t feel good to keep a secret. And it doesn’t feel good to hold on to feelings of anxiousness or uncertainty. As women, we commune together often to talk openly about the pressing, and not so pressing aspects of our lives. We talk about work, our families, our personal relationships, our dreams, businesses, what happened on last night’s episode of Empire, etc. However, it has come to my attention that there is a particular conversation that isn’t happening within the space of our group chats, and quite frankly our community as a whole. The issue on the table that has always been present but unfortunately unnoticed is the concerning issue of prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is astonishingly the second-leading cause of cancer death in men overall. As one ‘zeros’ in on the problem, black men are 1.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 2.2 times more likely to die from this disease as opposed to white men. With an issue so prevalent in our community, it begs a few questions. Why isn’t this topic a part of a regular discussion at our dinner tables? Why is this issue so prevalent in our particular community? What can we do to see these numbers go down to, well, zero?
After having the honor of speaking with prostate cancer survivor and mentor Mical J. Roy, VP of Health Equity at the 501(c)(3) non-profit Zero, Dr. Reggie Tucker-Seeley, and fashion designer Fredrick Anderson these inquires not only found refuge from uncertainty, but found educators, leaders, creators, and organizations such as Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer who are driven to ensure that this conversation has a safe and secure space to be up for discussion for everyone, particularly men, on a national level. This is a discussion where we can fight prostate cancer so that we may further ensure and acquire a safe and relevant space for men to not only convene to speak on these matters, but to celebrate themselves. The sixth annual Blue Jacket Fashion show, sponsored by Janssen Oncology-who matched donations made to Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer, commenced on February 17th to stir the grounds for this conversation.