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SURVIVORSHIP SUNDAY IN HARLEM OBSERVED ON JULY 18
CELEBRATING SURVIVORSHIP OF CANCER OF ANY KIND IN WOMEN AND MEN IN HARLEM
(A SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORED BY SENATOR BILL PERKINS)
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Survivorship Sunday in Harlem for Cancer Survivors, Caregivers and Health Professionals will take place on July 18, 2010 from 2:00–6:00 p.m. at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building, 163 West 125th Street in the Art Gallery on the second floor. Senator Bill Perkins is sponsoring the first Survivorship Sunday in Harlem, a celebration of survivorship of cancer of any kind in women and men in our community. Cancer survivors, caregivers, family members, friends and healthcare professionals will unite to honor survivors for their strength and courage, and also recognize the contributions of their supporters.
Survivorship Sunday in Harlem will feature a 60-piece mixed media art exhibition of visual artist and two-time breast cancer survivor, Wilhelmina Obatola Grant, and include an art talk and lunch reception. Clock Strikes Thirteen, a visual art homage to well-known Black women who lost their lives to breast cancer will be on display alongside other assemblage art works which address early detection, advocacy issues and cancer survivorship.
Cultural animator, Jeremiah Kyle Drake of the Riverside Church will conduct Watch What You Watch, an interactive workshop focusing on the Aesthetics of Health using techniques from the Theatre of the Oppressed. In addition, the recently released documentary, Survive & Thrive: Hope, Laughter and Truth which features eleven breast cancer survivors (including Grant and two other New York residents) sharing survivorship experiences during an Alaskan retreat, will be screened.
Admission to Survivorship Sunday in Harlem is free. Reservations are required as space is limited. Please call (212) 926-3517.
The Clock Strikes Thirteen exhibition will be on view from July 1-31, 2010 by appointment by calling (212) 926-3517 or by emailing: wgrant56@aol.com .
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