Sisters Network of Central New Jersey (SNCNJ)is a
breast cancer survivorship organization committed to
fighting the epidemic of breast cancer in local African
American communities. They have initiated a
comprehensive project entitled, "The Central New
Jersey African American Breast Cancer Awareness
and Education Project."
SNCNJ is an affiliate chapter of Sisters Network, ®
Inc., "A National African American Breast Cancer
Survivorship Organization." The National organization
was founded in 1994 and is the first and only national
African American Breast Cancer Survivors
Organization in the United States. The organization's
mision is to serve as a critical resource for African-
American women battling breast cancer, in and after
cancer treatments.
The local chapter, SNCNJ, was founded in January
2000 by four breast cancer survivors: Dorothy Reed
(President), Peal Grace (deceased), LaReatha Payne
(Vice President), and Rosa Davis (member) and was
created in response to the critical need for an African-
American breast cancer support organization in our
Central NJ community. Through their own collective
experiences and journeys with cancer diagnoses,
surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and other
cancer treatments, they bring to the survivorship
organization, a complete and personalized
perspective for the breast cancer experience. Every
second Monday of each month, support meetings are
held to provide survivors (from recently diagnosed to
longtime survivors) with current medical
breakthroughts, support, and resources.
SNCNJ is the 24th chapter of the National
organization and has received the National “Affiliate
Chapter of the Year Award” for three years, plus
several other local and national awards. These
awards signify the service, impact, influence, and
most importantly, the resources SNCNJ provides
Central NJ community residents.
Consistent charitable donations, supporters and
volunteers are needed to facilitate SNCNJ’s mission
to provide physical, financial, emotional, and moral
support to African-American women diagnosed with
and surviving breast cancer; and funds to educate and
promote awareness in the African-American
community regarding breast cancer’s devastating
effects.
