Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI), the nation’s largest and only national Black breast cancer survivor organization and a national leader in the Black breast cancer movement to host 12th Annual Stop the Silence 5K Walk/Run during National Minority Health month. Event sponsors include Pfizer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Eisai, Natrelle, HEB, TDECU, Brothers Helping Sisters, Majic 102.1, The Boxx 97.9, Praise 92.1, DMars, and the Forward Times.

Each year, the walk attracts thousands of participants from across the country who converge on downtown Houston to walk/run in honor, memory, support, or celebration of a family member who has battled breast cancer. Participants can register or donate at www.stopthesilencewalk.org. Registration is $40.00/individuals and $400/team of ten. Funds raised from the Stop the Silence 5K Walk/Run will support SNI Breast Cancer Assistance Program (BCAP), which provides financial assistance to breast cancer assistance to survivors and pays for mammograms for underinsured or underserved women in Houston and around the nation. Since 2006, BCAP has helped thousands of women providing nearly $1 million dollars in financial support and free mammogram/ultrasound screenings.

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Event Schedule:

8:00 a.m.- 8:45 a.m. - Opening Ceremony with Founder/CEO, Sisters Network Inc., Elected Officials, Community leaders and other VIPs.

9:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. - 5K Race Kick-off (LaBranch and Lamar in downtown)

11:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. - Closing Ceremony

Discovery Green Park, 1500 McKinney Rd., Houston, TX. 77010

Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI) was founded in 1994 by Karen Eubanks Jackson, 28-year and four-time breast cancer survivor. SNI is the largest and only national Black breast cancer survivorship organization in the United States. Sisters Network® Inc ' is recognized globally as the leading voice in the Black Breast Cancer movement. Sisters Network® Inc. National headquarters is in Houston, Texas. The organization has over 30 survivor-run affiliate chapters nationwide in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. For more information, sistersnetworkinc.org.