Studies have shown that patient education and communication positively affect patient health outcomes, including emotional and physical health. The Breast Cancer Coalition works with area medical professionals and other experts to offer a wide variety of Evening Educational Seminars throughout the year.
Evening Educational Seminars bring information and education to our survivors and community friends.
All Seminars are presented with Closed Captioning. Come with questions, leave empowered on your own health experience.
Full Circle: Empowering Breast Cancer Survivors Through Mastectomy Tattoos
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 7:00pm
Join the Breast Cancer Coalition for a special evening!
Full Circle is a documentary film featuring three breast cancer survivors. Directed by Patrick Norman, an award- winning director based in Los Angeles whose work has won film festival awards, Full Circle reveals how mastectomy tattoos empower breast cancer survivors to see past their scars and get on with living.
This is a special viewing is only available on this evening by agreement with the filmmakers. Following the film, we are featuring a panel discussion with two local breast cancer survivors, Deb Hennekey and Miriam Steinberg, who will share their own stories of empowerment through tattooing, along with tattoo artist TeeJay Dill of White Tiger Tattoo.
These women shared their stories to show others that breast cancer doesn’t have to leave the last mark.
Submit questions in advance to christina@bccr.org.
Future Evening Seminars:
- July 26, 2023, 7:00PM: “Updates in Lymphedema Risk Reducing Techniques and Lymphedema Surgical Treatment Options,” presenters: Melissa Clark, MS, OTR/L, CLT and Oscar Manrique, MD
- August 23, 2023: Coping with Anger, Fear, Anxiety, Grief, Depression, and PTSD Following a Cancer Diagnosis- Whitney Read, LMSW-R in PsychOnc at URMC
