>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR'S
OPENING BELL WITH SO MUCH
EMPHASIS BEING PLACED ON THE
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. IT COULD BE
EASY TO FORGET ABOUT THE MANY
OTHER HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE NOW
FACE, BUT NOW'S THE PERFECT
TIME TO THIS GUS THOSE ISSUES,
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OCTOBER IS
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT RESEARCH
HAS SHOWN THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE
ALMOST 40% MORE LIKELY TO DIE
FROM BREAST CANCER
THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS
ONE GROUP WORKING TO HELP TAX.
WELL THIS ISSUE WITH THE HELP
OF A GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING R YES
AND JOINING US NOW IS
SINGER-SONGWRITER ACT ACTRESS
AND PHILANTHROPIST MARY J BLIGE
ALONG WITH WINDS OF AGHOLOR
BLOUNT THE CEO OF THE BLACK
WOMEN'S HEALTH IMPERATIVE TO
TALK ALL ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO
ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO SCARE
WILL THEIR ANNUAL MAMMOGRAMS
WITH THEIR PROGRAM THE POWER OF
BRADY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. MARRY I WANT TO
START WITH YOU CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS A
SPOKESWOMAN FOR
THIS KEY CAMPAIGN TO HELP
EDUCATE WOMEN ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF ANNUAL BREAST CANCER
SCREENINGS.
>> MY ROLE IS EXACTLY
THAT TO HELP EDUCATE WOMEN,
BLACK WOMEN ON HIM POINTS
BREAST
CANCER SCREENING. THE
IMPORTANCE OF A THE FACT THAT
40% OF BLACK WOMEN ARE LIKELY
TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER BEEN
WHITE WHITE OR HISPANIC WOMEN.
I HAD A ON WHO DIE FROM BREAST
CANCER I BELIEVE SHE WAS STILL
BE ALIVE TODAY IF SHE HAD
ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
HOW IMPORTANT A MAMMOGRAM IS
WHAT SHE HAD ACCESS TO PROPER
HEALTH CARE. WHEN WE WERE
GROWING UP, WE DIDN'T KNOW
SPOKE ABOUT THIS ON THE SPOT
ABOUT BREAST CANCER OR A
MAMMOGRAM. SO YOU KNOW JUST
LIKE ME, YOU KNOW THIS
SOME LITTLE WELL IN THE WORLD,
BUT OR A TEENAGE SON WERE ALL
ONE WITHOUT WITHOUT THIS
INFORMATION SO MY JOB IS TO GET
THIS WORD OUT ABOUT
HOW IMPORTANT. THIS A
MAMMOGRAM IS AND JUST LOVING
YOURSELF IN. YOU KNOW FROM THE
INSIDE OUT AND UNDERSTANDING
THAT THIS IS A GIFT IN YOUR
HEALTH AND YOUR WEALTH.
>> WINDSOR CAN YOU TELL US A
BIT ABOUT THE BLACK WOMEN'S
HEALTH IMPERATIVE. WHAT EXACTLY
IS IT ON AND WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
HOPING TO A CAR.
>> THE BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH
IMPERATIVE IS THE ONLY NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON THE
PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL AND
FINANCIAL WELLNESS OF
BLACK WOMEN. 38 YEARS AGO
WE FOR. TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF
OUT OF OF EACH OTHER, BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY OF
SELF CARE AND SCREENING
MAMMOGRAPHY IS IN MY OPINION,
ONE OF THE HIGHEST FORMS OF
SELF CARE AND THE PARTNERSHIP
THAT WE HAVE LOGIC AND WITH
MARY J ALLOWS US TO BRING
LIFESAVING INFORMATION ABOUT
BREAST HEALTH OR
BREAST CANCER AND SCREENING
MAMMOGRAPHY TO BLACK WOMEN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TO HELP
THEM MAKE THE BEST CHOICES
FOR THEIR HEALTH SO THAT WE CAN
BRING THESE RATES DOWN BECAUSE
THERE'S JUST NO REASON FOR
BLACK WOMEN TO DIE AT SUCH HIGH
RATES FROM BREAST CANCER.
>> WEDNESDAY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE
WERE JUST AS A SOCIETY MAKING
SO MUCH PROGRESS WHEN IT CAME
TO BREAST
CANCER PREVENTION AND THEN YOU
HAVE THE COVID PANDEMIC WHICH
KIND OF JUST PUT EVERYTHING ON
AT
A STANDSTILL.
>> ARE YOU SEEING FEWER BLACK
WOMEN GOING FOR MAMMOGRAMS JUST
WITHIN THE PAST
FEW MONTHS.
>> BECAUSE WRONG UNDER SO MUCH
PRESSURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE
AND JUST FYI THERE ARE OF GOING
TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN GENERAL
RIGHT NOW.
>> WE ARE
GRAFFITI IS AND WE REALLY NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE
CHANGE THAT THAT MAY NOT HAVE
THE CENTER'S IMAGING CENTERS
ARE TAKING EVERY CAUTION NOW
DURING COVID-19 TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT PATIENTS ARE SAFE AND
THEIR STAFF ARE SAFE. SO
THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO GO WE
ENCOURAGE WOMEN CALL THEIR
PHYSICIAN OR CALL THEIR
SCREENING CENTER TO FIND OUT
WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TO MAKE
THAT APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THE
LAST THING WE NEED IS TO DELAY
SCREENING
EVEN FOR ARE THERE WHICH MEANS
THAT IF A BREAST CANCERS
DETECTED IT SAYS THAT THE LATER
WHEN IT'S LESS EASILY TREATED.
>> I'M MARY THIS INITIATIVE IS
CALLED THE PATH.
>> PREVENTION OWN HEALTH
JOURNEY, WELLNESS EARLY
DETECTION RESULTS.
>> SO I WOULD DRINK IT VERY
STRAIGHT ANSWER. WHAT DREW YOU
TO THIS CAUSE SPECIFICALLY AND
IF YOU COULD JUST GET ONE
MESSAGE OUT THERE TO WOMEN.
WHAT WOULD IT BE.
>> WHICH WOULD BE TO THE
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT A
LOT OF WOMEN OFF RAID ON MAY BE
ASHAMED OR DON'T YOU KNOW HAVE
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE
FACT THAT.
>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD
SAVE YOUR LIFE LIKE I SAID WHEN
I WAS YOUNG AND THEY THEY
DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT THIS.
>> A MAMMOGRAM OR YOU
>> BREAST CANCER YOU WHEN YOU
ON JUST UP AND IOWA FAMILY
MAKING THEM JUST UP AND
DIED SO. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
ME TO GET THE WORD OUT SO
PEOPLE
CAN HAVE INFORMATION SO THEY
CAN UNDERSTAND THAT A MAMMOGRAM
TO SAVE THEIR LIVES WITH THIS
THIS THIS INFORMATION CAN SAVE
THEIR LIVES. THE BLACK
HEALTH IMPERATIVES TO SAVE THE
LIVES OF A LOGIC TO SAY THEIR
LIVES. ALREADY YOU KNOW JUST
THIS JUST TO GET THE MESSAGE
OUT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO LIVE AND HOW YOU GOT HOW YOU
HELP IS TRULY A WEALTHY IF YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY HEALTH AND.
YOU'VE DONE SO.
I HAVE LEARNED THE HARD
WAY YOU KNOW THAT DIDN'T HAVE
TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IN
THIS LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT THE
WHAT IT IS FROM EAST REALLY
HAVE ANYTHING THAT BIG A
SPECTACULAR BUT LIFE IS