World Cancer Day: Our Health, Our Voice, Our Future!
Sat, Feb 07
|Langston Hughes Preforming Arts Center
This event will be a powerful World Cancer Day gathering centered on a community-led panel discussion addressing the cancer disproportionately affecting the Black community, paired with a vision moment for Bridgette’s House and time for connection through food, vendors, and music.
Time & Location
Feb 07, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM PST
Langston Hughes Preforming Arts Center, 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144, USA
Guests
About the event
Each year, Cierra Sisters proudly honors World Cancer Day, aligning our work with a global call to raise awareness, reduce disparities, and advocate for equitable access to cancer education, prevention, and care especially within the Black community. This year our event will be called Our Health, Our Voices, Our Future! It will be a powerful, community-centered gathering designed to inform, connect, and mobilize.
At the heart of the morning is our featured panel discussion, The Big Five: Understanding the Cancers Disproportionately Affecting Us. Stories, Strength, and Community. Five distinguished panelists will lead an anchored, accessible conversation exploring the cancers that most significantly affect the Black community. Through personal stories, professional insight, and shared dialogue, the panel will create space for education, truth-telling, and empowerment grounded in knowledge, advocacy, and community care.
This program is intentionally designed to move from awareness to action. Guests will experience moments of reflection, recognition, and…