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Healing Journeys with Michael Kovarik

Six years ago, Cheri Ambrose discovered that a close male friend was battling breast cancer. Embarrassed and horrified that he had a “women’s disease,” he refused to make his diagnosis public. Determined to bring male breast cancer out of the closet and into the light, she began what started as a personal mission, which quickly became a national project. She joined forces with one of the first male breast cancer organizations, The Blue Wave, to bring her message to the public in New Jersey and partnered with Susan G. Komen North Jersey to launch one of the first formalized Male Breast Cancer Awareness campaigns in the country. (She received Komen North Jersey’s “Extra Mile Award” in 2013 for her efforts.) That first year, with October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness month approaching, Cheri approached the Governor of New Jersey to declare the third week in October “Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week” and he agreed. Remarkably, this past October, Cheri succeeded in getting more than thirty state governors to follow suit. She is working to get all 50 states on board, and ultimately, the U.S. Government (she is working on this)

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