Pearlie Harris raises awareness for breast cancer on Project CommUNITY Conversations
Harris discusses breast cancer and its effects on the minority community Share Updated: 2:45 PM EST Feb 26, 2021 Jane Robelot
Harris discusses breast cancer and its effects on the minority community Share Updated: 2:45 PM EST Feb 26, 2021
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Show Transcript It s not just the leaves that change color in October, things are also turning pink. It is breast Cancer Awareness Month. The University of South Carolina study shows that the five year survival rate for African American women diagnosed with breast cancer is about 78%. And for Caucasian women, the survival rate from breast cancer is 89%. Our Jane Rabello addresses the racial disparity in today s community conversation. Yeah, when Pearly Harris retired as an educator, she became very involved in Bon Secours, Saint Francis and in 2000 and nine became the very first woman and African Am