Annual Awards

Spirit of Empowerment Awards 2011

Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) presents its annual Spirit of Empowerment awards to recognize the contributions of individuals and organizations that help us educate and support the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer community.

2011 Recipients

• Arts & Media: Kathy Steligo, author of the Breast Reconstruction Guidebook, and editor of Joining FORCEs newsletter.
• Advocacy: Komen for the Cure, for the impact of their advocacy work on the lives of people facing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.”
• Advocacy: Ellen Matloff, MS, genetic counselor and director of Yale Cancer Center Genetic Counseling Program and plaintiff in the ACLU patent lawsuit.
• Corporate Commitment: Tiny Little T Shirt Company
• Individual Commitment: Dara & Molly Marias & Myron Caplan, The Butterfly Project
• Research: Dr. Francis Collins
  
  

2010 Recipients

The inaugural Spirit of Empowerment awards were presented at the 5th Annual Joining FORCEs Conference in Orlando, FL. Recipients for the inaugural award were:

• Arts & Media Award Recipient: Joanna Rudnick, Producer & Director, In the Family
• Research Award Recipient:  Timothy R. Rebbeck, Ph.D., Cancer Center Genetics, Epidemiology and Risk Reduction Program at Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA
• Advocacy Award Recipient: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• Corporate Commitment Award Recipient: Enell, Inc.
• Individual Commitment Award Recipient: Michael Sosin

 

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