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January 2024
The Newsletter of The Empowerment Network, Inc.,
a St. Louis-based, non-profit prostate advocacy, awareness and educational organization targeting men at age 40+
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From the Men of TEN-The Empowerment Network, Inc. | |
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Inside this edition of SURVIVORS Newsletter
- A New Years Video Message from Mellve Shahid, Sr.
- New Year 2024 Motivator: "Let's Soar in 24"
- Prostate cancer survivor Djuan Robinson to be honored with the YMCA MLK Award
- A New Year's gift for prostate cancer survivor Cardell Jordan
- Highlights from the Men of TEN End of Year Celebration
- Siteman Cancer Center Podcast Features TEN Board Member Dr. Arnold Bullock and Prostate Cancer Patient and TEN member Kevin Harbour
- TEN member Roxane May honored as a distinguished alumni of the University of Missouri-St. Louis
- TEN Pictorial Year in Review
- Give to The Empowerment Network, Inc.
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A Happy New Year's
Video Message
from Mellve Shahid, Sr.
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As we enter the New Year and the thought of what 2024 brings, I looked to see the significance of its meaning and just how it applies in the life of a cancer survivor. I was startled with its interpretation. The number 24 is about aligning your heart with your actions and finding a sense of balance and peace by enjoying the beauty of life regardless of your present situation or the outcomes.
My mind drifted back to a conversation I had earlier in the day with a cancer survivor about being patient with oneself and appreciating the beauty of this life even with the pains and scars that this disease leaves behind. We can’t allow this disease to enter our hearts as it has entered our bodies, filling it with anger, rage, and depression which can destroy our peace of mind and the sensitivity that exuberates from our hearts.
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Way to go Djuan on the MLK Award
Djuan Robinson, prostate cancer survivor and longtime member of The Empowerment Network will be receiving the 2024 YMCA Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Award on January 15, 2024. The event Starts at 7 a.m. at the Bayer YMCA, 5555 Page Avenue in St. Louis. Djuan is pictured with his lovely wife, Tracey.
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WHAT A NEW YEAR’S GIFT!
Cardell Jordan, prostate cancer survivor and member of The Empowerment Network, finished radiation treatments on Dec 26, 2023. Cardell rang the Bell of Hope at the TEN Cancer Center, below, and banged the bong, above, at DePaul Cancer Center.
Happy New Year, Cardell!!!
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Siteman Cancer Center Podcast Features TEN Board Member Dr. Arnold Bullock and TEN member Prostate Cancer Patient Kevin Harbour
The Empowerment Network (TEN) receives a shoutout in the latest episode of Siteman Cancer Center’s “This is Cancer” podcast.
Listen as TEN members Arnold Bullock, MD, plus patient advocate Kevin Harbour, discuss our mission to save lives through prostate cancer screening and awareness as well as the latest information on prostate cancer research and care.
Siteman medical experts include Dr. Bullock, a Washington University surgeon and urologist, and Russell Pachynski, MD, a Washington University medical oncologist.
Be sure to share the podcast – available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and elsewhere – with your family and friends so they can help raise awareness and save lives, too!
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TEN’s Roxane May among 60 University of Missouri-St. Louis alumni honored as part of the school’s 60-year anniversary celebration
“The education I received and community I experienced at University of Missouri – St. Louis made all the difference as I prepared for my life journey.”
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The Empowerment Network’s own, Roxane May, joins a distinguished list of 60 alumni from the University of Missouri-St. Louis as the university celebrates 60 years (1963-1923) as an institute of higher learning.
The honorees are among a group of alumni who have demonstrated excellence in applying the university’s core values of – trust, access, innovation, success, inclusion, and engagement – in their diverse careers to enhance the society we all live in.
Roxane is the wife and caregiver of prostate cancer survivor, Earl May. She is also a member of TEN’s “Think Tank Team” which is instrumental in the planning and execution of various events of TEN, among them being the 2023 Gala, the 2022 Top Golf Fundraiser.
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Our Mission Statement
The mission of TEN is to provide culturally sensitive education, prevention, intervention, research, support and advocacy services to males and their families on prostate cancer. TEN promotes best practices designed to help decrease the rate of death caused by cancer and to improve health outcomes among men and their families.
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Contact The Empowerment Network @ 314.385.0998
Visit our website: www.TENStl.org
MELLVE SHAHID SR., FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
ROBIN WRIGHT-JONES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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by Walter Pritchard, Communications Specialist
Soaring High Media Group
314.338.1436; [email protected]
www.SoaringHighMediaGroup.com
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