Black Authors Network Literary Talk Show  

Show Notes

Black Authors Network Radio Show
www.blogtalkradio.com/Black-Author-Network
Meet us at: 8pm-10pm EST
Call in to speak: (646) 200-0402

When Lightning Strikes by Keya

How can you have it all – education, personality, and beauty - yet your life is flooded with a sea of troubles?

Imminent, new author Keya answers this question and more in When Lightning Strikes, a novel about Ms. Taylor Devereaux, her three best friends, and her spiraling-out-of-control life. Taylor is on the road to happiness and success. She is a gorgeous and classy woman with a thriving career and a wonderful fiancée. One day, Taylor’s near perfect world is turned upside down when she discovers her future husband is cheating.

To make matters worse, while trying to put the pieces of her life back together, she finds out someone at her job has filed a sexual harassment complaint against her. She realizes someone is out to ruin her life. With Taylor’s personal life, profession, and overall reputation at stake, can she overcome it all? Or, will the stress of it all bring out another side of Taylor? See how Taylor reacts “When Lightning Strikes.”

Website: http://www.keyalit.com

Read the first chapter online:
www.keyalit.com/WhenLightningStrikes-Chapter1.pdf

• Archived Blog Post

  Date / Time: 5/8/2008 11:50 PM UTC

  "Faith, Hope & Inspiration: Surviving Mothers of Breast Cancer Tribute"
  

  
  

  
   "Faith, Hope & Inspiration: Surviving Mothers of Breast Cancer Tribute"
  

  
  The statistics state that 10 million people around the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years without the cures to prevent it. BAN would like to enlighten African American women of the realities behind breast cancer, while paying tribute to survivors of breast cancer. BAN would also like to share, the love for mothers who may have passed on, to a higher reward as well.
  
  

  Breast Cancer Awareness - Facts & Tips
  

  Every 2 minutes, there is a new breast cancer diagnosis.

  Every 14 minutes, a life is lost to the disease.

  Over 40,000 people will die this year; about 400 of them will be men.

  85% of all diagnoses have no family history.

  1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
  
  

  Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between ages 40 and 55.

  These are from breastcancer.org:
  
  Breast cancer is the leading cancer among white and African American women. African American women are more likely to die from this disease.
   
  Breast cancer incidence in women has increased from one in 20 in 1960 to one in eight today.
   
  The exact cause of breast cancer is not known. Factors that can increase a woman's risk include heredity, early puberty, late childbearing, obesity, and lifestyle factors such as heavy alcohol consumption and smoking. The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is age -- just growing older. Most breast cancers occur in women over the age of 50, and women over 60 are at the highest risk.
  
  
  __________________________________________________________________
  
  
  
  Surviving and Thriving After Breast Cancer: Mother's Day Tribute
  
  Special Guests:
  Peggy Nicholson-chapter president of the Sisters Network® Inc.
  Crystal Brown-Tatum- author of Saltwater Taffy and Red High Heels
  Maxine B. Cunningham -author of POWER WALKING, Journey to Wholeness
  Dr. Denise Johnson  (African American breast surgeon from Stanford in California)
  
  
  Poets for the evening:
  Irving Lord'Williams
  Laura Major
  Jeff Motley
  Sherryle K. Jackson
  Nanette Buchanan
  KL the writer
  
  
  Mother's Day Tributes by Authors and Special Speakers:
  Gwynne Forster
  Beverly Johnson
  Lilisa J. Williams
  Roland Tyler
  Cheryl Lacey Donovan
  
  
  
  __________________________________________________________________
  
  
  
  
  Sisters Network® Inc.
  
  A National African-American Breast Cancer Survivorship Organization
  www.sistersnetworkinc.org
  

  Sisters Network® Inc. addresses the breast health needs of African American women, through its affiliate chapters, and partnerships with existing service providers. Chapters are organized by breast cancer survivors who are committed to establishing the much needed community breast health services.
  
  

  The newly formed alliance establishes “one voice” and supports Sisters‚ mission to broaden its outreach efforts to maximize the spotlight on the African American woman’s fight against breast cancer.
  
  
  

  10th Anniversary Annual National African American Breast Cancer Conference
  
  http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org/conference2008_info.asp
  
  

  Date: September 19-21, 2008

  Location: InterContinental Hotel (Galleria Area), Houston, TX
                    
  Robin Roberts, of Good Morning America is the keynote speaker
  

  View the flyer for the event:
  http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org/Save_the_Date_2008.pdf

  
  
  
  __________________________________________________________________
  
  
  
   

  Tribute Evening Sponsored by:
  
  EDC Creations Marketing and Branding Consultants
  http://www.edc-creations.com
  

  
  Black Authors Network
  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Black-Author-Network

  
  A Good Book, Bookstore
  http://www.agoodbook.biz
  
  
  
  
  __________________________________________________________________
  
  
  
  Breast Cancer Resources and Information
  http://www.medicinenet.com/breast_cancer/article.htm

  
  What does it mean to be a Survivor?
  Life After Treatment: What Now?
  Discussing Coping & Quality of Life
  Pay Tribute to a Mother Who Has Passed On
  http://www.y-me.org/coping/survivorship/default.php
  

  
  
  Questions to Ask Your Doctor
  http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org/SNI_QuestionstoAskYourDoctor.pdf
  

  
  
  Husbands: 10 Ways to be there when your wife has breast cancer
  http://www.y-me.org/publications/winter05_1.php
  
  
  
  
  __________________________________________________________________
  
  
  
  
  

  Incidence and Mortality Rate Trends

  In the United States, breast cancer is the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Each year, a small number of men also are diagnosed with or die from breast cancer. Although the breast cancer diagnosis rate has increased, there has been a steady drop in the overall breast cancer death rate since the early 1990's.
  
  

  While the incidence rate is lower for African Americans than Whites, the mortality rate is higher. Women of other racial and ethnic groups have lower incidence and mortality rates.
  
  

  It is estimated that approximately $8.1 billion* is spent in the United States each year on treatment of breast cancer.
  
  

  *In 2004 dollars, as reported in Brown ML, Riley GF, Schussler N, and Etzioni RD. Estimating health care costs related to cancer treatment from SEER-Medicare data. Medical Care 2002 Aug; 40 (8 Suppl): IV-104-17 Source for incidence and mortality data: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program and the National Center for Health Statistics. Additional statistics and charts are available at:

  http://seer.cancer.gov/
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  • Tags:
  • denise johnson
  • edc creations
  • irving lord'williams
  • kl the writer
  • sherryle k. jackson
  • Permalink