October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Stories from the Stage: The Podcast kicks off its new season with these powerful stories.

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  Paulette Leaphart, a cast member in Beyoncé‘s visual album and artistic triumph Lemonade, left her hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 30th determined to walk the 1,034 miles to Washington, D.C. — and she did it topless. The daring move was intended to make a statement to Congress about breast cancer. The single mother-of-eight was diagnosed with Stage 2 […]

Janice Dickinson announced that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The female basketball team of Nathaniel Narbonne High School was disqualified from a semi-final playoff game win that they had earned, due to the fact that they wore different uniforms in support of breast cancer. According to ABC News, the pink uniforms, to bring awareness to the widespread disease, were “illegal” by the rules and regulations, forcing the team […]

October kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness month, a time where the discussion of breast cancer is heightened with events programmed to spread information. Over the years, celebrities have become ever more active in talking about their own battles with breast cancer. Every year, 40,000 people – including men – die from the disease in the United […]

Meet Michel Sproles. Michel is married to Philadelphia Eagles star Darren Sproles, but there’s much more to her than just being an NFL wife. The 30-year-old mother of two was diagnosed with Ductoral Carcinoma In-Situ, better known as the earliest stages of breast cancer. Just seven days after being diagnosed, Sproles, who was just 28 years old […]