Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies hosted its annual “Sistah Strut” 5K walk/run on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Legion Field with Cynthia Woodfin-Kellum as the event’s ambassador of hope. The goal for BBBB is to ensure that Breast Cancer Survivors are made to feel as Victors, rather than Victims, according to organizers. “We like to say ‘sistahs’ are not defined by race or even gender, but by spirit, attitude and intent,” Brenda Phillips-Hong, who founded Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies, has said. “And our intent for this walk/run is to celebrate breast cancer survivors and to raise awareness and money to promote breast cancer screening and early detection.”
Merchandise of Z and Jay’s Events on display, as owner Alberta Douglas brings color and school pride to Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Bama Health Foods providing education on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. From left: Jacque Fazekas; Alisha Brown; Michelle Thomas and Lauren Kirkland during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Cassandra Churchill with Keller Williams Vestavia, educates attendees about the importance of home buying during during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Leticia Parker (left) and Simone Hall, owners of Paparazzi and Pink Volvo, display fashionable and affordable accessories during during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Alisha Brown of Bama Health Foods provides information on creating healthy lifestyle choices during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Vonterica Davis, Chrystal Abernathy, Roderick Abernathy came to support the late Teresa Davis Abernathy who passed Dec. 29, 2017 to cancer. They are members of the #Resalegacy team that participated during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Cynthia Woodfin-Kellum encourages attendees that there is hope in surviving breast cancer during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Cynthia Woodfin-Kellum encourages attendees that there is hope in surviving breast cancer during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Tyson encourages attendees to begin mammograms before they turn 50, as early as high school, during her remarks at Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Attendees begin Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Attendees begin during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Co-chairs Rhoynda C Bender (left) and Stephonia Taylor McLinn during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
From left: Rhoynda C. Bender co-chair; Brenda Phillips Hong, executive director and Stephonia Taylor McLinn co-chair, during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Tyson (left) and Bessemer Councilwoman Kimberly Alexander at Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Tyson (left) and Bessemer Councilwoman Kimberly Alexander at Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
From right Carolyn Newton, Kimberly Morrrissette and Alesia Price of National Coalition of 100 Black Women Central Alabama Chapter helps to register voters during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
From left: Vanessa Falls;
Andrea Montgomery and
Mia Cowan, of The Links Incorporated, Birmingham (AL) Chapter Green during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
From left: Family members
Erin Stinson; Theresa Kidd and Sherry Stinson during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
From left: Phi Iota Omega AKA’s Ashley Harvey; Nikki Seaborn; Betty Wells and Gabrielle Smith during Sistah Strut, the 2019 Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Awareness Walk outside Legion Field. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
