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Category: News and Politics
Calling her a catalyst to ease suffering in the world, President Barack Obama today honored Susan G. Komen for the Cure® founder and cancer advocate Ambassador Nancy Goodman Brinker with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Amb. Nancy G. Brinker
Brinker, whose promise to her dying sister, Susan G. Komen launched the global breast cancer movement 27 years ago, received the Medal of Freedom for her leadership in building Komen for the Cure into a global force for change for people with breast cancer.
“One of the last things Suzy Komen did before she died was to have her sister Nancy make her a promise,” Obama said. “Nancy promised that she would prevent other families fighting breast cancer from suffering the way that her family had. What began as a shoe box with $200 and a list of friends has become a global Race for the Cure; a campaign that has eased the pain and saved the lives of millions of people around the world. In the months after making that promise, Nancy lay awake at night wondering if one person can really make a difference. Nancy’s life is the answer.”
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