The Pink Agenda is a nonprofit organization committed to raising money for breast cancer research and care, as well as awareness of the disease among young professionals. By engaging today’s generation to find tomorrow’s cure, The Pink Agenda finds, funds, and partners with people and programs that are improving the lives of those suffering from breast cancer and conducting the groundbreaking research necessary to improve their odds.
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HISTORY
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2021
January 14
The Pink Agenda reached a major milestone, raising over $1,000,000 in support of breast cancer research and wish granting to women currently in breast cancer treatment.
2020
January 14
2018
December 14
The Pink Agenda hosts its first TPA Talks
2016
January 1
Focus on Young Women with Breast Cancer
Through BCRF, The Pink Agenda begins supporting the work of Dr. Ann Partridge, founder and director of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Young & Strong Program. Dr. Partridge’s research focuses on young women diagnosed with breast cancer under age 40, and the program works to improve their medical and psychosocial care and outcomes.
2014
January 1
2012
March 28
Partnering with BCRF
The Pink Agenda entered into a strategic partnership with its longtime beneficiary, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), the highest rated breast cancer organization in the U.S. The skills and scale that BCRF provides help ensure that The Pink Agenda flourishes in the future so breast cancer can become a thing of the past.
2010
May 1
Our Funding Priorities
The Pink Agenda established its relationship with its current beneficiary, BCRF. TPA selected BCRF investigator Dr. William G. Kaelin, Jr. as the first named beneficiary of its fundraising efforts.
2009
March 28
2008
March 28
2007
March 1
January 1
It All Began with a Pretty Innocuous Party
Then 23-year-old Marisa Renee Lee hosted a party in an effort to find some meaning in her mother’s battle with breast cancer. She found that, and a whole lot more, including friends eager to lend their time, their talent, and their money to the cause.