Cervical Cancer Prevention Campaign Wrap Up

National Virtual Cafecito

Wednesday November 7: NLIRH hosted a conference call with over 30 participants from around the country to discuss cervical cancer, HPV and the vaccine.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

In collaboration with NARAL New Mexico, Ambrosia Ortiz coordinated a variety of cafecitos (informal discussions over coffee) about cervical cancer, HPV and the vaccine throughout November and December. These cafecitos also connected participants with resources about receiving free pap smears in their area.

Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Saturday, March 8th: In honor of International Women’s Day the Minnesota LOLA group tabled at Mercado Central, a local indoor Latino market. They gave out information about cervical cancer prevention, along with postcards and other materials. Congratulations to the MN group for their great outreach event!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wednesday March 26th: In collaboration with Congreso de Latinos Unidos and the Latino Health Federation, NLIRH partnered on an event entitled Una conversación: Addressing Latino health disparities, Cervical Cancer, Latinas and the HPV Vaccine where Executive Director Silvia Henriquez spoke about cervical cancer prevention and the Latino community, along with Dr. Donald F. Schwarz.

Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Saturday April 5th: Migrant Health Promotion, Planned Parenthood and Texas A&M University hosted a Women’s Health Festival, including a march. Their focus was cervical cancer prevention, and the community organizations gave out health information.

Thank you to all the great activists, advocates and colleagues who have partnered with us on this campaign so far! With your help we have also distributed almost 10,000 bilingual cervical cancer prevention postcards!