Beyond The Pink

Three breast cancer advocates get personal with 360BayArea, sharing their journeys and the hard discussions that happen beyond October.

Episode Notes:

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Time For Some Action:
And for this episode's Time 4 Action, we take you back to what Catherine said about puberty starting as early as 8 years old these days and challenge you to share this link with a young person you know (your nieces, or your friends with kids), and spread the word about about breast health and teens! There are some great videos, tips, and facts to help you start the convo and give girls the tools they need to look out for their health.

Guest Profiles

Stacey Tinianov, Patient Advocate; Patient & Community Engagement Consultant; Breast Cancer Survivor
Following her own breast cancer diagnosis in 2013, Stacey Tinianov left the world of high tech to build bridges in digital health and beyond as a patient and community engagement consultant. She openly shares clinical and emotional details of her own breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship in the hopes that, as knowledge breeds understanding, we can collectively transform healthcare to meet the holistic needs of patients, caregivers and clinicians. When she’s not working on promoting collaboration; data sharing; empathy; quality of life; health literacy or transforming healthcare from an illness-based system to a wellness-based system, she enjoys helping others in finding their 'outside voice' during times of both wellness and illness. She also enjoys tandem ultracycling with her husband, backyard organic gardening, standing small beside the ocean and trying to keep up with her two teenage children in Santa Clara, CA. Blog | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Cynthia Lohr, Co-owner, Trade and Brand Advocate, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines
As the daughter of wine industry pioneer Jerry Lohr, Cynthia spent some of her youth in the vineyards. As an adult, she established a reputation for excellence in strategic marketing, representing many technology companies. After her post as a VP at AlexanderOgilvy PR Worldwide, Cynthia joined J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines in 2002 as Director of Communications before being promoted to Vice President Marketing in 2009. Now, as Co-owner and Trade and Brand Advocate, Cynthia champions causes including J. Lohr’s Touching Lives campaign, now in its 9th year. A deeply personal story to the Lohr family, this national campaign has helped fund more than 5,000 mammograms for women who would otherwise be unable to afford them, along with services that support women through every step of their cancer journey. Cynthia’s passion for community, philanthropy and the arts has led to numerous leadership appointments in the SF Bay Area, where she resides with her family. 
J. Lohr Website | J. Lohr Twitter | Twitter | J. Lohr Facebook | Facebook | J. Lohr Instagram | J. Lohr YouTube

Catherine Thomsen, Program Director, Zero Breast Cancer
After working in Central America with the Peace Corps and USAID, Catherine wanted to address social justice and improve the health and wellness of Latino and other underserved communities. While working to prevent pesticide poisoning in Oregon, she lost a cousin to breast cancer. Then her best friend was diagnosed. They were both young, with small children. As the environmental and occupational epidemiologist for Oregon’s health department, Catherine began to focus on breast cancer. In 2006, she returned to the Bay Area to address environmental risk factors and disparities with the California Breast Cancer Research Program. She joined Zero Breast Cancer as Program Director in 2014 to educate and empower women and girls to use emerging science to reduce breast cancer risk and the chance for recurrence. Catherine received her Master’s in Public Health from Portland State/Oregon Health & Sciences Universities and her B.A. in international relations from Pomona College. 
Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

What’s the 411:

• Plan to divide California into 3 new states clears first hurdle via ABC7
• North Bay wildfires: How climate change made the disaster worse via Curbed
• Google’s downtown San Jose village “main” construction to start in 2025, property purchases continue via San Jose Mercury News
• Police cite 23 for trespassing after protests at East Oakland slaughterhouse via East Bay Times
• Oakland Unveils New City Motto: 'Love Life' via Hoodline

Top 5 Events:

• Question Bridge: Black Males, Now - Feb 25, at the Oakland Museum
• San Franpsycho Mercantile Fall Festivus, Nov 4 & 5 in San Francisco
• All-Female Bartending Competition Speed Rack: California Regional, Nov 5 in San Francisco
• Band Together Bay Area: A Benefit Concert For North Bay Fire Relief, Nov 9 at AT&T Park in San Francisco
• The Ambassadors Circle presents #DoMoreGood Gratitude Getdown, Nov 21 in downtown San Jose. Semi private event so inquire via [email protected].

Production Credits: 
Sound Design by Courtney Grace with Hosts Becca, LT, Christianne Harder and j-
Guest Relations by Andrea Rush with Production Assistance by Jen Huynh
Content Development by Sophia Cross
360BayArea Intro Music by Courtney Grace with vocals by ElleT

Photo Credit: 
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash

Featured Music + Clips:  
Courtney Grace - Ask Rickey Theme Music, What’s the 411 Theme Music                                       
Tomer Ben Ari “10”
Mike Arnoult “Honey” feat West Am
Phil David “Last Day on Earth” , “We Chillin”, and “Spin Cycle”
Oliver Michael “Bluerise”
D.A.H. Trump “Sungazing”
K. Solis “Wavy”
Charlie Ryan “Steady Haste”
Oran Loyfer “Drops”
Distyll Musique “New Mexico”