Women's Studies 88S: UCLA COURSE on breast cancer

Breast cancer could affect someone you know. More than 214,000 women will develop breast cancer this year. Students should have the same level of awareness of breast cancer as many do of AIDS, since a woman's lifetime chances of developing breast cancer are one in eight. Breast cancer is believed to be an older women's disease. But it is a myth that younger women cannot get the disease. Women of all ages can develop breast cancer.

USIE course: Women's Studies 88S
Friends, Sisters, and Lovers: A Perspective on Breast Cancer
Spring Quarter 2008, Monday@ 10:00-10:50am,
Kaufman Room 153
Pass/No Pass, 1 UNIT
Facilitator: Darlene Edgley, 4th yr. Women's Studies major

***ENROLL Week 10, Finals Week, Spring Break, or Week 1(Spring Quarter) on URSA*** Enrollment is limited to 15 students.

By facilitating this course in a discussion format I will bring awareness to issues affecting so many women lives. HELP ME CREATE A MOVEMENT of awareness, action, and political change. The seminar will examine the historical, political, and cultural context of breast cancer in women. We will explore the social implications for women diagnosed with breast cancer, including the underpinnings of life with cancer. This course touches on the stratification of access to resources for survivorship and explores the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, sexual orientation and health care.

If you have any questions please feel to contact me at dedgley (AT) ucla.edu