Advocate Christ Paints The Town Pink For Breast Cancer

OAK LAWN, IL — The Cancer Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center is hosting a day of activities designed to heighten awareness about breast cancer. "Paint the Town Pink for Prevention and Early Detection of Breast Cancer” happens this Saturday, Oct. 12, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Stein Auditorium and Conference Center located on 93rd St. and Kilbourn Ave., Entrance F, in Oak Lawn. This event is FREE. Registration is requested.

Eva Moon, screenwriter, playwright and music maker, will deliver the keynote speech “The Mutant Diaries … Unzipping my Genes.” There will be a vendor fair and lunch will be provided.

Schedule of Activities:

8 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. Dense Breasts and Cancer Risk, with Charisa Spoo, DO, Breast Radiologist
9:30 a.m. Current Issues in Breast Cancer Treatment, with Barbara Krueger, MD, Breast Cancer Surgeon
10 a.m. Q&A
10:15 a.m. Break/Vendor Fair
10:45 a.m. Does Sugar Feed Cancer?, presented by Elizabeth McGreal, RD, LDN
11:15 a.m. Building Resiliency Along Your Journey, with Raquel Jex Forsgren, Certified Resilience Coach, CRcC, Certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT and Healthcare Consultant.
11:45 a.m. Q&A
Noon: Lunch/Vendor Fair
1 p.m. Keynote: Eva Moon, Screenwriter, Playwright and Music Maker “The Mutant Diaries … Unzipping my Genes”
2 p.m. Wrap Up and Raffles