Breast Cancer Awareness Forum to be held on Alcorn’s Vicksburg campus

Breast Cancer Awareness Forum to be held on Alcorn’s Vicksburg campus

The Alcorn State University Vicksburg Expansion Center and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will acknowledge breast cancer month with an informal session about the disease.

A Breast Cancer Awareness Forum will be held Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Expansion Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The forum will bring awareness to women in the community of the importance of regular testing through self-exams and mammography for detecting breast cancer. A question and answer session and refreshments will be included in the forum.

“The Breast Cancer Forum will consist of qualified medical individuals and breast cancer survivors who will address specific issues,” said Raneisha Smith, technology assistant for the Vicksburg Expansion Center.

For more information, contact the Vicksburg Expansion Center at 601-629-3558 or [email protected].