Virtually on Thursday October 16, 2025 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
The Mystic Valley Area Branch of the NAACP will host its annual Prostate Cancer Awareness program in partnership with the AdMeTech Foundation. Local partners Belmont Against Racism (BAR) and Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL) will also be
collaborating on this program. Event will be held virtually on Thursday, October 16th from 6:30PM – 8:00 PM, available here: www.admetech.org. St. John’s Baptist Church in Woburn will also be hosting a live viewing party. Please call (781)-935-4314 or email
sjbcpubrel3840@gmail.com for more information about the viewing party.
Program will stress both the importance of early detection and education necessary to save more people from prostate cancer that disproportionately impacts Black and Brown communities. Resources available from urologists to trust and the Prostate Cancer Equity Program will also be presented.
Terry Carter, Poet Laureate of West Medford will present original poetry, focused on health in communities of color. Rev. Ryan Tankersley and his St. John’s Baptist Church of Woburn will join. Rev. David Killpatrik, long-time Pastor at West Medford Baptist and 2nd Vice President of the Mystic Valley Area Branch of the NAACP will share some remarks. Didier Moise, President of Belmont Against Racism (BAR) will speak at the event. President Jillian Harvey of the Mystic Valley Area Branch of the NAACP will speak on behalf of the branch who has been a champion of civil rights advocacy in the region for over forty years. Representative Sean Garballey, Representative Paul Donato, and Representative Sal DiDomenico renowned champions of Prostate Cancer Advocacy will be present and be honored for their advocacy in prostate cancer awareness.
The theme of this year is Love. Courage. Hope. The NAACP believes health is an integral civil right and it is essential that we do more to combat the fact the Black and Brown men are two times more likely to die from this cancer.
To attend this event, or learn more information about the event and the Mystic Valley Area
Branch of the NAACP, please visit www.mva-naacp.org or email us at info@mva-naacp.org.
Please tune into the event live at www.admetech.org.