Conversations in Pink Highlights Breast Cancer And Black Women

Journalist Robin Robinson, Tatisa C. Joiner, Founder of the Tatisa C. Joiner Foundation, and Traci S. Campbell, Founder of BeSpireTV. Photo provided by ACMPR.
Journalist Robin Robinson, Tatisa C. Joiner, Founder of the Tatisa C. Joiner Foundation, and Traci S. Campbell, Founder of BeSpireTV. Photo provided by ACMPR.

Conversations in Pink Highlights Breast Cancer And Black Women

By Tia Carol Jones

A docuseries that follows the lives of women who are in different stages of their breast cancer journey is set to air next year. “Conversations in Pink” will air on BeSpireTV in Spring 2025.

“Conversations in Pink,”  Tatisa C. Joiner is the founder of The Tatisa C. Joiner Foundation, a non-profit that she started 15 years ago after her treatment for breast cancer. The goal of the foundation is to empower, encourage and inspire breast cancer survivors to celebrate life after cancer. The foundation takes newly diagnosed women into their treatment and once they are done with their treatment, they become a butterfly and they are celebrated. Joiner founded the foundation because she saw a need for resources for women who finished their breast cancer treatment who looked like her.

Traci S. Campbell founded BeSpireTV in 2023. The free, on-demand network is available on Roku, Amazon and through the company’s website, www.bespiretv.com. The four-part docuseries follows Joiner and the women that participate in a monthly pillow talk session. That session is an opportunity for the women to come together and talk open, candidly and transparently about their trials and tribulations, successes and triumphs as they go through their breast cancer journeys.

“This docuseries is focused on Tatisa’s organization, not just because of the great work she does, but also because Tatisa’s organization really focuses on Black and brown women,” Campbell said. “To have an organization that is targeted toward Black and brown women, giving them the support, the encouragement, the community that Tatisa’s organization does, you don’t hear about that every day.”

The docuseries highlights a woman who is newly diagnosed, the caterpillar, a woman who is in the process of treatment, the cocoon, and a woman who is in full remission, a butterfly. Angela Mahaffy is the caterpillar, Stephanie Brown is the cocoon and Jennier Jackson is the butterfly. Men who have been affected by breast cancer are also included in the series.

Joiner said she hopes viewers that watch can identify with one of the women or men in the series and won’t be afraid to talk about breast cancer. She wants it to open the eyes of people who are afraid to talk and people who want to have a voice and want to share what they are going through.

With “Conversations in Pink,” Campbell wants to create a show that women of color will be able to gain insights from, a place where they can get information from. Her hope is that women will see a sisterhood of women who look like them and reach out to get the help and support they need. Campbell said having it on BeSpireTV is a way to get content about Black women and breast cancer out to the masses. She wants the show to shine a light on the issue of breast density when it comes to breast cancer.

“We’re hoping to create something that will go far and wide and be something that folks can refer to and can encourage people and help them get the support and knowledge they need,” Campbell said.

Campbell highlighted Bryan Harper and Dana Griffin. She said they were there for all of the filming and she wanted to recognize them for their hard work. Joiner highlighted Joann Glenn, who she credits with being the reason why the Tatisa C. Joiner Foundation was launched.

For more information about the Tatisa C. Joiner Foundation, visit www.tatisacjoinerfoundaton.com.

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