Black Volunteer Caucus (BVC)

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Black Volunteer Caucus

About the Black Volunteer Caucus

The 12-member Black Volunteer Caucus guides ACS CAN’s work to enhance, strengthen, and diversify communications, messaging, partnerships, and volunteer recruitment, training, and engagement within the Black community.  

The Black Volunteer Caucus shares ACS CAN’s national focus on building a vibrant and diverse grassroots advocacy structure and community to achieve our collective goal of decreasing death and suffering from all cancer in all communities.

Meet the BVC

Jacqueline Beale

Jacqueline Beale, Chair
Maryland

Flecia Brown

Flecia Brown
Georgia

Carol Coram

Carol Coram
Washington

Stephen Jackson

Stephen (Steve) Jackson
Nebraska

Diane Nathaniel

Diane Nathaniel
New York

Faith Nyong

Faith Nyong
Illinois

Nikki Payne

Nikki Payne
Wisconsin

Shontrice Patillo

Shontrice Patillo
Missouri

Cynthia Rogers

Cynthia Rogers
New York

Debra Sturgis-Stamps

Debra Sturgis-Stamps
Mississippi

Latina Starling

LaTina Starling
Texas

DonnaMarie Woodson

DonnaMarie Woodson
North Carolina

BVC In Action

The Black Volunteer Caucus is engaged in meaningful advocacy and policy work nationally and locally. 

Check out a few of their successes so far  


Black Volunteer Caucus Fireside Chat – Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer Facebook Live

  • Join “Let’s Hear From the Ladies: How Black Women are Fighting Prostate Cancer Disparities” Facebook Live on Wednesday, March 15 at 5 pm (ET). Moderated by BVC member DonnaMarie Woodson and featuring fellow Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. members Andrea King Collier and Donna Hargrove.
  • Join on 3/15 at 5 pm (ET)  

Contact the BVC

Do you have have a question, request, opportunity, or message for the BVC?

Please contact us

    Take Action

    Man at the doctor

    Ask Congress to save lives from prostate cancer by passing the PSA Screening for HIM Act!

    Black individuals are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than non-Hispanic white individuals and are more likely to be diagnosed at later, more advanced stages when the disease is harder to treat. These disparities are not acceptable. 

    American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s initiative to improve outcomes for Black men by addressing root causes of prostate cancer disparities.

    The American Cancer Society (ACS) report finds Black women still have a 4% lower incidence rate of breast cancer than White women but a 40% higher breast cancer death rate.

    Key information on cancer inequities and how ACS is addressing these disparities in the Black Community

    The most recent data on cancer data for African American/Black People, published in a peer-review journal of the American Cancer Society

    A consumer-friendly companion for the Cancer Statistics for African American/Black People, 2022

    Read and download the key report findings, Executive Summary, and full report