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The San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure is participating in a nationwide campaign to challenge the U.S. to close the gaps in breast cancer care and survival. On Jan. 11, the San Francisco Affiliate partnered with elected officials to bathe City Hall in pink lights, highlighting the urgent need to address disparities in breast cancer early detection and treatment. Supervisors Mark Leno and Fiona Ma joined with state Senator Carole Migden to advocate the cause and light up City Hall.

Each year in California, more than 19,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and 4,000 die from the disease. On Jan. 17 and 18, hundreds of representatives from Komen Affiliates throughout the state will descend on the State Capitol in Sacramento to challenge decision makers to “close the gaps” in policy and funding so that more women in California will have access to quality care and information about breast health and cancer. In preparation for the trip to Sacramento, the San Francisco Affiliate worked with the City of San Francisco to light City Hall in pink as a symbolic — and highly visible — connection between our policymakers and the breast cancer movement.

For more information about the Komen Community Challenge, please visit www.komensf.org.