The FIRST annual FORK! Cancer – Oklahoma City will take place on Thursday, November 21st at the Devon Boathouse-McClendon Whitewater Center. The evening will represent OKC by offering a melting pot of small plates and craft cocktails from each of Oklahoma City‘s amazingly diverse districts, as well as live entertainment and a silent auction. We will also recognize and celebrate the fundraising efforts of our “Tastemakers“ – a group of Oklahoma‘s young emerging leaders.
Cancer affects everyone but not equally. Many barriers can impact a person’s ability to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer, with racism and discrimination making it even more difficult to address social determinants of health. A person’s quality of life and cancer outcomes can be determined by their ZIP code, education, income, access to health care and healthy and affordable foods, and other variables outside their control. These barriers are deeply rooted, long-standing inequities at all levels of society that will take an intentional effort to address for equitable cancer outcomes.
To ACS, and its non-profit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate, the ACS Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN℠), health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Learn MoreFor more than 10 decades, the American Cancer Society has been dedicated to pursuing better outcomes for every cancer, every life. Today, more people are surviving cancer than ever before, but there is still work to be done. Join us, support us, and help us end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
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