This annual tribute showcases distinguished citizens who have made extraordinary sacrifices and contributions to humankind by sharing their personal success stories in overcoming debilitating illnesses.

This annual tribute showcases distinguished citizens who have made extraordinary sacrifices and contributions to humankind by sharing their personal success stories in overcoming debilitating illnesses.

In some way, disparities in health care will eventually impact all of us. It is IAMMM’s belief that showcasing survivors will personalize consumer education to encourage taking more responsibility for one’s health care, and to seek early detection and treatment.

In 2006, IAMMM established the Soar High Leaders Award. This award gives have helped pave a way to a better understanding of chronic diseases and have helped us achieve new heights of health care through research, advocacy and education, ensuring improved health care across the nation and throughout the world.

Funds raised through this annual event support health education, outreach, health screenings and referrals for minorities and the underserved. To explore sponsorship opportunities, please call Madeline Y. Lawson on (202) 667-6155.

Please join us for the Fourth Annual Awards Benefit Gala on September 25, 2007 at The Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC. For more information on ticket and table purchases, please contact: Madeline Y. Lawson on (202) 667-6155.

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Eagle Fly Free Award Honorees
	The Honorable Diana E. Bajoie State Senator, Louisiana Senate President Pro Tempore of the Senate Breast Cancer
	The Honorable Nancy Brinker Founder, Susan G. Komen Foundation US Ambassador to Hungary Breast Cancer
	The Honorable Tom Coburn, MD US Senator, (R-OK) Melanoma and Lymphoma
	Don Covay Songwriter/Recording Artist Stroke
	Darwin Davis (posthumously) Senior Vice President, Equitable Financial Prostate Cancer
	Wilma Mankiller Former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Author, Advocate Breast Cancer
	Susan Shinagawa Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training Breast Cancer
	The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD Former Secretary of US Health and Human Services President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine Prostate Cancer
	Terrie Williams Founder, The Stay Strong Foundation and Author Depression
	The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD Former Secretary of US Health and Human Services President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine Prostate Cancer

 

Soar High Leaders Award Recipients
	Gilbert Friedell, MD Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky
	Harold Freeman, MD The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
	Dr. Dorothy I. Height National Council of Negro Women Women's Health Initiatives
	The Honorable Mike Huckabee Governor of Arkansas Healthy Arkansas Initiative
	LaSalle Leffall, MD Chairman, President's Cancer Panel Former President, American Cancer Society
	Floyd Malveaux, MD Merck Childhood Asthma Network