The WITNESS PROJECT® of DETROIT  

The WITNESS PROJECT®OF DETROIT   is a faith-based program that supports African American women in Detroit and Wayne County in maintaining breast health.  The Witness Project® of Detroit is a program offered through the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and is funded by Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the Cure.

Locally and nationally, African American women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages and more likely to die from breast cancer compared to women from all other racial and ethnic groups.

The Witness Project®  is a health education model used across the nation that was developed to promote the early detection of breast cancer among African American women through screening and cancer risk management.  The Witness Project® relies upon two types of volunteers who educate women in the community:  1) witness role models who are breast cancer survivors who "witness" and share their personal stories about their triumph over breast cancer, and 2) lay health advisors  who are women who have never been diagnosed but provide important information about the disease and early detection. 

The Witness Project® is an evidence-based intervention that is part of the National Cancer Institute's archive of Research-Tested Intervention Programs (R-TIPS).

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BECOME A VOLUNTEER

Next volunteer training,  June 8, 2013! 

10 AM - 3:30 PM  

Karmanos Cancer Institute

4100 John R

Detroit, MI 48201

Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center

5th Floor Conference Room

See photos from previous trainings in the photo gallery!

Find out more about becoming a volunteer with the Witness Project® of Detroit by clicking the "Become a Volunteer" link to the right.

 Additional training sessions will be held in the future.

If you would like the Witness Project® of Detroit to conduct a program at your church or organization, please contact Lauren Ramsey at witnessprojectofdetroit@gmail.com, or ramseyl@karmanos.org, or by telephone at (313) 576-8032.