{"id":65085,"date":"2023-10-05T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/home2\/soul-of-a-woman-4-to-raise-awareness-of-breast-cancer-in-the-black-community\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T00:08:00","slug":"soul-of-a-woman-4-to-raise-awareness-of-breast-cancer-in-the-black-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/northwest\/soul-of-a-woman-4-to-raise-awareness-of-breast-cancer-in-the-black-community\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Soul of a Woman 4’ to raise awareness of breast cancer in the Black community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
“Soul of a Woman 4” is returning to Federal Way to share musical tribute performances, raise money to fight breast cancer and bring awareness to the importance of regular screenings for its prevention.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The event is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, and will feature four musical artists and one live painter. The artists will be performing tributes to “four amazing Black women that have made a huge impact in the music business: Brandy, Jasmine Sullivan, Sade, and India Arie,” according to their event description.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tickets are available for purchase online or at the door the day of the event, and many have been given away for free to breast cancer survivors and their families.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
This is the seventh year that Dope Culture LLC has put on the event and the fourth time holding it in Federal Way. Anthony Tibbs, CEO of Dope Culture, told The Mirror that he has a very personal connection to breast cancer after losing his mother, grandmother and a girlfriend to the disease. His son’s mother, Michelle Tibbs, is also a survivor and will be speaking at the event.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
A speaker from the Rivkin Center will also speak at the event. Rivkin is based in Seattle and provides education around breast cancer and ovarian cancer. The foundation also directly funds research into ovarian cancer through grants.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
When it comes to Dope Culture’s events, Tibbs said that “everything has to have a meaning to it and has to benefit the community in some form or fashion.” He does this in many ways, whether through fundraising events like this one, the community meals he puts on each month, or by his goal to “enhance the lives of the people through the culture.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t