The Lacks Family will continue to spread the good news about #HenriettaLacks story & her legacy. Join us at the #HELA100 @CELLebrateHeLa
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LacksFamily retweeted
3 Apr 2023
The @LacksFamily are helping raise awareness on #CervicalCancer.
Taken without her consent, Henrietta Lacks’ cells have contributed to countless medical breakthroughs, including the development of the HPV vaccine, and #COVID19 research.
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LacksFamily retweeted
11 Nov 2022
We will amplify📣 the voices of survivors and families around the world so that no one has to know the feeling of losing a loved one to #cervicalcancer.
Get Informed. Get Screened. Get Vaccinated.
Will you be at #TealTalk #TwitterChat? who.int/campaigns/cervical-c…
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LacksFamily retweeted
RT to join The @LacksFamily in wishing #HenriettaLacks The Mother of Modern Medicine a Happy 102nd Birthday. Henrietta Lacks’ eldest and only surviving child Lawrence Lacks visited Lackstown where his sister, mother, grandmother & other relatives are laying to rest. #HeLaCells
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31 Jul 2022
We are proud to be joined by the @NAACP South Boston at St. Matthew Baptist Church in #HenriettaLacks’ hometown as we Worship in Teal to #EndCervicalCancer. Learn more about the weekends birthday CELLebration at hela100.org as we commemorate her 102nd birthday.
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LacksFamily retweeted
30 Jul 2022
Live from #HenriettaLacks’ hometown in Lackstown, VA x.com/i/broadcasts/1YqJDqggl…
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LacksFamily retweeted
23 Apr 2022
Glad to see this initiative, Senators @ChrisVanHollen and @SenatorCardin. As when @WHO honored Henrietta Lacks in 2021, it’s deeply important to acknowledge past injustices and advance racial equity in health and science.
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21 Apr 2022
The debt of gratitude we owe Henrietta Lacks can never be fully repaid. But we can work to right this historic wrong and honor her legacy. @SenatorCardin & I intro’d a bill to honor Mrs. Lacks with a Congressional Gold Medal to publicly recognize her contributions to the world.
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LacksFamily retweeted
21 Apr 2022
Millions of people have benefited from the medical advances and protections derived from Henrietta Lacks’ cells. I’m proud to help lead this effort with Senator @ChrisVanHollen to award the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of the tremendous impact of her life and legacy.
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LacksFamily retweeted
21 Apr 2022
The debt of gratitude we owe Henrietta Lacks can never be fully repaid. But we can work to right this historic wrong and honor her legacy. @SenatorCardin & I intro’d a bill to honor Mrs. Lacks with a Congressional Gold Medal to publicly recognize her contributions to the world.
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LacksFamily retweeted
16 Mar 2022
ICYMI: March is Women's History Month and I wanted to honor a very special woman in history, Henrietta Lacks. Her immortal cells have been responsible for many medical breakthroughs. She deserves the Congressional Gold Medal. @LacksFamily #HenriettaLacks
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LacksFamily retweeted
22 Apr 2022
The @LacksFamily is thankful to Senator @ChrisVanHollen & @SenatorCardin for recognizing and honoring the legacy of #HenriettaLacks, we #CELLebrate the introduction of a bill to honor our beloved Hennie with a Congressional Gold Medal. #HeLaCells #MD
21 Apr 2022
The debt of gratitude we owe Henrietta Lacks can never be fully repaid. But we can work to right this historic wrong and honor her legacy. @SenatorCardin & I intro’d a bill to honor Mrs. Lacks with a Congressional Gold Medal to publicly recognize her contributions to the world.
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LacksFamily retweeted
We CELLebrate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson! Today the United States Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the 116th justice — and the first Black woman — to serve on the top U.S. court. We are inspired by her actions and words!
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LacksFamily retweeted
Do YOU know about the LATEST statues of WOMEN?
WE have RECORDED them in OUR unique ongoing UK Statues of Women DATABASE Anne Lister by Diane Lawrenson Emily Davidson @christinesculpt Betty Campbell @UKSculpture Henrietta Lacks by Helen Wilson-Roe HERE pssauk.org/women/
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LacksFamily retweeted
18 Mar 2022
"The World Health Organization's fight against #CervicalCancer comes to Miami's Little Haiti"
-By @WLRN @verozaragovia
@WHO @pahowho @mauriciomaza @gabbystern
@julio_frenk @KobetzErin @SylvesterCancer
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LacksFamily retweeted
16 Mar 2022
@LacksFamily applauds @RepKweisiMfume on introducing legislation to honor #HenriettaLacks with a Congressional Gold Medal! Watch the full report from @NicoleBakerTV and visit HELA100.org to learn how The Lacks Family is keeping Henrietta Lacks' legacy alive #HeLaCells
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LacksFamily retweeted
14 Mar 2022
Rocking the @LacksFamily #HELA100 #HenriettaLacks Commemorative Pin w/ JaiSauna @JLuxJewels honoring one of our favorites - Mr. Lawrence Lacks, Sr. Henrietta Lacks' Eldest Son at his 87th Birthday dinner just last month! #CELLebrate #HenriettaLacks #NationalJewelDay
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LacksFamily retweeted
13 Mar 2022
Today on #NationalJewelryDay we hope you join The Lacks Family as we #CELLebrate #HenriettaLacks. You can grab your commemorative Henrietta Lacks pin and all “Henrietta Lacks” trademarked jewelry, apparel, and printed material EXCLUSIVELY at hela100.org/purchase-with-a-….
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9 Mar 2022
Closing out #InternationalWomensDay honoring #HenriettaLacks the Mother of Modern Medicine for her lasting contributions to this world! May our Hennie's legacy continue to inspire the next generation. #BreakTheBias #womensday2022 #IWD2022
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LacksFamily retweeted
17 Feb 2022
Thank you for helping The @LacksFamily educate the world on the incontestable impact Henrietta Lacks has left. As The Lacks Family continues to reclaim our narrative we ask those interested in our beloved Hennie's story & our family legacy to visit hela100.org
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15 Feb 2022
Thank you so much for this highlight! To learn more about our family efforts to reclaim our family narrative and CELLebrate Henrietta Lacks visit HELA100.org
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LacksFamily retweeted
READ how Henrietta MADE HISTORY!
In October 2021 this statue of Henrietta Lacks @BristolUni made history as the FIRST public sculpture of a black woman made by a black woman in the UK.
WE have recorded it in OUR ongoing Statues of Women DATABASE Read 👉 pssauk.org/women/
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