Susan G. Komen: To give or not to give, that is the question

We have already redirected our money to other cancer screening charities. We refuse to give any more money to SGK until they get rid of the fools on their board. I am not yet convinced that they will cease to be political.

Joanna,

I can understand your position and your choice. I donate to ACS and PP and that has made me feel that I have covered the bases that I choose to in the SGK arena so I am not having to change much to stay that way in the wake of the recent fiasco. Prior to the recent issue that choice was a matter of convenience for me; now, I probably would not add SGK to the mix based on trust issues.

I've heard people, mene and women who have been intimately involved in fund raising for komen, who have had breast cancer or a loved one or friend who has, and they have ALL said they would stop their support immediately.

I would say that until komen restores ALL PP funding, and not just funding to three of ninteen programs, AND the entire senior leadership resigns, all your and your family's support is doing is aiding a rightwing anti-woman agenda sponsored thru the latest rightwing pac.

Maybe you should start your own charity and see how many give to your cause. It's easy to pour on the criticism, just give to the charities you believe in and be done with it.

And I'm saying that if you concerned about women's health issues, and do NOT think they should be used as a rightwing political football, it is better NOT to give to komen until some RADICAL changes occur both in policy AND in senior staffing. Unless, of course, you SUPPORT putting rightwing ideology AHEAD of the health of women, then donate away.

So you have deciced that sgk only serves a right wing ideology and not chicks with breast cancer. Who knew that you had all the answers. So who should we give to ryoushi? Sure it won't support left or rightwing ideology. Or chicks with breast cancer.

it is better NOT to give to komen until some RADICAL changes occur both in policy AND in senior staffing

Precisely. Their actions this past week made it clear that their organization is corrupted. That means that they need to admit that their organization is corrupted, apologize for it, and then clean house before they can even begin to claim that the corruption is gone.

That means that they need to admit that their organization is corrupted, apologize for it, and then clean house before they can even begin to claim that the corruption is gone.

Never will happen when the CEO and the managers take a very large percentage of the donations for their salaries, when they spend more of the donations to get more donations so that they can continue receiving their salaries why would they admit that they are only in it for the money?

It was not the public out cry about the defunding of PP that got them to change their minds it was when the corporate sponsor wanted to get out of their current contracts and told them that they will not be renewing their contracts that caused the SGK to change their stand.

The SGK will just try again to defund PP when no one looking.

3sheets, that brings up the matter of trust. Will you trust Komen to act in the best interest of all women in the future?

They also quit funding stem cell research so how serious can they be in wiping out breast cancer?

Stem cell research is a very valuable tool in cancer research so one has to ask themselves are they only in it for the money, and it does look like they care more about money then they do about the cause.

I won't be giving any money to them anymore. There are plenty of other cancer research groups in the country that I can donate my money to. Just because you don't give to Susan B. Koman doesn't mean that we don't want to find a cure for breast cancer.

Plus the overwhelming majority of their money goes to "education." And yet, I haven't heard of education programs for self breast exams, nutrition, or anything like that. My interpretation of Komen's educational programs = the pinkwashing of everything in sight. That is the main reason why I never have supported SGK.

The fact that they are not funding stem cell research, and flap over PP all shows me that they developed a political agenda.