Mission
Fight Through Flights, Inc. aims to empower and support the healing of Black women living with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors by providing free wellness retreats and travel experiences as well as mental health, nutrition and fitness resources.
VISION
Create a safe space for Black women to fight and heal from breast cancer and to easily connect them with black professionals in the mental health, fitness, and nutrition fields.
GOAL
Improve the wellness and mental health of Black women with breast cancer.
Increase access to tools and resources for mental health, nutrition, and fitness for Black women with breast cancer.
Decrease societal stigmas around seeking mental health and wellness treatments for Black women.
In LOVING MEMORY
MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDERS
Death of a loved one changes one forever. We lost a sister, confidant, best friend. There’s grief. sadness. guilt. Why did her 30s end with a breast cancer diagnosis? What could we have done earlier? Why was it so aggressive?
But then there is a time of reflection, research and action. Maria’s diagnosis, journey, and her ultimate death was not some isolated occurence in our community. Something became clear: Breast cancer is a silent killer in the Black community and across the African diaspora. The racial disparities are frightening and Black women need support.
We decided to create Fight Through Flights because it was rooted in our favorite shared moments with Maria. Traveling the world helped us create our family memories together, but it also provided the support Maria needed after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Travel has helped us cope, recharge, and simply treasure life as we know it. We hope these free retreats and travel experiences can help our Black sisters reclaim a piece of themselves that has been stripped away.
We know that is not enough. Breast cancer can change you emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally. So we have complemented some of our programs with free mental health, personal fitness training, and nutrition sessions. But then there is an extra layer, accessibility to professionals you trust and who you feel comfortable with and who might just look like you.
It takes more than treatment to fight this and we are here to support. We hope you will join us. No one fights alone!
Alicia & Esther
OUR TEAM
Esther Tambe
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Alicia Tambe
Co-Founder and Board Chair
Melanie Allen
Board Member
Gloria Namugaya
Board Member