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Roots & Wings Charitable Foundation

rootswingsfoundation.org
Chicago, IL, US

Barriers

  1. Trust
  2. Psychological
  3. Lifestyle

Commitments

  1. ROOTS & WINGS selected Rush Cancer for their first give, donating 100 complimentary appointments for acupuncture and oncology massage.
  2. Rush Cancer services the south and southwest communities of Chicago, with a large underserved and underinsured population, including many minorities receiving treatment for metastatic breast cancer.

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“We pledge to continue ensuring that our donations are mindfully and intentionally given to organizations and programs that will allow the money to benefit those who most need it, including black women who are facing additional barriers within the cancer care ecosystem.”

– Diane Keen
Founder & President

Locations

Chicago, IL, US

Zero Breast Cancer

zerobreastcancer.org
San Rafael, CA, US

Barriers

  • Coming soon

Commitments

  • Develop and improve educational materials for BIPOC communities 
  • Increase organizational diversity through recruiting diverse Staff, Board members and Advisors 
  • Maximize representation by women of color as presenters and participants on ZBC webinars 
  • Increase partnerships with BIPOC communities on organizational campaigns (e.g., Generations Campaign & Advancing Health Equity) 
  • Continue equity training for staff as individuals and for organizational development

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“Zero Breast Cancer is proud to sign Tigerlily’s Inclusion Pledge because we are committed to addressing structural and interpersonal racism. Black women are more likely to get breast cancer younger, have more aggressive forms, and die from the disease, which is unacceptable. Joining the Pledge will help us to support and be more accountable to Black communities.“

Locations

San Rafael, CA, US

Seattle Genetics

seagen.com
Bothell, Washington, US

Barriers

  • Clinical Trials
  • Financial
  • Educational
  • Communication
  • Lifestyle
  • Socio-economic
  • Trust
  • Pyschological

Commitments

1. Seattle Genetics commits to ensuring that all Seagen studies are integrated with the procedural building blocks to increase potential for diversity within our site and patient populations.

2. Seattle Genetics will build upon current Seagen clinical trial patient diversity composition of 9% to achieve double digit growth in 2021.

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Coming soon

Locations

Bothell, Washington. US. Zug, Switzerland. Mississauga, Ontario.

Sanofi

sanofi.com
Paris, France

Barriers

  • Clinical Trials
  • Represenataion
  • Psychological
  • Mental/Trauma/Emotional
  • Socio-Economic
  • Trust
  • Communication
  • Educational

Commitments

  1. Sanofi will establish a cross-functional working group within Research & Development focused on Inclusion & Diversity in Clinical Trials with the objective of identifying barriers to recruitment, enrollment and retention and employing strategies that encourage participation for diverse populations.
  2. Sanofi commits to developing, disseminating and amplifying clinical trial content focused on patients’ needs (e.g., communicating information in layman terms, understanding and addressing the existing concerns, fears, mistrust, emotions and barriers for historically marginalized/racially and ethnically underserved populations).
  3. Sanofi will provide financial support to eliminate barriers to trials by investing in organizations doing disparities work in a strategic, actionable and measurable way.
  4. Sanofi will support advocacy initiatives focused on understanding the experience and perspectives of historically marginalized/racially and ethnically underrepresented people and work collaboratively to address a shared commitment to advancing science and improving care for those communities.
  5. Sanofi commits to conducting a series of sessions across the enterprise within North America to create awareness, increase understanding and drive action on the topics of racial injustice, the Black experience in the U.S., impact of implicit bias, and importance of allyship. Internal facilitators will be trained on Bold Inclusive Conversations to ensure the dialogue is enduring and commitments persist.
  6. Sanofi commits to hosting “safe spaces” for Black colleagues to express themselves, support one another and meaningfully address the impact the societal reckoning is having on them and their families.
  7. Sanofi will continue to evaluate, analyze and evolve their People Processes to ensure inclusive practices in hiring, developing and promoting talent. This includes establish consistent evaluation, a commitment to continuous improvement, and expanded accountability for improvement.
  8. Sanofi will establish a suite of training materials available on-demand for self-directed learning on addressing racism in the workplace.
  9. Sanofi will continue to develop a culture where prominent and long-term inclusion and diversity efforts are prioritized, including several I&D committees (e.g., US Executive I&D Council, SGZ I&D Council, NA Medical I&D Council), Employee Resource Groups with broad participation across the company and throughout the leadership team and biweekly Oncology Leadership I&D Open Office Hours, an open exchange to discuss thoughts, ideas, questions or concerns around inclusion and diversity.
  10. Sanofi will purposefully partner with their patients and communities throughout their health journey – to learn from them where gaps exist and how they can advance science by ensuring the voice of Black people – patients, caregivers, patient advocacy leaders, researchers, clinicians, etc. – is represented when sharing experience stories during internal meetings/panel presentations.
  11. Sanofi will host black trauma, mental health and emotional support programs internally for Black colleagues.
  12. Sanofi will support the development and distribution of informational materials and programs focused on the psycho-social challenges underserved communities face.
  13. Sanofi will support initiatives dedicated to addressing disparities in healthcare, particularly underserved communities for STEM education (high school, college, patients).
  14. Sanofi will build a cohort of young scientists representing historically marginalized to get involved/stay in cancer research by incentivizing and supporting (mentoring networks/Fellowships, etc.) their career development and growth.
  15. Sanofi commits to bridge opportunity, knowledge, and equity gaps by connecting students to impactful careers with resources that bring relevancy to learning and broaden understanding of and engagement with STEM by providing access to dynamic, relevant, and standards-aligned digital curriculum resources to students, teachers, and parents nationwide.
  16. Sanofi commits to eliminating barriers to health and life for Black women.
  17. Sanofi will support community-based programs that focus on working with trusted partners where Black people work, play and pray.
  18. Sanofi will support Tigerlily/GRASP and other programs to learn about the experiences of Black people living with cancer and ensuring black women are at the table, as equal participants in curation, decision-making, providing input and supporting the development of “for us/by us” programs and initiatives.
  19. Sanofi will support organizations/programs that work to address disparity policy initiatives at the federal, state and local levels.

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Coming soon

Locations

Paris, France. Algiers, Algeria; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Canberra, Australia; Vienna, Austria; Baku, Azerbaijan; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Brussels, Belgium; Brasilia, Brazil; Sofia, Bulgaria; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Yaounde, Cameroon; Ottawa, Canada; Santiago, Chile; Bogota, Colombia; Beijing, China; Prague, Czech Republic; Copenhagen, Denmark; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Quito, Ecuador; Cairo, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong-Kong, China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spainç, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam.

Eli Lilly and Company

lilly.com
Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Barriers

  • Representation
  • Communication
  • Literacy
  • Trust
  • Financial
  • Clinical

Commitments

1. Lilly will host a diversity town hall that is curated in partnership with Tigerlily Foundation.
2. Lilly commits to working with the Tigerlily Foundation to ensure diverse patient centricity integrated into leadership from product development, trial design, marketing and launch.

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Coming soon

Locations

Indianapolis, Indiana, Cambridge, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, Puerto Rico, San Diego, CA, Washington, DC.

Daiichi Sankyo

daiichisankyo.com
Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan

Barriers

  • Representation
  • Communication
  • Literacy
  • Trust
  • Emotional
  • Lifestyle
  • Financial
  • Clinical trials

Commitments

1. Daiichi Sankyo will host a diversity town hall that is curated by the Tigerlily Foundation.
2. Daiichi Sankyo recently provided the majority level support toward an independent, certified continued medical education and Quality Improvement program, ‘Improving Breast Cancer Disparities for Minority Patients in Chicago, a Case Study for the globe’.
3. Daiichi Sankyo will continue to support organizations (with funding and volunteerism) dedicated to addressing disparities in healthcare, particularly underserved communities for STEM education (Students2Science) as well as healthcare access (Zufall).
4. Daiichi Sankyo has conducted a cross-functional meeting with many from various regions on “Open Conversation” to begin a dialogue among employees about racial injustice. This is the first in a series of events and activities specifically designed to ensure diversity and inclusion for all at DS
5. Daiichi Sankyo commits to examining all organizational hiring practices to ensure diversity.
5. Daiichi Sankyo’s HR department held a Manager Forum on Unconscious Bias.
6. Daiichi Sankyo’s Compliance department is conducting training on their Standards of Business Conduct, which includes nondiscrimination and other related topics.

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Coming soon

Locations

Tokyo, Japan. Parsippany, New Jersey. Japan, China. Hong Kong. Korea. Taiwan. Thailand. Brazil, SA. Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. American Regent, Inc. Plexxikon. Austria, Belgium. France. Germany. Ireland. Italy, Portugal, Spain. Switzerland. The Netherlands. Turkey. United Kingdom

Amgen

amgen.com
Thousand Oaks, California, US

Barriers

  • Representation
  • Literacy
  • Communication
  • Educational

Commitments

  1. AmGen will work with the Tigerlily Foundation to host a Diversity Town Hall for all employees
  2. AmGen commits to engaging advocates of color in diversity across company programmatic areas
  3. AmGen commits to integrating the voices, experiences and opinions of Black women throughout company activities
  4. AmGen will work to ensure Black leadership representation in media to change the dialogue and promote inclusion
  5. AmGen will work to integrate and promote women of color in activities to include media and thought leadership positions
  6. AmGen commits to engaging Black patients across spectrum of work
  7. AmGen will engage and support Black-led organizational leadership

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Coming soon

Locations

Thousand Oaks, CA. Sydney & Melbourne, Australia.Buenos aires, Argentina. Algeries, Algeria. DIEGEM, Belguim. SÃO PAULO, Brazil. Sofia, Bulgaria. Mississauga, Ontario. Burnaby, British Columbia. Beijing & Shanghai, China. Island East, Hong Kong. Bogota, Columbia. Zagreb, Croatia. Prague, Czech republic. Copenhagen, Denmark. Cairo, Egypt. Espoo, finland. Paris, France. Munich, Germany. Athens, greece. Budapest, Hungary. Reykjavik, Iceland. Mumbai, India. Dublin, Ireland. Milan, Italy. Tokyo, Japan. Seoul, Korea. Vilnius, Lithuania. Santa Fe, Mexico. Casablanca, Morocco. Breda, Netherlands. Oslo, Norway. Warsaw, poland. Oeiras, Portugal. Bucuresti, Romania. Moscow, Russia. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Singapore. Piešt’any, Slovakia.Ljubljana, Slovenia. Johannesburg, South Africa. Barcelona, Spain. Stockholm, Sweden. Rotkreuz, Switzerland. Taipei, Taiwan. Bangkok, Thailand. Istanbul, Turkey, Duabi, UAE. Cambridge, United Kingdom. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, JUNCOS, PUERTO RICO. South San Francisco, CA. Tampa, Florida. Washington, D.C. WEST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND. WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Merck

merck.com
Kenilworth, New Jersey, US

Barriers

  • Representation

Commitments

1. Merck commits to supporting organizations that focus on diversity and inclusion and ending barriers to healthcare.
2. Merck commits to funding organizations working on ending health disparities.
3. Merck commits to patient-centricity in its clinical trials, to include diverse populations.

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Coming soon

Locations

Kenilworth, New Jersey. Algiers, Algeria. Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Australia, Canberra. Vienna, Austria. Azerbaijan, Baku. Manama – Bahrain. The Republic of Belarus. Brussels, Belgium. Sao Paulo, SP – Brazil. Sofia, Bulgaria. Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. Shanghai, China. Bogotá, Colombia. San Jose – Costa Rica. Zagreb, Croatia. Nicosia, Cyprus. The Czech Republic. Copenhagen, Denmark. Quito, Ecuador. Egypt. Estonia, Tallinn. Finland, Helsinki. France. Munchen, Germany. Athens, Greece. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Budapest, Hungary. Gurgaon, India. Jakarta, Indonesia. Dublin, Ireland. Hod Hasharon, Israel. Rome, Italy. Tokyo, Japan. Almaty, Kazakhstan., Safat, Kuwait. Latvia. Metn, Lebanon. Vilnius, Lithuania. Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Abu Dhabi-UAE., Mexico. Haarlem, The Netherlands. New Zealand, Auckland. Drammen, Norway. Muscat, Oman. Pakistan. Lima, Peru. Makati City, Philippines. Warszawa, Poland. Paço de Arcos, Portugal. Doha – Qatar. Romania. Moscow, Russia. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Belgrade, Serbia. Singapore. Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Ljubljana, Slovenia. South Africa, cape town. Seoul, Korea. Madrid, Spain. Stockholm, Sweden. Lucerne, Switzerland. Taipei, Taiwan. Pathumwan, Bangkok. Ístanbul, Turkey. The United Kingdom. Ukraine, Kyiv. Miranda, Venezuela. Vietnam.

Pfizer

pfizer.com
New York, New York, US

Barriers

  • Clinical Trials
  • Representation
  • Communication

Commitments

  1. Host conversations with leaders who are allies and Black communities
  2. Engage diverse representation in Butterfly Club event(s)
  3. Ensure diversity in Clinical trials Center of Excellence
  4. Collaborate with Tigerlily Foundation to host Town Hall with internal leadership and staff
  5. Commit to highlighting Pfizer’s commitment through a social media campaign
  6. Commit to highlighting Pfizer’s commitment through media outlet promotion
  7. Commit to engaging Tigerlily Foundation’s ANGELS in Pfizer’s disparities initiatives
  8. Engage Tigerlily Foundation leadership in media spotlight activities and as a global ambassador
  9. Issue press release for a call to action with partners, suppliers, etc.

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“At Pfizer, our purpose is breakthroughs that change patients’ lives – all patients. We are committed to improving health outcomes for patients everywhere, including traditionally underserved and underrepresented communities such as women of color. From medical grants aimed at addressing health disparities, to policy-related initiatives, to educational resources for patients and healthcare professionals, Pfizer prioritizes partnering with Patient Advocacy Groups and large Professional Organizations to address the greatest challenges patients face and remove barriers to equitable care for all. We are grateful for the opportunity to join the #InclusionPledge and continue our efforts to collaborate with Tigerlily and many other stakeholders to meet the urgent and dynamic needs of breast cancer patients.”

– Emma AndrewsVice President, Patient Advocacy LeadPfizer, Inc.

Locations

New York, New York. Kabul, Afghanistan. Tirana, Albania. Ontario, Canada. Mexico city, Mexico. Argentine Republic. La Paz, Bolivia. Brasilia, Brazil. Santiago, Chille. Bogota, Columbia. Quito, Ecuador. Asunción, Paraguay. Lima, Peru. Montevideo, Uruguay. Caracas, Venezuala. Oranjestad, Aruba. Nassau, Bahamas. Belmopan, Belize. Road Town, British Virgin Islands. Caribbean Region. Cayman Islands. Costa Rica. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. French Guiana. Haiti. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Managua, Nicaragua. Panamah city. Trinidad & Tobago. Algiers, Algeria. Luanda, Angola. Benin. East Africa Region (Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda). Egypt. Lobamba, Eswatini. Accra, Ghana. Ivory Coast. Kenya. Mauritius. Mozambique. Nigeria. South Africa. Swaziland.