We need a new ribbon. Comments welcome.

That is a great improvement.

It will work fine for ribbon loop images, but not so well for actual (fabric) ribbon production. I suggest arranging the colors in longitudinal bands, with the black band showing at the inner side of the looped ribbon (showing at the upper side of the loop and at the upper side of either end of the ribbon), and the blue band being between the black and pink bands.

Let us call it The Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon. Let us use it as The Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon. Let us have it come to be widely recognized as The Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon.

Even those few very basic facts signified in its design carry more awareness/information than pink ribbon loops have raised.

I like the idea TravelText. Many Stage IVs have started using an upside down ribbon (resembling a noose), but I like the idea of encompassing all of us in one ribbon. lcietla makes a good point about the design.

One comment is I would NOT call it a Breast Cancer "Awareness" ribbon if the intent is to make Stage IVs feel included and gain their support for the ribbon. Most of us hate that awareness word, awareness campaigns, awareness anything. Awareness isn't the problem, lack of funding for research of Metastatic Breast Cancer is. Please use any word other than awareness.

Lori

I like Solidarity and I like the ribbon. Would like to see the vertical stripe version. Thanks Traveltext.

Travel~ you're one of the good guys! Sending hugs and I absolutely think for once a ribbon is beautiful. ~M~

I like it. And I just want to throw in that you could easily make this ribbon as it is,you'd just start with the standard pink ribbon, then cut a small piece of blue and small piece of black for the left tail and pin them on stacked on top of each other, with just a bit of blue poking out at the top of the black piece. At least it works in my head I haven't tried it yet.

Can Susan Komen still sue us for copyright if we use mostly pink?

BTW, I made a prototype using strips of paper and markers at my desk. I think it would be easier to cut and stack pieces than to get someone to make a ribbon with the appropriate horizontal stripes too, though the same kind of thing would work for that - just get a thick pink ribbon and thin blue and black. It would look a little different though with only the pink showing on the top part.

I ditto Sara, the blue should be more prominent. Like the design though...nice work

Yes, it really is a striking design, not to be messed with. Maybe it will prompt inquiries into the meaning of the colors - teachable moments... how about introducing it with a full page ad with the ribbon and an explanation of the colors?

10 hours ago Sara536 wrote:

I agree with the need for a new ribbon but I think it should include a lot more blue. Maybe men with bc are only 1%, but 100% of men have to be concerned about it, as well as 100% of their partners and families. Also, wouldn't emphasizing how small the percent is encourage men to assume "it can't happen to me"? We're all in this together. I don't think research on men's bc should necessarily be limited to 1% either. Research benefits would probably apply to more than just men just as men benefit from research that was initially aimed at women. I'm just thinking outloud here. I haven't made an attemt at a different design for a ribbon. Sara

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Icietla writes:

One-third the ribbon width in each of the three colors? How about a (digital) mockup of that, Traveltext?

what if you did both ends of the ribbon in different colors-one blue and one black- an had the color morph into pink as it went higher along the ribbon? Another idea is to cut an inverted V shape in the ribbon ends that could represent the treatments-surgery (cuts should be self explanatory), the jaggedness/ups and downs of chemo/rads, the jaggedness of emotions and relationships and life overall with the BC diagnosis. Maybe outline it with a thin line of silver or use a silver/silvery pink for the inner side of the ribbon at the loop for the silver lining of figuring out just how strong we really are-it would signify and celebrate the warrior within.

beautiful travel. Thanks for the beautiful symbol for us all together. All Of us. Fighting.

Thanks TravelText. I think the stat that 30% is fatal is going to open a lot of eyes. And I think that percentage is conservative. I happen to be in that 6-10% that is Stage IV from the get go. I am absolutely astonished by how much recurrence there is and how much time can pass before a metastasis rears it ugly head. No one is safe or cured. 10, 15, 20 years from initial diagnosis and bam your life is turned upside down AGAIN and this time those pretty pink ribbons aren’t going to help you.

THanks again for taking this on!