Paris Thomas is the Executive Director at Equal Hope, leading the operational oversight of all critical activities in supporting the organization's mission. With extensive experience in healthcare project management, Paris promotes a mission-based culture-driven environment to reduce health disparities in underserved communities. Paris holds a Master's in Public Health, A Doctorate of Health Sciences, and has accreditations in project management, health informatics, and Lean Six Sigma.
The death rate for breast cancer in the United States dropped 43% between 1989 and 2020, according to the American Cancer Society. Despite this hopeful news, breast cancer mortality rates still remain 40% higher for Black women than White women.
A local organization is behind an initiative to combine art, culture, which purpose is to bring together people for a good cause.