STAARS of Memphis | No Sister Should Face Cancer Alone
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A place for every chapter of the journey

No Sister Should Face Cancer Alone.

Compassionate support, trusted resources, and a powerful community for Black women navigating diagnosis, treatment, healing, and life beyond cancer.

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Start Where You Are.

Whether this is a new diagnosis, a hard treatment day, a season of recovery, or a moment when someone you love needs support — we are here.

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Newly Diagnosed

A clear first step, trusted information, and compassionate connection.

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In Treatment

Practical help, comfort, resources, and women who understand.

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Survivor & Thriving

Wellness, connection, advocacy, and a community that celebrates you.

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Family & Caregivers

Guidance for the people walking beside a sister they love.

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Need to talk to someone right now? A breast cancer survivor answers, day or night. No forms first. Call (901) 319-9099

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Sister Circles

Real conversations. Safe spaces. Women who understand.

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Care & Resources

Care & Resources

Guidance for the practical, emotional, and medical questions — from wigs and co-pays to what to ask your doctor.

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Her Stories

Words from women who have walked this road.

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Connection, education, healing, and celebration.

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Wellness

Care for your body, mind, spirit, and sense of self.

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Help make sure no sister has to go it alone.

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Sister stories

Her Story Is Part of the Healing.

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“I came looking for information. I found a place where I could exhale.”
— [Member Name], Survivor

After her diagnosis, [Name] needed more than brochures and appointments. She needed women who understood the questions she could not always put into words.

“Give voice to our victory.”
— The charge of co-founder Toni Clark

In 1998, survivors Barbara Davis and Toni Clark started STAARS — the first breast cancer support group in Memphis founded by survivors — so no woman would face a diagnosis in silence.

Voice to Our Victory, Part 1: How Two Memphis Survivors Broke the Silence.
— By JR Robinson · October 5, 2026

A new story every Monday this October, then every month — written with and about the women of STAARS.

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Our care

Care for the Whole Woman.

You are more than a diagnosis. Our support recognizes the real life around cancer: family, work, faith, identity, finances, body changes, questions, fear, strength, and hope.


  • Emotional Support

    A 24-hour survivor line and room for fear, rest, grief, faith and joy.


  • Peer Connection

    Monthly Sister Circles and Sister Step mentors from day one.


  • Navigation & Resources

    Referrals for counseling, community services and legal help.


  • Financial & Practical Help

    For eligible women: wigs, bras, prostheses, co-pays and rides.


  • Wellness & Self-Care

    Nutrition, movement, beauty and rest — guidance from experts.


  • Family & Caregiver Support

    For husbands, daughters, sons, sisters and friends.


  • Education & Early Detection

    Plain-language breast health information for every generation.


  • Advocacy & Community Voice

    Visible and vocal at churches, health fairs and beyond.

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Upcoming gathering

Sister Circle: Healing, Hope & Honest Conversation

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A welcoming, confidential space to connect with women who understand. Come exactly as you are. Free, with refreshments.

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Our impact

Every Connection Can Change a Journey.

[000+]Sisters Connected
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[000+]Resource Referrals
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Figures to be confirmed by STAARS before publishing.

Founded 1998 by survivors 2008 HOPE Award 24/7 survivor line
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Make Room for One More Sister.

Your support helps women find trusted information, genuine connection, and practical care at the moments they need it most.

Wigs & prosthesesSo she feels like herself
Co-paysFor eligible women
RidesTo and from treatment
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STAARS is a program of the Jennie and Isiah Davis (JAID) Foundation, a 501(c)(3). Gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

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