‘I felt alone’: new UK play shows Black women’s experiences with breast cancer

Leanne Pero, founder of Black Women Rising, which supports Black women with breast cancer. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Black women’s experiences with breast cancer will be put under the spotlight this month, in a play looking at six personal stories highlighting the racial health inequalities in diagnosis, representation and care.

Unseen Unheard: The Untold Breast Cancer Stories of Black Women in the UK is based on the experiences of five women who found support from the charity Black Women Rising, and the charity’s founder, Leanne Pero.