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From the airwaves to the headlines, The Empowerment Network is changing the conversation about prostate cancer in St. Louis and beyond.
Our work is making waves. Here's what the media is saying about The Empowerment Network and our mission to save lives through early detection.
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City Corner - Mellve A. Shahid, Sr. and The Empowerment Network, Inc.
City Corner - Mellve A. Shahid, Sr. and The Empowerment Network, Inc.
Film spotlights prostate cancer and boosts awareness
Survivor builds support network for men with prostate cancer
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Media Archives
The life-changing journey of one St Louis man’s quest to find his father
June 18, 2022
KMOV St. Louis 4
A Tribute To Caregivers
March 1, 2020
Walter Pritchard, TEN Media
Founder of the Empowerment Network celebrates 15 years of being cancer free!
March 31, 2022
Fox 2 St. Louis
How I did it: Mellve Shahid, Sr.
July 27, 2010
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD
an African American woman, is praised as key scientist behind
COVID-19 vaccine
February 1, 2021
ABC News
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
September 18, 2025
KSDK News 5
Male breast cancer survivor shares his story
October 30, 2024
KSDK News 5
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month – see how The Empowerment Network is working to eliminate it.
August 31, 2023
Fox 2 St. Louis
TEN Board member Lorraine Hall's Inspiring personal connection to The Empowerment Network
January 1, 2021
Survivors Newsletter
iPads become social contact lifelines for medically vulnerable during the pandemic
November 24, 2020
St. Louis American
Father's Day Health Fair Promotional Radio Spot with 96.3 FM
June 15, 2024
Audacy WFUN 96.3 FM
The Empowerment Network hosts Zero Prostate Cancer Walk
September 2, 2022
Fox 2 St. Louis
Mellve Shahid with The Empowerment Network on the Carney Show
August 18, 2022
KTRS 550am
Get tested for prostate cancer – even in the pandemic
June 19, 2020
St. Louis American