Fracking for the Cure
Komen has a long history of controversy. In 2012 the foundation set off a firestorm by dropping its funding for Planned Parenthood, leading to the resignation of its then-CEO. Komen has also been hit with heat for trademarking the running pink ribbon and the phrase "for the cure," then using its legal team to go after other charity organizations that use the color pink and the word "cure." Critics accuse it of using such tactics in an attempt to monopolize the breast cancer market -- and this is what it's doing with its trademark.
Breast Cancer Awareness has turned into a multi-million dollar business -- Komen rakes in $400 million annually, in part through partnerships with dirty corporations that threaten the health of women -- and all of us. Komen partners with these groups because the money in the short term seems worth it, and the foundation thinks it can keep this story under wraps. But once knowledge of this gets out into the public space, Komen and Baker Hughes lose control of their stories, and we get to tell the world about their dirty partnership. Please join in today in calling out Komen and getting it to drop Baker Hughes as a partner.