FAQs for Partners and Supporters

The Pearl of Wisdom Campaign to Prevent Cervical Cancer is a united, global effort to raise awareness of the opportunities now available to prevent cervical cancer. By working together, partners and supporters involved in the campaign will showcase a united front in the efforts against cervical cancer. To do this, all campaign partners and supporters will promote the Pearl of Wisdom as the global symbol of cervical cancer prevention in order to increase public recognition of the campaign in the same way the pink ribbon serves the breast cancer campaign. In addition, all campaign partners and supporters distribute simple, consistent key messages about cervical cancer to ensure our collective voices will effectively reach women. We recognize that by working together, we can more effectively increase awareness of the new means for preventing cervical cancer, encourage women to take full advantage of these methods, and advocate for the implementation of these tools for girls and women everywhere.

Both Partners and Supporters share the same benefits. Below you’ll find our definition of each group:

• A Partner is any national non-profit organization or medical association that is committed to advancing the Pearl of Wisdom campaign and our cervical cancer prevention messages.
• A Supporter is any business, club, cervical cancer survivor, blogger or regional or local non-profit that is committed to advancing the Pearl of Wisdom campaign and our cervical cancer prevention messages.

The Pearl of Wisdom campaign will showcase your organization’s support for saving women’s lives around the globe.
Benefits to your organization include:

• Your organization will be listed on the Pearl of Wisdom campaign website, and may be featured in other campaign promotional and media materials
• You will receive a special Pearl of Wisdom ”Partner” button for your website
• You will receive a starter set of Pearl of Wisdom pins at no charge, for your organizaiton to distribute as it sees fit.

Your organization’s commitment
As a Partner or Supporter, your organization will commit to:

• Highlighting the Pearl of Wisdom campaign when discussing your cervical cancer prevention activities
• Promoting the Pearl of Wisdom pin and distributing the following campaign messages to colleagues and staff, members, meeting attendees and other stakeholders:
  • Cervical cancer is preventable using the Pap test, the HPV test and the HPV vaccine
  • Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. In the U.S., it is estimated that 12,200 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4,210 will die from the disease in 2010.
  • Working together, we can make sure that girls and women everywhere have access to the life-saving tools that are now available.
• Sending out a communication (e.g., a news release, e-blast, newsletter article) to your audiences informing them of your role as a Partner or Supporter organization in the campaign.
• Encouraging your audiences to support the campaign by wearing a Pearl of Wisdom and sharing our cervical cancer prevention messages with as many women as possible. 

Your organization is welcome to include additional messages that are specific to your constituents and programs when communicating about the Pearl of Wisdom campaign. It is important, though, to also communicate the core set of common messages so that each of our campaigns will support the others and ensure our collective voices will effectively reach out to women.

Yes, provided that you agree to support the campaign as outlined above.

Partners and Supporters can buy a bulk order of the Pearl of Wisdom pin to give away or sell. Partners and Supporters can also participate by encouraging their members to purchase the pins through the Pearl of Wisdom campaign website (www.PearlofWisdom.us).

We would encourage anyone who wants to sell the Pearl of Wisdom pins to become a partner or supporter in the campaign and also help to promote awareness of cervical cancer prevention. Organizations can sell the pins, however, provided the profits go to a recognized and verifiable cervical cancer prevention project or program.

The pins are $6.95 each, including shipping and handling. Prices decrease per pin for packets of 5, 10, 25 and up (see www.PearlofWisdom.us). For large bulk orders for events, please contact sales@PearlofWisdom.us to inquire about special pricing.

Organizations can sell the pins at a profit and are welcome to charge what they like, recognizing that they can be purchased by the general public for $6.95 on the Pearl of Wisdom Campaign website. However, the profits must go to a recognized and verifiable cervical cancer prevention project or program – either one run by your organization or one run by another to which your organization donates the money.

No. The pins are priced so that initial and ongoing investments, including various activities to promote the pearls of wisdom, can be recouped. Money beyond that will be used for cervical cancer prevention related activities through the U.S. Pearl of Wisdom Campaign Fund, a fund managed by Tamika and Friends.

Tamika and Friends has established the U.S. Pearl of Wisdom Campaign Fund, which will provide funding for cervical cancer prevention activities in the U.S. All funding allocation decisions will be made by a Board comprising representatives from selected founding partners.