EMERALD AWARD
HONOREES

Terry W. Spicer – Global Publicist, Sisters Inspiring Sisters Incorporated is being recognized as

the 2023 Emerald Award Honorees for Health and Human Services at our 13th Annual Emerald

Award Program.

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A progressive brand strategist and highly sought after global Publicist, Terry W. Spicer is the CEO

of Epiphany Public Relations, LLC. She practices the principles of Public Relations as an effective

and strategic business development tool critical to the development, implementation and

execution of business goals and directives with optimum outcomes. With a global portfolio, she

masterfully weaves a story telling tapestry that captures attention, builds vision, and bridges goals

and brands to targeted and cross appeal markets that deliver winning and sustained results.

With a genuine heart of service, she is the Founder and Executive Director of The Sisters Inspiring

Sisters Incorporated, (The SISI), a 501c3 charity that provides Transportation Assistance to cancer

patients to get to lifesaving and sustaining chemo, radiation, and medical appointments
toward survivorship. The SISI now celebrates ten years this year and they have helped 1407 cancer

patients in all 100 counties of North Carolina and 16 states nationally. Terry was recently appointed

to the Mayo Clinic Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research National

Women’s Health Advisory Board. She was a guest speaker November 1-2, 2022, at the National

Mayo Clinic Community Partnership Summit in Phoenix, Arizona where she presented on the

global stage to experts on the disparities of transportation and cancer patients; one of the biggest

moments of her career and the committed and ongoing work of The SISI. Transportation is the

number one barrier of patient care and should not be a hindrance to lifesaving and sustaining care.

This is why The SISI “Fights Cancer One Mile At A Time!TM” She is hosting the Treasure Her
Elegance Grand Tea that honors and celebrates Breast Cancer Patients, Survivors and Caregivers,

Saturday March 25th at Prestonwood Country Club. The 10th Anniversary Black Tie Gala will be held

Saturday, August 26th at the Windham at Brier Creek with proceeds to benefit the work to

help cancer patients.

The SISI launched a national initiative and clarion call to action “Lift Your PEARLS And Check

Your Girls” to bring national awareness, action and support of Black Women who die of Breast

Cancer at a 42% higher rate than their white counterparts. This yearlong movement is working with organizations, hospitals, sororities, churches and communities around the nation to help

ONE MILLION Black Women get mammograms to help break the cycle of high morbidity.

More than 400 women around the country have already taken the pledge and gotten their

mammograms since the launch and The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and other media outlets

picked up the effort and lifted visibility for this important effort. Terry was a guest on the Show

several times to discuss the disparities and advocation for Black women to become more proactive

in their breast health. Women are stepping up because a diagnosis of breast cancer doesn’t have

to be a death sentence. Mammograms help to position those diagnosed with a better start toward

treatment and hopeful eradication of the disease.

Terry is also the Founder of The SISI Small PEARLS Lead Academy, a leadership development

Mentoring Program for girls ages 7-17 and has gifted nineteen Scholarships to high school graduates

of the Program to further their excellence in higher learning. Five seniors graduated in the Class

of 2022, four of them received a full academic scholarship. PEARLS is the acronym for “Preparing

Elegant And Ready Leaders for Success!TM” One of her Small PEARLS served as the Keynote Youth

Speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Interfaith Prayer Breakfast this year at the Sheraton Hotel

and delivered a masterful presentation that she wrote to the theme of the Breakfast. Her Small

PEARLS hosted an incredible Black History Month Program in February via Zoom
with peers in The Gambia, Africa in partnership with The Boss Woman organization located there.

The Honorable Machelle Baker Sanders served as the Guest Speaker and spoke to the theme,

“Owning the Power of Hue We Are” and a favorite chapter of the book, “The Small PEARL In Every

Girl” a roadmap of leadership for black and brown girls, women, and millennials to help them

navigate the journey of life successfully at every level. Terry also launched her first Chapter of The

Collegiate PEARLS Leadership Academy at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in May 2022. She is

honored to have served as Author In Residence at Lincoln University for the academic year of

2021-2022 for the Department of Student Success, Health and Wellness. The proceeds from the

book directly benefit the work of The SISI.

With a relentless commitment to excellence, impact and winning results she is a successful and

sought after global Publicist. She served as the Publicist for ASALH, the Association for the Study

of African American Life and History founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Father of Black History, in

Washington, DC and worked closely with the Obama Administration. Her agency was the first

official Public Relations firm for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., under the tenure of Dr. Antonio

F. Knox, Sr., 40th Grand Basileus. She recently served on the National Board of Directors of

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, appointed by Beverly E. Smith, 26th National President

and CEO, and she is the Immediate Past Chair of the National Information and Communications

Committee. She was one of the three National Public Relations Co-Chairs for the National
Centennial yearlong celebration. She served as the Publicist for the 7th Annual National

Commemoration of the Mother Emanuel AME Martyrdom in Charleston, South Carolina. Her client

portfolio is diverse across corporate, nonprofit, entertainment, authors, HBCUs and businesses,

many owned by Black women. Her clients have appeared in Black Enterprise, Essence and Jet

magazines, radio and print mediums, Good Morning America, the CBS Morning Show, NBC Today,

CNN, ESPN and more. She is a professional mentor to many women minority owned companies

and business leaders. She has received numerous honors and awards professionally for her leadership

and tireless community service activism. She recently received the Women of Excellence Award for

“Health and Healing” from the Capital Area Section of the National Council of Negro Women at the

19th Annual Harambee. She is married to Stacey L. Spicer, Sr., Co-Founder of The SISI, a five-year
Cancer SURVIVOR, and they have one son, Stacey, Jr.