Sister to Sister Fitness Festival 2026

DESCRIPTION Unstoppable Together! Celebrating the 25th Annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival We’re thrilled to announce this milestone celebration of the 25th year of the Sister to Sister Fitness Festival. This event is hosted by the Celebrating Life Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to making breast cancer powerless through education, encouragement, and empowerment. Special Guest - Jayne Kennedy Jayne Kennedy | Biography For millions of American women who came of age in the 1960s and 70s, Jayne Kennedy was more than the “it girl,” she was a cherished role model as well, for African-American women in particular. Her career in Hollywood started in 1971 as a dancer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and Bob Hope's Bases Around the World Christmas Tour, where she enter tained troops during the Vietnam War. From there, she went on to host major TV spe cials, guest star on prime-time TV, and serve as a national spokesperson for major companies, including Coca-Cola. Her work extended to behind the camera as well— she not only created, wrote, and hosted her own fitness series, Love Your Body (one of the first of its kind, among the likes of Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons), but also produced and starred in award-winning films, including Body & Soul, for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress. However, Jayne is best known for her ground-breaking tenure on the Emmy Award winning CBS’ The NFL Today. As one of the first female sports anchors and the very first African-American female in that role, she destroyed the myth that women could not make it in the world of sports broadcasting. The combination of Brent Mus burger, Jayne Kennedy, Irv Cross, and Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder is often referred to as the best pregame show on television—ever! Her accolades for being a trailblazer in sports, entertainment, and journalism are numerous, including the National Sports Media Association’s Roone Arledge Award for Innovation and Black Enterp