Thank you for visiting our Blog. We invite you to explore these articles highlighting advocacy. Written by staff writer and editor Helana Shumway, along with other members of our community, these entries provide valuable information, personal insights, and inspiration to help you navigate your cancer experience and connect with the resources available through the Coalition.
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Advocating for a Future
I became an Advocacy Committee member and began the training needed to be efficient in advocating for the research needed to find not only a cure for breast and gynecologic cancer but ensuring that necessary resources are accessible to cancer survivors.
Awareness to Action
This is a busy time for us at the Coalition. As we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month (which was September), this is a meaningful time for both reflection and forward thinking. Over the past 27 years, our foundation has made a lasting impact—rooted in our unwavering commitment to our four pillars of service: Support, Education, Research, and Advocacy.
Triple Negative Breast Cancer: The Need for Research and Advocacy to Address Racial Disparities
While the term “breast cancer” sounds like a single disease, there are in fact several different types of breast cancer. The four main subtypes of breast cancer are luminal A, luminal B, HER2-positive, and triple negative.
Access to Affordable Care
In early 2018, I became fully disabled and unable to work due to the side effects of my chemotherapy and the disease progression. I was 61 years old. I entered the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits and the 24-month waiting period for Medicare health insurance.
NYS Bans Mercury in Products
Do you use products marketed as skin lighteners or anti-aging creams? If so, check the label. If the words “mercurous chloride,” “calomel,” “mercuric,” “mercurio,” or “mercury” are listed on the label (or if it doesn’t have a label), you should stop using the product immediately.
PinkWashing
What is Pink Washing? When a company or organization claims to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon product, but at the same time produces, manufactures and/or sells products that are linked to the disease.
Safer Cosmetics
Humans are infinitely creative. We build our homes and create our communities, surrounding ourselves with the things necessary for our survival along with creature comforts. From the food we eat to the clothes we wear, to the products we use for home and garden maintenance, to the cars we drive, to our electronic devices, to the personal care items we use on a daily basis, […]
Racial Disparities
According to the Centers for Disease Control, “Black women and White women get breast cancer at about the same rate, but Black women die from breast cancer at a higher rate than White women.” Furthermore, Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, a subtype of the disease that presents challenges to treatment. […]