by Lindsey Nathan O’Connor The U.S. observes National Write to Congress Day on January 3 every year, a day for citizens to exercise their democratic rights. It is crucial to write to your state and federal representatives and express what is most important to you, as their constituent. It is our duty as citizens to […]
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Amanda Walsh I was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2021. I was young, and my family was still reeling from two loved ones’ own breast cancer diagnoses earlier that same year. When I first found my lump, I thought, there’s no way I have cancer. Not right now. The universe wouldn’t allow that, right?
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by Dawn Anderson “I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to politicians.” – Charles de Gaulle At the WBCC, we have always believed that it’s critical to educate policymakers about issues related to breast cancer and our priorities. How can they possibly know everything they need
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by Dawn Anderson “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” – Susan B. Anthony The Wisconsin Elections Commission estimates there were over 4.5 million voting age residents in Wisconsin in 2022. They have spreadsheets available if you’re interested, but in general, going back 20 plus years, spring elections have only inspired 11-34% of
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Getting ready to launch our 2023 policy priorities by Dawn Anderson On November 8, 2022, all 99 seats in the Wisconsin Assembly and 17 of the 33 Senate seats were up for reelection. This was the first election since new districts were drawn after the 2020 census. The election resulted in 64 Republican held Assembly
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by Linda Hansen In this country alone, a person dies of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) every 13 minutes. When you hear that someone died of breast cancer, they died of MBC. There is no cure for MBC; treatment continues until you die. Only 22 percent of people diagnosed with MBC will be alive five years
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The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (MBCACA) is a bill designed to eliminate the potentially lethal waiting periods for metastatic breast cancer patients who already qualify for the SSDI benefits. Read more about it here to see how you can help make a difference.
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A story about smart, courageous women; a heroic Senator; and a revolutionary way to fund research by Dawn Anderson PART TWO In Part One of our story, we learned about how a breast cancer research program wound up being housed at the Department of Defense and that the women who made that happen also made
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A story about smart, courageous women; a heroic Senator; and a revolutionary way to fund research by Dawn Anderson PART ONE The Wisconsin Breast Cancer Coalition (WBCC) has for many years asked our members to call their representatives in Washington DC and ask them to sign on to the DoD-BCRP Appropriations letter. Some of you
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by Dawn Anderson The coronavirus has rocked all of our worlds in one way or another. There is virtually no one alive now to tell us how they muddled through the 1918 pandemic, and other than the sacrifices Americans made during WWII, most of us have never been asked to forego so much of our
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