Breast Cancer Deadline 2020

Breast Cancer Deadline 2020

I am a 17 year breast cancer survivor who has seen the wide variety of horror this disease creates.  I have lost so many friends and each loss was hard on me, but so much harder on their loving families.  So many of my friends were young when they died of breast cancer.  Some of them died when breast cancer spread to other organs and some of them died as a result of the treatment from breast cancer.  As an Advocate who has been a voice for young women with breast cancer I have learned that most of the issues surrounding breast cancer are complex.  However, after 17 years, I can simply say the following.  We need to end breast cancer.  We need to focus all of our resources on preventing the disease in the first place and preventing the spread of the disease to important organs in the body.  We need an answer and we needed it soon.  We need to all support the one organization who is asking us to do this, The National Breast Cancer Coalition. 

I have been a board member of The Young Survival Coalition (YSC) since we began it in 1998.  The YSC has sat on the Board of Directors of The National Breast Cancer Coalition since 2001 because we recognize that breast cancer must end and we must all go out of business!

We all think of breast cancer as a disease that affects older people, but clearly, it affects everyone.  When folks are diagnosed with this disease, it affects everyone who knows them.  That means everyone!  Everyone (yes that is you) can add their signatures to the petition to the president of the United States.  He needs to embrace the need to end this disease.  Please sign the petition!

And everyone can add their incredible voices to the chorus singing for the end of breast cancer by joining us at the Advocacy Summit on May 5th -8th; Scholarships are available! 

I hope to see you all there!