Policy & Advocacy News

Continuing Resolution Sent to the President

Congress on Saturday sent a Continuing Resolution (CR) to the President for his signature. This bill will keep the Government running until March 2009. The total cost of the bill, which was approved by a 78 – 12 vote in the Senate, has a price tag of $634 billion.

Posted by Joe Arite on September 29th, 2008
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Tags: Congress, Continuing Resolution, President Bush

NIH Director Steps Down

As the days of the Bush Adminstration comes to a close Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has decided to step down at the end of October.

Posted by Joe Arite on September 24th, 2008
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Tags: Bush Administration, NIH

Candidates Release their Cancer Plans

Recently, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama released their respective plans to battle cancer. Click on the links below to see what they have to say.

John McCain Plan

Barack Obama Plan

No official cancer plan has been released by any third party candidate.

C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition is a non-profit, nonpartisan advocacy organization that fights colorectal cancer through research, empowerment and access. C3 does not endorse or oppose any candidate running for elected office.

Posted by Joe Arite on September 17th, 2008
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Tags: McCain, Obama, Road to the White House

In Her Own Words: I Stood Up to Cancer

C3 Advocate Christine Niemi In 2005, Christine Niemi, was diagnosed at age 28 with stage IV colorectal cancer that had spread to the liver. Eighteen months later, she joined C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition at its Call-on Congress grassroots training and lobby day and became an active and tenacious advocate with the organization. Last week, she attended the Stand Up to Cancer broadcast as a representative of C3. We asked her to share her experience with others in the cancer fight.

Last Friday, September 5, I had the amazing opportunity to represent C3 at the Stand Up to Cancer live broadcast in Los Angeles, CA. I was joined by C3 board member Andy Giusti and advocates Florence Kurttila and Sean Twersky (Sean’s mom, Lisa Dubow, was one of C3’s founders and is the namesake of the organization’s Lisa Fund, which raises money for late stage colorectal cancer research). Participating in the event was the experience of a lifetime.

Early in the afternoon we attended a luncheon for the advocates representing 75 different cancer advocacy organizations from across the United States. There was a great sense of excitement – and the camaraderie between the groups was inspirational. It was exciting for me to meet other young adult cancer survivors. Speeches were made to acknowledge the people who worked so hard to organize the event as well as to illustrate how far we’ve come in the war against cancer and how much more there is to do.

Posted by Christine Niemi on September 8th, 2008
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C3 Advocates Join Stand Up to Cancer Effort

C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition Advocates Sean Twersky, Christine Niemi, Florence Kurttila and C3 Board member Andy Giusti will be attending the Stand Up to Cancer broadcast on Friday night, September 5 at 8 pm (Eastern) simulcast on NBC, ABC, and CBS. They’ll be wearing Cover Your Butt t-shirts to encourage legislation to remove financial barriers to colorectal cancer screening and prevent colorectal cancer. Continue reading…