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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.
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
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…
Posted by Kate Murphy on September 4th, 2008
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Tags: awareness
C3 Advocates LIVESTRONG in Columbus
The Lance Armstrong Foundation inspired and empowered 1,000 delegates to travel to Columbus, OH and support the Foundation’s efforts to make cancer a national priority…I was one of them.
The Summit took place July 24-27 at THE Ohio State University campus. Registration was the first step to the Summit. There we learned of our breakout sessions and were given LIVESTRONG yellow shirts to wear. They were catchy with “Vote Yellow” on the front and a definition on the back which read:
“Vote Yellow” ”(vot • yel-o)
(1. n. An expression of choice made by 12 million cancer survivors and their loved ones. 2. v. To declare one’s opinion that our leaders should make cancer a national priority. 3. n. A philosophy believing it unacceptable to lose 560,000 Americans to cancer each year. 4. n. LIVESTRONG!™
Posted by Suzanne Lindley on August 1st, 2008
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