As we look ahead to 2008, I want to tell you how much I've enjoyed talking with you this year about what's important to NBCC. To those of you who have gotten involved with our advocacy work - thank you. To the rest of you, I hope getting involved with NBCC is on your New Year's resolution list. Here's a look at what lies ahead... Read more
Recently, I shared with you the great news that the Senate and the House approved $138 million in fiscal year 2008 funding for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (DOD BCRP) - $10.5 million more than last year. Some of you asked some very good questions about the federal funding process. Here are some answers. One... Read more
Breast cancer: we often hear about new amazing discoveries. Pick up your newspaper, turn on the television, go to your favorite news website -- breast cancer is in the news. Usually however what you're hearing about is a new research study -- and usually about the very early findings of preliminary research that we are far from... Read more
We recently got the great news that some of our hard work has paid off. Earlier this month the Senate and the House approved $138 million in FY 2008 funding for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (DOD BCRP) -$10.5 million more than last year. Created in 1991 as a result of the National Breast Cancer Coalition's... Read more
Controversy. Conflict. Words that I have heard over and over again. I have heard that women avoid confrontation and conflict. That they historically have been quiet, conforming, polite. That certainly has not been my experience with the National Breast Cancer Coalition and its network of activists across the country. These women embrace... Read more