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What does it mean to be an advocate?
- Make your voice heard! Communicate with legislators about issues that affect blood cancer patients, family members or caregivers.
- Represent blood cancer patients among local healthcare coalitions.
- Help bring media attention to impending issues.
Federal Alerts
Recognizing the need for increased education, research and advocacy for people whose lives have been affected by a blood cancer diagnosis, U.S. Reps. Walter Jones and Betsy Markey have introduced a Congressional resolution that would designate September 2010 as Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Urge your U.S. Representative to become a co-sponsor of this Congressional resolution. (View full details)
The president's recently released budget proposal includes increases of just 3.2 percent for NIH and 3.16 percent for NCI. Advocates are urged to contact their legislators and urge them to increase both NIH and NCI's budget by 13.5 percent; increases of $4.2 billion for NIH and $691 million for NCI. Please contact your elected official now! (View full details)
State Alerts
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