By Ashley Inda It has been four years since my delayed diagnosis of stage III breast cancer due to dense breast tissue. Four years since my world—and that of my family and my community—was turned upside down. Four years since I vowed to turn my pain into purpose. In those four years, I have shared […]
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By Ashley Inda Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. I feel like a broken record but I cannot and will not stop talking about BREAST DENSITY! As we enter Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we can’t talk about breast cancer without talking about breast density. I once had dense breasts but after
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by Dawn Anderson “I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to politicians.” – Charles de Gaulle At the WBCC, we have always believed that it’s critical to educate policymakers about issues related to breast cancer and our priorities. How can they possibly know everything they need
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by Dawn Anderson “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” – Susan B. Anthony The Wisconsin Elections Commission estimates there were over 4.5 million voting age residents in Wisconsin in 2022. They have spreadsheets available if you’re interested, but in general, going back 20 plus years, spring elections have only inspired 11-34% of
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Getting ready to launch our 2023 policy priorities by Dawn Anderson On November 8, 2022, all 99 seats in the Wisconsin Assembly and 17 of the 33 Senate seats were up for reelection. This was the first election since new districts were drawn after the 2020 census. The election resulted in 64 Republican held Assembly
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by Dawn Anderson “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” – William E. Vaughan This made me laugh out loud! It’s definitely a truth this time of year (IF we can still stay awake until midnight). 365 days is
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by Linda Hansen I found the lump that was Stage IV metastatic breast cancer just five weeks after a “clean” mammogram. And I was mad. How could metastatic breast cancer be missed on a mammogram? I spent that first year going through surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, but in the back of my mind, the question
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by Dawn Anderson The coronavirus has rocked all of our worlds in one way or another. There is virtually no one alive now to tell us how they muddled through the 1918 pandemic, and other than the sacrifices Americans made during WWII, most of us have never been asked to forego so much of our
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