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 Dawn Anderson A lot of the time, advocacy work is a slog. Trying to get the attention of legislators so you can share your issue. Trying to convince whole bodies of them that your issue is important. Pushing back against opposition and misinformation. Telling your story over and over again as you urge them
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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 For most of our almost 30-year existence, the WBCC has maintained that pink ribbons and “hope” are not enough to stop women from dying from breast cancer. We’ve focused on taking action – “STANDING UP AND SPEAKING OUT” – to make sure there is appropriate research funding allocated, to ensure all women
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by Linda Hansen In this country alone, a person dies of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) every 13 minutes. When you hear that someone died of breast cancer, they died of MBC. There is no cure for MBC; treatment continues until you die. Only 22 percent of people diagnosed with MBC will be alive five years
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by Dawn Anderson You know you’ve done it. We’ve all done it. We toast a new year, and we think, “It’s a blank page. I should start something new! Or finish the book I started. Or organize all my spices alphabetically and old photos by calendar year. Maybe run a marathon.” (Not me. I’ve never
The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (MBCACA) is a bill designed to eliminate the potentially lethal waiting periods for metastatic breast cancer patients who already qualify for the SSDI benefits. Read more about it here to see how you can help make a difference.
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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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