$10,000 contribution to the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) will fund research and training programs.
“We are dedicated to ending breast cancer through the power of grassroots action and advocacy.” This is the mission of the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC). And since its inception in 1991, the coalition’s progress has been nothing short of a revolution. The NBCC has raised more than $2 billion for breast cancer research—and they’ve succeeded in making breast cancer a priority on the national political stage.
The NBCC is passionate about ensuring that every dollar they raise is used to fund the most worthwhile causes. Federal funding is devoted to new treatments and prevention methods, with a special focus on environmental ties to breast cancer. On the state and local levels, the NBCC educates and trains advocates to help improve the quality of the health care system. If flaws in public policy are uncovered along the way, the NBCC works to make meaningful changes.
The organization educates its advocates through unique training programs, including Project LEAD®, which prepares its students to participate in local and national discussions about breast cancer. Project LEAD graduates are encouraged to bring a consumer approach and critical eye to important issues surrounding breast cancer. They serve on local, state, and national committees to better their communities through quality health care access.
At their annual Advocacy Training Conference, the NBCC prepares participants to act as “agents of action and change in the mission to eradicate breast cancer” by targeting their training specifically toward breast cancer science and public policy. This includes designing research, setting a research schedule, and determining how to approach quality care—among many other areas of breast cancer activism.
The NBCC goes beyond simply bringing breast cancer awareness to the public by finding out what is really going on in the world of breast cancer research—specifically, what breakthroughs have been made and what work still needs to be done.
By staying true to their beliefs and vision, the NBCC has trained over 11,000 advocates to challenge and demand change on a local to regional basis—change that has helped to provide health care access for thousands of low-income women with breast and cervical cancer. These results have saved the lives of thousands of women.
To learn more about the NBCC, visit their website at www.stopbreastcancer.org.