Advocacy
MRF Advocates for Smart Policies and Has Helped Secure $300 Million in Government Funding for Melanoma
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The MRF is a core member of the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention.
7th Annual MRF Advocacy Summit & Hill Day l MRF hosted 150 volunteer advocates from 22 states l In 2017, combined advocacy summit and ocular melanoma (OM) symposium to further incorporate the OM voice in our federal advocacy efforts
I was fortunate to find the MRF early after my diagnosis. Their belief and ability to see my need for knowledge and involvement has facilitated my physical and emotional healing. I decided to join Hill Day exactly one year post diagnosis and this exhilarating experience rewarded me with strength I felt I had lost. I learned more about the MRF and I was able to have open, heart-to-heart conversations with our legislators and aides. I came away with immense gratitude for our many freedoms and for the MRF’s steadfast mission to make MELANOMA NO MORE! LAURA WELLS Melanoma survivor and Hill Day advocate
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Ocular Melanoma participants
Meetings on the Hill to talk about increasing funding for the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program, tanning bed legislation
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