TOGETHER WE CAN
The MRF’s Advocacy Program convenes patients, caregivers, survivors, healthcare professionals and like-minded advocacy partners to unite in one voice for the melanoma community. Issues range from increased government funding for research to access to care. MRF advocates play a critical role in the advancement of better outcomes for the over one million Americans living with melanoma and their loved ones. The MRF is also a core member of several leading organizations that are dedicated to a future without melanoma including the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention (NCSCP), Public Access to Sunscreen Coalition (PASS) and the SUNucate Coalition.
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SUPPORTED LEGISLATION IN 28 STATES
Being an advocate is more than going to events or signing petitions and making calls. Being an advocate for the melanoma community is giving your time, your heart, your soul and sweat to a cause that is embedded inside your heart. Not just for the people battling now but for the people who haven’t even joined the fight yet.
My passion to advocate does not stop at the local and state level. This year I took part in the MRF’s Advocacy Summit and Hill Day in Washington, DC. I plan on making this an annual event and can’t wait to advocate for funding in 2020 and continue to educate and promote melanoma awareness.
— MRF ADVOCATE
— MRF ADVOCATE
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