This weekend, all our Affinity Groups came together in person for the very first time for our #AffinityGroupRoundtable!

Kicking off @ACSCAN #AffinityGroupRoundtable in Chicago!

Thank you,@ACSCAN for inviting @HyacinthBurrow1 and me to present at the inaugural national #AffinityGroupRoundtable. It was an honor to play a small role in the fight to end cancer as we know it, for EVERYONE. 🙏🏾💯✊🏾 #healthequity #advocacy #grassroots

Thank you to Marina Watanabe for kicking off programming for the #AffinityGroupRoundtable and thank you as always for sharing your story.

.@LLacasseACSCAN speaks to the #AffinityGroupRoundtable on her pride in how we've diversified our volunteer group, and her aspirations for the work that still needs to be done.

That's a wrap! Today @ladysaydee and I facilitated three workshops on "Advancing Inclusion + Belonging" in our #advocacy work at @ACSCAN The #AffinityGroupRoundtable has been a weekend full of refreshing reflection + realistic goal setting exercises. @ACSCAN_Florida

1/2 🧵 Ever wonder what we consider before we make policy decisions? At #AffinityGroupRoundtable Kirsten Sloan, Managing Director, Public Policy, lays out some of the questions we ask:

3/3 🧵 4️⃣ Is it an emerging issue? 5️⃣ Is it critical to cancer care? 6️⃣ Is it impactful to ending cancer as we know it, for everyone? #AffinityGroupRoundtable

2/3 🧵 1️⃣ Is the issue a mission priority? 2️⃣ Is there a state/federal or judicial opportunity to move this issue forward? 3️⃣ Is there legislation we need to support or oppose present in legislatures? #AffinityGroupRoundtable

"Showing up in this space is not always easy, but it is always necessary" - @kayjayl41, our ACS CAN Board Chair who sent a lovely letter of support to the #AffinityGroupRoundtable. Thank you for your continued advocacy!