Join us for a FREE webinar as part of the Triage Cancer Webinar Series, which will explore the emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis and strategies for self-care. Attendees will learn about the various ways that stress can impact the body, concrete tools for managing intrusive thoughts, and techniques to finding balance during stressful moments.

Register: https://triagecancer.org/webinarreg-emotional-overload

Join us for a FREE webinar as part of the Triage Cancer Webinar Series, which will explore how to get help paying for care. Attendees will learn about the contributing factors to financial toxicity, tips for rebuilding financial health after a cancer diagnosis, and how to identify financial assistance options available.

Register: https://triagecancer.org/webinarreg-help-paying

Please join One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) for our annual (virtual) Lobby Day! Volunteers from around the country will meet with their Members of Congress to advocate for increased funding for the NIH, NCI, and CDC in FY 2022.

Register: 2021 OVAC Virtual Lobby Day (google.com)

Join us for a FREE webinar as part of the Triage Cancer Webinar Series, which will explore the health insurance appeals process. Attendees will learn about how to navigate the appeals process for private health insurance, employer-sponsored health insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Register: https://triagecancer.org/webinarreg-appeals

You’re invited to join the Alliance for Childhood Cancer for the 10th Annual Childhood Cancer Action Days. This virtual event brings our community together to advocate for important childhood cancer issues currently before Congress.

We are at a critical point on several key policy issues for children with cancer, and we need a strong showing of advocates at Action Days 2021. Virtually sharing your story with members of Congress will ensure the voice of children with cancer is heard loud and clear!

Learn more and register: https://www.allianceforchildhoodcancer.org/join-us/action-days-2021.html

Together, 25 young adults facing cancer (patients, survivors, or caregivers) will go through a 6-week, online program experience where you’ll hit the highlights of our workshops!  You’ll form a tight-knit community and every other week, you’ll take part in a different 2-hour program with the same group of young adults moving together through the series.

In week 1 you’ll join a Creative Art Workshop, in week 3 a Journaling Workshop, and in week 5 a Young Adult Cancer Hangout + Game Night.  In between workshops, you’ll have access to a private Facebook group for your cohort of 25 young adults where you can connect and communicate.  You may only take part in the series once and when you sign up you are committing to take part in all 6 weeks.

The 2nd round of the Survivorship Series has been scheduled and starts on Tuesday, April 20!  This round is specific to young adults facing *metastatic* cancer.

More: https://lacunaloft.org/survivorship-series/

To close out this year's AYAWare Week, join Stupid Cancer for a Storytelling Open Mic to build community with your adolescent and young adult peers in an intimate, welcoming space. Get on "stage" to share your story or listen to others talk about their cancer journey and experience. No storytelling experience required, and no topics are off limits!

If you'd like to share a story but don't know where to start, here are some prompts for inspiration:
- What's the biggest challenge that you've had to face post-diagnosis?
- What do you wish you could tell your family or friends? What do you wish they'd stop asking you?
- What does the AYA community mean to you?
- What makes you feel the most supported?
- What have you gained or lost as a result of your diagnosis?

If you'd like to sign up in advance to share your story, please contact programs@stupidcancer.org.

Apr 9, 2021 05:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sIX5In8yQB28YHTNcELVrw

Impacts of the AYA Cancer Movement on Clinical Practice and Clinical Research

Over the last two decades the "AYA Cancer Movement" has re-shaped both Pediatric and Medical Oncology by expanding the reach of both disciplines to an under-served population of cancer patients and cancer survivors: Adolescents & Young Adults (patients spanning the ages of 15 to 39).

This conference will examine the current successes, persistent and new challenges, and the outlook for Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) oncology.  Our distinguished faculty speakers will address critical topics in AYA oncology from the perspective of their own clinical and research areas of expertise.

The online Unspoken Ink: Creative Writing Workshop is designed to take you on a journey through your cancer diagnosis and into your survivorship with a small group of your young adult cancer patient/survivor peers. Each 8-week Writing Workshop consists of a weekly writing night attended via online video chat. We will get to know one another in an intimate, 18 person setting and address issues that transport us from initial diagnosis into the new normal and survivorship.

Learn more: https://lacunaloft.org/writinggroup/

APRIL 8, 2021 ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT ONCOLOGY VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM

About this Event

Sponsored by the Michael Kamin Hart Fund (AYA Program at Princess Margaret Cancer Center) this symposium will aim to highlight new advances in AYA oncology from both researchers and community partners.

Target audience: health care providers, trainees, researchers

All welcome: patients, community organizations, advocacy groups, government, hospital administration

Join Triage Cancer for a FREE webinar as part of the Triage Cancer Webinar Series, which will explore ways to take time off as an individual diagnosed with cancer or a caregiver. Attendees will learn about how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can be useful to individuals coping with cancer, how reasonable accommodations can be used to work through treatment or return to work, and other state laws, disclosure, and privacy protections.

Presented by Steve Knox, Esq. 

This year the Young Adult Cancer Conference will look a little different—instead of one day of workshops at Dana-Farber, we will be hosting the conference virtually on Tuesday and Thursday evenings throughout the month of April. The conference kick-off takes place Thursday, April 1st.

Click here to view the full conference agenda and workshop descriptions.

Register: https://redcap.partners.org/redcap/surveys/?s=XKMPMWW9JH

Adolescents and Young Adults experience a number of unique quality of life issues during and after cancer treatments. Reduction in or absence of a sense of empowerment, and challenges in developing a clear sense of autonomy and identity, can be common as a result of rapid life changes. This workshop welcomes members of the young adult cancer community to develop a deeper understanding of how the connection between nature and embodiment can support personal healing. Explore how spending time in nature and using accessible practices like mindfulness and breathing can offer possibilities for restoring a sense of wholeness by reconnecting with a sense of self, cultivating daily well-being, and making empowered choices in health and healing. Participants will have an opportunity for experiential learning and engagement both on and offline.

This workshop will be facilitated by Amelia Coffaro, C-IAYT, Yoga Therapist and young adult cancer survivor.

Registration required & spots are limited! Open to young adults that have been diagnosed with cancer before age 40 and are currently between the ages of 18-45.

Register: https://events.gildasclubmadison.org/Events/Info/Healing_in_Nature_A_workshop_for_the_Young_Adult_Cancer_Community-3921

Brewing Tough Conversations to Help Each Other Face Cancer. The last Thursday of each month we will host a Zoom meeting at 7:00pm Eastern Time inviting anyone that would like to join our monthly conversations. This month is all about the dudes. Our featured organization is Cancer Dudes. Visit https://cancerdudes.org/ for more information!

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYufu-pqDspHNyLTl5jLfx7n34zaJBxOOzi

(For brain tumor survivors) — Finding a job is even more challenging during these challenging times. However, the employment field is changing and there are things which may be opening up which have not in the past. This month will focus on starting your own business with speakers who have started their own business.

Sign-up for any CBTF event by emailing kgiacin@cbtf.org. When registering, be sure to include the name of the activity you're interested in.

The Children's Brain Tumor Network, is holding a Science Club meeting for teens and young adult brain tumor survivors and siblings interested in studying science.

They will have a chance to hear from Dr. Cassie Kline, at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia MD, MAS (Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Neuro-Oncology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Dr. Robert Lober, Neurosurgeon and Director of the Living Biobank at Dayton Children's.

They will talk about their career, school (challenges and all) and take questions about the brain tumor world.

Email kgiacin@cbtf.org for more info.

(For brain tumor survivors) — College Chat for Survivors is a support group session led by the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation.

Email kgiacin@cbtf.org to sign-up for any of our events. When registering, please include the name of the activity you're interested in.

With so much misinformation online, it can be hard to be confident in knowing what to eat as a cancer survivor. This session will dig into common myths, present the latest research on the relationship between nutrition and cancer, and answer your questions about food and nutrition -- so you can fear less, and know more!

Register: https://grythealth.com/events/get-the-dish-on-nutrition-and-cancer/

Join us for a FREE webinar as part of the Triage Cancer Webinar Series, which will explore legislative advocacy. Attendees will learn insider's tips for how to better engage in legislative advocacy, including the steps required to advance health care policy, the characteristics of a successful advocate, and more.

Register: https://triagecancer.org/webinarreg-legislative-advocacy