thank you my fellow advocates (8 ACT leads in Newfoundland and 1 ACT lead in Labrador) who are shaking borders, bridging organizations, and are fearless and committed to the community
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#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Cancer #Advocacy #ACTLeads #WeAreProud
Thank you candidates who met with us:
Sheilagh O'Leary John Whelan Sarah Stoodley Laurabel Mba Paul Dinn Jim Dinn KenMacDonald Kristina Ennis
#NotAPartisanIssue #Cancer #Elections #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #ACTLeads #CommunityAdvocacy #Politicians #Reflections #Learnings
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I wish you all a great, cancer-free, and equitable future where you, your loved ones, and everyone else in the community will be thriving.
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#ACTleads 🧵
I am a volunteer advocate with @cancersociety.bsky.social’s ACT lead program
This program aims to have local teams of people with an interest in advocacy at government levels (municipal, provincial, federal) to improve lives of people affected by cancer in their community❤️
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Cancer affects all of us.
We all have to work together to address cancer
Please join us folks ❤️
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#NotAPartisanIssue #Cancer #Advocacy #Elections #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #FutureIsBright #ACTLeads #Elections #GovermentRelations #Policies
#ACTLeads
Together with my fellow ACT lead and advocate Emma McIsaac, I talked with Sheilagh O'Leary yesterday 😊
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#ACTLeads
Emma McIsaac & I met with John Whelan last week, a candidate for the upcoming provincial elections in St. John’s 😊
We have talked about cancer & cancer’s impact on our community and exchanged examples of real-life situations
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#NotAPartisanIssue #NewfoundlanAndLabrador #Cancer
#ACTLeads
Today, together with my fellow advocates Jennifer Coish and Gabriel Omowayeola, I have had the pleasure of visiting Jim Dinn et al. at the Confederation building 😊
#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Cancer #Advcoacy #NotAPartisanIssue #Elections #BetterDaysAhead
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@cancersociety.bsky.social
Thank you Paul for sparing your valuable time with us
If there is anything we can do to help these and other cancer-related priorities implemented, please reach out
Better days ahead ❤️
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#NotAPartisanIssue #Cancer #ACTLeads #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Elections #Advocacy
We enjoyed our conversation and sharing our stories, and contemplating about what can be done better to help the families affected by cancer in Newfoundland and Labrador
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#NotAPartisanIssue #Cancer #ACTLeads #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Elections #Advocacy #CancerPriorities
- Ways to help alleviate financial burden of cancer on families
- Increased access to cancer screening programs
- Preventive measures in cancer
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a group photo of three people
#ACTLeads
Jennifer Coish and I had the pleasure of meeting with
Paul Dinn (a MHA) - yesterday👍
We talked about healthcare, cancer care, population needs, and some of the cancer-related priorities such as:
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#NotAPartisanIssue #Cancer #NewfoundlandAndLabrador
@cancersociety.bsky.social
Thanks so much Laurabel for sparing your valuable time to meet with Jennifer Coish and I
I hope that we can continue to connect, communicate, and work together to address cancer’s impact on our people 👍
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#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Elections #Cancer #Advocacy #ACTLeads #NotAPartisanIssue
#ACTLeads
In our saga to meet with the provincial election candidates in order to connect & communicate cancer-related priorities in NL, we first met with Laurabel Mba ❤️
Photo credit: Laurabel Mba
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@cancersociety.bsky.social
We look forward to further chats and collaborations to help our population ❤️
Thanks Ken MacDonald for sparing your valuable time to chat with us
Better Days Ahead ❤️
#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Elections #Cancer #CancerPriorities #Advocacy #ACTLeads #CancerAffectsAll #NotAPartisanIssue
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Our conversation was cozy, interesting & beneficial 👍
Thank you Minister Stoodley and Matt for giving me ideas about the MTAP program too ❤️
Better days ahead❤️😍❤️
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#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Elections #Cancer #CancerPriorities #Advocacy
#CancerAffectsAll #NotAPartisanIssue #ACTLeads
mechanisms that help:
- reduce cancer risk
- improve early detection and screening
- increase access to screening and financial support for folks in NL
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Delighted to have met with the Hon. Sarah Stoodley & her team this afternoon ❤️
We had an awesome chat about the policy priorities such as..
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@cancersociety.bsky.social
