METASTATIC BREAST CANCER: ADVOCACY

Vol. 9 Issue No. 5

Guest Editor: MJ DeCoteau and the Rethink Breast Cancer team

Cover Star: Jen Pogue

Contents:

In Praise of Quiet Advocacy a poem by Amy Austin | A Voice That Deserves to be Heard by Gemma Sharp | Every Three Months by Kelley Franks | Why I Fundraise for MBC by Samantha Price Mitchell | Caregivers Can Be Advocates Too by Jeff Mitchell | Take a Deep Breath In by Clare Li | Learning to Fly by Michelle Johnson | This Voice a poem by Alyssa Tsagong | Phoenix Rising by Gillian Lichota | Advocacy by Friendly Disruptors by MJ DeCoteau and Jasmine Sikand, Rethink Breast Cancer | Strength in Numbers by Laura McKail | What's in a Name? by Kate Rowbotham | The Colors of Cancer by Keri Smith | Trial by Fire by Patricia Stoop | Shared Tomorrows a poem by Deltra T.R. James | It All Started With a Migraine by Shar Schmidt | Adjusting photography and words by Madison Evangelista | Shining a Light in a Dark Time by Marianne Alexander | The Elephant's Path by Vesna Zic-Côté | Hiking My Way Through by Cheri Henderson | For Now is as Good as Forever: Dating with Advanced Breast Cancer by Deltra T.R. James | Clouds a poem by Essie Michell | Advocacy in Motion by Terlisa Sheppard | The Force by Heather Douglas | What Nature Taught Me About Advocacy by Lesley Glenn | Revenge by Jen Pogue | Howling into the Abyss by Kristen Finnegan | The Phoenix and the Light a poem by Elizabeth Rainey

PLUS: Guest Editor’s Note by MJ DeCoteau | Tell Your Story Writing Prompt by April Johnson Stearns

Underwriters:

Rethink Breast Cancer; ABCD: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis; Ana Ono; Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) & Mets in the City (MITC); Cancer Free Haven; Grace, Grit, and Gratitude; Keep a Breast; Le Wren; Roots & Wings Foundation; Temple of Kinship; The Busted Tank; Young Women's Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation; “Empowered Intimacy: Getting Your Sexy Back After Breast Cancer" a podcast series by Cancer Fashionista and "Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful”