Print Issue: MBC: ADVOCACY
METASTATIC BREAST CANCER: ADVOCACY, Oct / Nov 2024, Vol 9, No 5, 160 pages
Each October, we devote an entire issue to those living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). In a month bursting with breast cancer awareness, we believe in shining a spotlight on a segment of the community that needs more attention & has a lot to teach the world about living alongside breast cancer. This year's guest editor is MJ DeCoteau and the Rethink Breast Cancer team and our theme is advocacy - from self-advocacy to making systemic change for the bettermet of all. Advocacy takes many shapes and forms, and these are the stories we are highlighting in an issue that sure to inspire and bring hope whether you're also living with MBC, have been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, or are seeking a better understanding of life merging with cancer.
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
METASTATIC BREAST CANCER: ADVOCACY, Oct / Nov 2024, Vol 9, No 5, 160 pages
Each October, we devote an entire issue to those living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). In a month bursting with breast cancer awareness, we believe in shining a spotlight on a segment of the community that needs more attention & has a lot to teach the world about living alongside breast cancer. This year's guest editor is MJ DeCoteau and the Rethink Breast Cancer team and our theme is advocacy - from self-advocacy to making systemic change for the bettermet of all. Advocacy takes many shapes and forms, and these are the stories we are highlighting in an issue that sure to inspire and bring hope whether you're also living with MBC, have been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, or are seeking a better understanding of life merging with cancer.
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
METASTATIC BREAST CANCER: ADVOCACY, Oct / Nov 2024, Vol 9, No 5, 160 pages
Each October, we devote an entire issue to those living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). In a month bursting with breast cancer awareness, we believe in shining a spotlight on a segment of the community that needs more attention & has a lot to teach the world about living alongside breast cancer. This year's guest editor is MJ DeCoteau and the Rethink Breast Cancer team and our theme is advocacy - from self-advocacy to making systemic change for the bettermet of all. Advocacy takes many shapes and forms, and these are the stories we are highlighting in an issue that sure to inspire and bring hope whether you're also living with MBC, have been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, or are seeking a better understanding of life merging with cancer.
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
Big thanks to our Underwriters for their support of this issue! 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; and “Empowered Intimacy: Getting Your Sexy Back After Breast Cancer" a podcast series by Cancer Fashionista and "Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful”
