Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative

Freshstart Smoking Cessation Program
2021-03-31 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-03-24 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-03-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-03-10 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | Webinar/Web Conference
For information: Freshstart flyer for March 2021 class

Teen Thivers Writing 3 Week Series
2021-03-27 13:30 - 15:00, 2021-03-20 13:30 - 15:00, 2021-03-13 13:30 - 15:00
CUREative Art and Writing Contest for Teens Touched by Cancer:

OPEN TO ANY TEEN IN WISCONSIN who has been touched by cancer (those who are cancer survivors, have someone they love with cancer, or have experienced a death to cancer)
Top 3 winners receive Amazon Gift Cards (First Prize $300)
Art will be displayed in a public forum at Goodman Community Center April 19-25
Winners will be announced at a Virtual Reception for all participants and their guests on Thursday, April 29 from 7-8 pm (Zoom)
Submissions due Monday, April 12th
Please share with any teen who may be interested (pdf and jpg flier attached as well)

For details on how to participate:
www.gildasclubmadison.org/cureative2021
Art and Writing Classes will be offered to teens to help them create their piece. They are free and open to the public. Space is limited, so register early:
CUREative Art Series for Teens
Mon. March 8, 7-8 pm – Creative Self Care
Mon. March 22, 7-8 pm – Light from Darkness
Mon. April 5, 7-8 pm – 3D Expressive Art
Teen Thivers Writing 3 Week Series
Sat. March 13, 1:30-3 pm
Sat. March 20, 1:30-3 pm
Sat. March 27, 1:30-3 pm
For more information click here.

Financial Navigation Webinar
2021-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
Register today for a webinar on Financial Navigation
March 25th 1:00 p.m. ET
The financial burden of cancer treatment, also known as financial toxicity affects people diagnosed with cancer and their families. As part of ongoing professional development for cancer patient navigators, The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center invites you to register for this webinar on financial navigation. You will gain knowledge about financial toxicity through case studies and real life examples and walk away with resources and tools to address financial challenges for people affected by cancer.
Learning Objectives:
• Define financial toxicity and its impact on patient wellness
• Describe the components of financial navigation
• Identify resources to meet patient financial challenges
• Access sample evaluation tools to show value of financial navigation in practice
Register for the session today by visiting bit.ly/FinancialNavigation

Gilda's Club: Choosing the Right Trustee
2021-03-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
Wednesday, March 24th, 5:00 pm- Choosing the Right Trustee. Choosing the right trustee to handle your matters during and after your lifetime can be quite the difficult decision. Join us to full understand what you should expect from a trustee, get a better understanding of the complex duties that a trustee will undertake when signing up for that role and what options you may have. Click here to register.

Access to CRC Screening and Treatment in Rural Communities
2021-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
Fight Colorectal Cancer is joined by Dr. Linda Overholser from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Kellie Hoffman, a caregiver and colorectal cancer research advocate, for an engaging webinar that explores access to CRC screening and treatment in rural communities.
Registration link.

CUREative Art Series for Teens Classes
2021-03-22 19:00 - 20:00

Providing Cancer Care to the Underserved
2021-03-20 08:00 - 12:20 | Webinar/Web Conference
This conference will address diversity and inclusion issues that present barriers to the underserved populations in obtaining state-of-the-art health care. It will also address unusual situations where diversity and inclusion issues arise including problems for English speaking patients in foreign countries.
This conference is being held virtually.
March 20th 8:00am – 12:20pm
For more information.

Gilda's Club: James the Magician: Interactive Magic
2021-03-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
Thursday, March 18th, 6:00 pm- James the Magician: Interactive Magic. Join James the Magician for an interactive comedy magic show. James’s magic has won several awards over the years for his humor and for his skill as a magician. James believes that joy is contagious, and the best part of performing is the reciprocal relationship between the audience and himself. Click here to register.

14th Annual (and 1st Virtual) Carbone Cancer Center Research Retreat
2021-03-16 09:00 - 16:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
Please mark your calendars for the 14th Annual (and 1st Virtual) Carbone Cancer Center Research Retreat.
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 9am-4pm
Topic: “Big Data and Omics in Cancer Research”
Format: Virtual
We look forward to this exciting research event! Please watch for additional information on abstract and poster submission, program details and event registration.

Gilda's Club: Laughter Club
2021-03-13 10:30 - 11:30 | Webinar/Web Conference
Saturday, March 13th, 10:30 am- Laughter Club. Laughter is the best medicine. Join us for 30 minutes of intentional laughter, and breathing. This is for ALL AGES! Laughter yoga facilitator, Betsy Kennedy will lead us in this amazing practice. Click here to register.

WCC Monthly Webinar: Colorectal Cancer Screening: Update 2021
2021-03-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
March 11, 2021 | 10-11 am

Join us as Dr. Durado Brooks, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the Screening Business Unit of Exact Sciences Corporation, outlines the state of the science around colorectal cancer screening.
Topics will include: epidemiologic trends in CRC incidence and mortality; demonstrated benefits of screening; CRC screening rate trends and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on screening; disparities in CRC screening and outcomes; discussion of similarities and differences between the screening guidelines from the ACS and the USPSTF; evidence supporting specific testing methods.
Register here.

CUREative Art Series for Teens Classes
2021-03-08 19:00 - 20:00
CUREative Art and Writing Contest for Teens Touched by Cancer:

OPEN TO ANY TEEN IN WISCONSIN who has been touched by cancer (those who are cancer survivors, have someone they love with cancer, or have experienced a death to cancer)
Top 3 winners receive Amazon Gift Cards (First Prize $300)
Art will be displayed in a public forum at Goodman Community Center April 19-25
Winners will be announced at a Virtual Reception for all participants and their guests on Thursday, April 29 from 7-8 pm (Zoom)
Submissions due Monday, April 12th
Please share with any teen who may be interested (pdf and jpg flier attached as well)

For details on how to participate:
www.gildasclubmadison.org/cureative2021
Art and Writing Classes will be offered to teens to help them create their piece. They are free and open to the public. Space is limited, so register early:
CUREative Art Series for Teens
Mon. March 8, 7-8 pm – Creative Self Care
Mon. March 22, 7-8 pm – Light from Darkness
Mon. April 5, 7-8 pm – 3D Expressive Art
Teen Thivers Writing 3 Week Series
Sat. March 13, 1:30-3 pm
Sat. March 20, 1:30-3 pm
Sat. March 27, 1:30-3 pm

2021 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Activities
2021-03-05 08:00 - 2021-03-12 17:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
2021 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Activities
Friday, March 5 – Friday, March 12
#BlueForCRC night, Tuesday, March 9
NEXT STEPS
1. Please complete this form. The deadline for inclusion on the website launch is February 24, 2021, late submissions will be added as time permits.
2. Use #BlueForCRC and your state-specific hashtag (#MNCRC, #TXCRC, #MOCRC, etc.) throughout the month of March for all Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month activities. Engage with volunteers and organizations from across your state and country. Help amplify the colorectal cancer awareness message.
3. FOLLOW the Colon Cancer Coalition on Twitter (@gyrig) and Instagram (@gyrig04) .
We will also be sharing photos on the Colon Cancer Coalition Facebook page .While Tuesday, March 9, is THE day, colon cancer awareness is the entire month of March.Feel free to extend your awareness efforts.
Learn more.

Gilda's Club: Feel More Like You
2021-03-03 15:00 - 16:00
Wednesday, March 3rd, 3:00 pm- Feel More Like You. The Walgreen’s Feel More Like You session will give an overview of the program, while sharing resources, skincare options, demos, and discussion around the potential skin changes one may experience during treatment. Click here to register.

NACHP Distinguished Lecture Series: Menominee's Journey to a Culture of Health
2021-02-19 11:30 - 12:30 | Webinar/Web Conference
Native American Center for Health Professions Distinguished Lecture Series: Menominee’s Journey to a Culture of Health
Feb 19, 2021 11:30 AM
Please join us for the latest Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Wendell Waukau and Jerry Waukau Sr. of the Menominee Nation.
This lecture is the story of one Tribal community’s path to heal their invisible wounds of Historical Trauma. Thanks to an on-going successful community engagement effort, the Menominee Nation is now on a journey to improve the health of their Tribal community that includes a patient-centered approach as well as a student-centered approach in their schools. This continuous improvement journey of cross sector community collaboration has earned the Menominee Nation national recognition as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize recipient in 2015.
Register here.

2021 Cancer Prevention Conference for Community Health Workers
2021-02-12 09:00 - 12:05 | Webinar/Web Conference
The Virtual Cancer Prevention Conference for Community Health Workers is on Friday, February 12th from 9am-Noon. The event agenda is attached for your review.
If you promote health in the community, please join us for this FREE professional development conference to learn best practices to improve cancer prevention and cancer screening in our community.
Registration is limited, so please click here to sign up today!
For more details.
2021 Cancer Prevention Conference Agenda

WCC Webinar: National LGBT Cancer Network
2021-02-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar/Web Conference
About the webinar: LGBT communities are disproportionally affected by cancer. The National LGBT Cancer Network works to address this by improving the lives of LGBT cancer survivors and those at risk through education, training, and advocacy. Join us as we hear from the National LGBT Cancer Network and learn more about the tools, resources, and trainings they have to offer.
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 | 10-11:30 am
Register here.

WCC Webinar: The Challenges of Rapidly Developing & Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines
2021-01-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
About the webinar: As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, the public’s knowledge and confidence in their safety, both before and after the vaccine, is an important part of our nation’s vaccination effort. Learn about the development of the COVID-19 vaccine and the challenges we could face moving forward. We will be joined by Dr. James Conway, Medical Director for UW Health Immunization Programs, who will address the importance of COVID-19 vaccination and what cancer patients need to know about the vaccine.
Join us Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 | 10-11 am
Register here.

MCW Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Legacy Event
2021-01-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Webinar/Web Conference
See Yourself in MLK’s Legacy of Service:
Health Starts from Within
Monday, January 18, 2021 | Zoom Meeting
Program: 4–5:30 p.m.

Now more than ever, we need to remain connected with one another. We are excited for you to join us for the annual MCW Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Legacy Event on Monday, January 18, 2021, at 4 p.m. This year’s theme will be “See Yourself in MLK’s Legacy of Service: Health Starts from Within.”
As we reflect on MLK’s legacy, we will:

Ponder and celebrate how 2020 has made us more resilient and brought out the best in us and the Milwaukee community.
Hear stories of courage and commitment in service from the Milwaukee community, MCW students and leadership. Presenters include:

John Longo, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology
Leah Lalor, MD, Department of Dermatology
Laura Grogan, Medical Student, Milwaukee Campus
Clyde Anderson, Sherman Phoenix

Participate in dialogue around supporting one of MCW’s strategic priorities: Health Starts from Within.
Share how we can embrace caring for one another and ourselves come what may.
Honor Yvette Williams, Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity, who has maintained MCW’s MLK Day programming for many years.
Enjoy inspiring entertainment from local community advocates and trailblazers, Milwaukee-based sister duo SistaStrings, as well as a few surprise special guests!

Register here.

UW-Madison SMPH Martin Luther King Jr. Event Day
2021-01-15 11:00 - 12:15 | Webinar/Web Conference
JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
LEGENDS AND LEGACY: THE MASKING OF BLACK HEALTH IN AMERICA
This Building Community Virtual Event will be streamed to the SMPH Facebook page
FEATURING:
TITO IZARD, MD ’96
PRESIDENT & CEO
MILWAUKEE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
For more details > >

Coffee Chat en Español
2021-01-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
El jueves 14 de enero, Debbie Setuain miembro de Advocates in Science y la Dra. Anna Nápoles, PhD, MPH, Directora Científica del Programa Intramural de Investigación de NIMHD participarán en un charla sobre el tema: Protegiendo el bienestar de los latinos por medio de las investigaciones con la comunidad. Debbie y la Dra. Nápoles conversarán con los participantes sobre el proceso de comportamiento social que afecta la salud de de las comunidades étnica y scioeconómicamente diversas, cómo eliminar las desigualdades relacionadas a los tratamientos de cáncer y sobrevivencia y mecanismos que conduzcan al desarrollo de intervenciones.
La charla será completamente en español.
Fecha: jueves 14 de enero de 2021
Hora: 12:00 hora del Este, 11am hora Central, 10 am Montana, 9 am hora Pacifico
Enlace de registro: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ais-coffee-chat-tickets-133377302101
On Thursday, January 14th, Advocates in Science member, Debbie Setuain and Anna Napoles, PhD, MPH, Scientific Director of the Intramural Research Program at NIMHD, will participate in a coffee chat on “Protecting Latinos Wellbeing Through Community Engagement Research”. Debbie and Dr. Napoles will talk with attendees about socio-behavioral processes that affect the health of ethnically and socioeconomically diverse communities, eliminating health inequalities related to cancer treatment and survivorship, and mechanisms that can drive interventions in health disparities.
This coffee chat will be held in Spanish.
Date: Thursday, January 14th
Time: Noon Eastern, 11am Central, 10am Mountain, 9am PDT
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ais-coffee-chat-tickets-133377302101
This coffee chat was made possible through support in part by an educational grant from Daiichi-Sankyo.

A 10-Year Review of the Consultative Cancer Survivorship Program of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
2021-01-13 08:00 - 09:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
For information: RSS Infosheet Template_v2_20-22_vanLonden_13Jan21

Resuming Cervical Cancer Screening During COVID-19 Webinar
2021-01-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar/Web Conference
Join us for the Resuming Cervical Cancer Screening during COVID-19 webinar on January 8, 2021 from 12-1pm CST.
This is a free webinar for Wisconsin health care providers. Dr. Debbie Saslow, Managing Director of HPV & GYN Cancers with the American Cancer Society will provide an overview of the revised cervical cancer screening guidelines and new HPV vaccination guidance.
In addition, Dr. Ashok Rai, President & CEO of Prevea Health and Dr. Erin Stevens, Gynecologic Oncologist with Prevea Health will share what they have done to re-start cervical cancer screening and best practices for other healthcare providers.
This is the 3rd and final webinar in the ACS resuming cancer screening webinars.
Space is limited. To register, please click here.

Roles for Behavioral Science in COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Webinar
2021-01-06 12:30 - 13:30 | Webinar/Web Conference
Webinar – January 6, 2021 at 1:30 pm EST
A webinar discussion of the behavioral and social science challenges and solutions to COVID-19 vaccine uptake/adoption, particularly in underserved populations.
What can our understanding of the mechanisms of behavior change contribute to help solve the challenge of broad vaccine uptake/adoption, including in underserved populations? What does existing scientific evidence suggest concerning communication about the science of COVID-19 vaccines and/or the availability/prioritization of vaccines in different communities. What role can/should behavioral science play in preparing the nation for a vaccine?
Register here >

Progressive Health Community Centers Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinic
2020-12-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Libson Avenue Health Center, 3522 W. Lisbon Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53208, United States
Saturday, Dec. 19
10 am – 1 pm
Free to all
Open to ages 6 and up
walk-ups welcomed, no appointment needed
Flyer: ProgressiveCHC_DriveThruFluClinic_12.19.2020
