2024 California Legislative Policy Roundtable and Awards

2024 ACS CAN California Legislative Policy Roundtable and Awards Event

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading advocacy organization working every day to make issues facing cancer patients a national and state priority. 

This virtual event will feature a panel discussion on breakthroughs in breast cancer and the importance of the Every Woman Counts Program in providing free breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to California’s underserved populations.  

Panelists include:

• State Senator Toni Atkins (CA - SD39) - Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus and author of Senate Bill 1213 to expand eligibility for the Every Woman Counts Program 
• Shannon Sadoudi, MSN, RN, PHN -  Clinical Coordinator, Every Woman Counts (EWC), San Diego & Imperial Counties Region, California Health Collaborative

• Mediget Teshome, MD, FACS, MPH - Chief of Breast Surgery and Director of Breast Health, UCLA Health

We will also honor our Legislator of the Year State Senator Monique Limon (CA - SD19) for passage of Senate Bill 912 to improve access to Biomarker testing for Californians. 

Ways to Support ACS CAN's Impact

We invite you to be part of a group of sustaining supporters enabling ACS CAN’s work to catalyze discovery, accelerate cures, and improve health equity. With your help, our advocacy will not stop. Join us and together we can save lives and lead the fight for a world without cancer.

• Learn more about Event Sponsorship, Individual Leadership Gifts, or Corporate Membership Opportunities here. 

• To make a Sponsorship or Individual gift, click here.  

For more information please call or email Autumn Ogden-Smith at 916-206-9686 or [email protected]