The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is committed to ensuring everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent find, treat, and survive cancer. We know that cancer impacts everyone, but it doesn’t impact everyone equally, and that is why diversity, equity, and inclusion are vital to ending cancer as we know it, for everyone. ACS CAN is centering the lived experiences and voices of our diverse volunteer leaders through our affinity groups that enhance, strengthen, and diversify communications, messaging, partnerships, policy initiatives, and volunteer outreach, training, and engagement within their communities.
The BVC works to decrease death and suffering from cancer, specifically in the Black community, and ensure no one is disadvantaged in the fight against cancer. The volunteer-led Black Volunteer Caucus guides ACS CAN's work to enhance, strengthen, and diversify communications, messaging, partnerships, and volunteer recruitment, training, and engagement within the Black community.
Advocating for an environment of inclusion, equity, and involvement of the LGBTQIA+ community in ACS CAN’s initiatives and campaigns. Together, we are working toward ensuring everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer.
The ACSí Se Puede Hispanic/Latino Advocacy Alliance works to reduce cancer disparities in Hispanic/Latino communities and guides ACS CAN’s initiatives through increasing awareness, strengthening partnerships, influencing public policy priorities, diversifying messaging, and recruiting and engaging volunteers that reflect the unique heritages, backgrounds, and lived experiences of our diverse communities.
The Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Volunteer Caucus is engaging the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in ACS CAN to advance representation, reduce disparities, and reflect generational and language differences in our unique communities.
The YLC recognizes young people have an important voice that we need to amplify in the fight against cancer. This group is looking for personal and professional development, leadership experience, and ways to contribute to important causes. The YLC focuses on recruitment and engagement of volunteers 18-35 years old.
Indigenous Volunteer Voices works to end the cancer burden among Native peoples by advocating for policies that honor our unique histories, wisdoms, cultures, and traditions.
