I'm Too Young For This! : Empowering Young Adults Affected By Cancer

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YOUNG ADULT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (YALC)

The i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council (YALC) is an all-volunteer brigade of authority-questioning, diffident-yet-committed, sardonic-yet-cromulent, and disruptive-though-possibly-Canadian young adults affected by cancer who totally dig our angle and are up to the challenge of doing our evil bidding at a moment's notice. YALC represents the next generation of totally committed champion for the 'cancer under 40' movement; a pioneer in their own space who is looking not just for rhetoric but action to change the way we think about cancer in our own generation; a generation that has been lost in a gap and ignored by the system; a generation that is pissed off; a generation that does not benefit from the efforts (support, research, early detection and prevention) of the big box cancer organizations who are saving lives for boomers and seniors but not for us. "How can I join such a prestigious body?", you say? Why then, visit the YALC homepage.

YALC GOVERNING CABINET

Tom Murdock, Cabinet Chair
Regional Chair, New England
Hodgkins Lymphoma Survivor, Dx 2002
Milton, MA

Aaron Spicer
Regional Chair, North/Midwest US
Non-godnal Germ Cell Seminoma Survivor, Dx 2006
Akron, OH

Adele Ramos
Regional Co-Chair, NY/NJ Metro Area
Osteosarcoma Survivor, Dx 1985
Portland, OR

Amy White
Regional Co-Chair, Florida
Thyroid Cancer Survivor, Dx 2006
Zephyrhills, FL

Camille Smith
Regional Chair, South/Midwest US
Acute Myelogonous Leukemia Survivor, Dx 2005
Dallas, TX

Carolyn Koncal
Regional Chair, Mid-Atlantic US
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivor, Dx 1994
Chapel Hill, NC

Courtney Bugler
Regional Chair, Georgia
Stage 2B Breast Cancer Survivor, Dx 2006
Mableton, GA

Ellen Tupman
Regional Chair, Northern CA/Mountain
Ovarian Cancer Survivor, Dx 2006
San Francisco, CA

Jack Bouffard
Chief Cancer Anarchist
Regional Co-Chair, New England
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor, Dx 2008
Danbury, CT

Jennifer Pates
Regional Co-Chair, Florida
Cervical Cancer Survivor, Dx 2003
Lake Mary, FL

Kimberly Hicks
Chief Blonde Ambition
Regional Co-Chair, Northern CA/Mountain
Ewing's Sarcoma Survivor, Dx 1996 & 2000
Renal Cell Carcinoma Survivor, Dx 2003
Sacramento, CA

Leah Shearer
Regional Chair, Upstate New York
Thyroid Survivor, Dx 2004
Hodgkins Lymphoma Stage IIB Survivor, Dx 2006
Rochester, NY

Lindsey Brass
Regional Co-Chair, NY/NJ Metro Area
Leukemia Survivor, Dx 2006
New York, NY

Matthew Lowney
Regional Chair, Pacific/Northwest US
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Survivor, Dx 2004
Portland, OR

Sarah Sharaf
Regional Co-Chair, Southwest US
Young Adult Cancer Advocate

Tricia Loftis
Regional Chair, South/Midwest US
Hodgkins Lymphoma Survivor, Dx 2007
Nashville, TN

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Darren Neuberger
International Chair, Canada
Acute Lymphoctyic Leukemia, Dx August 2003
Lethbridge, Alberta – Canada

Shari Falls
International Chair, Australia
Ovarian Cancer Survivor, Dx 1997
Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia Survivor, Dx 1997
Kambah, Australia

WHO WE ARE

• about us
• our history
• leadership
• board of directors
• friends of i[2]y
• young adult leadership
• college community

ADVISORY COUNCILS

• survivorship
• strategic
• medical

MANIFESTO

• we are still here

Feeling isolated? The channels below will connect you with hundreds of age-appropriate resources and open the door to socially network with countless thousands of young adult survivors and caregivers.

• young adult organizations
• scholarships and financial aid
• online forums and chat rooms
• excursions and retreats
• web2.0 social networks
• young adult blogosphere
• coping literature
• books, mags, films and media
• advocacy tools
• cancer creative