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Feeling Bad About the Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer

Fran Visco | Posted 05.03.2013 | Impact
Read More: Center for NBCC Advocacy Training, Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, Breast Cancer, Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer, New York Times Magazine, Peggy Orenstein, Artemis Project, Project LEAD Institute, Mammogram, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Nbcc, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Awareness, Impact News
Fran Visco

We, advocates, are leading this charge. We are setting the agenda, bringing the scientists and policy makers together, implementing plans of action and moving forward to the end of breast cancer. This is all happening, albeit difficult to see through that tsunami of pink.

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Are You Aware How LITTLE Has Changed in Breast Cancer in 25 Years?

Fran Visco | Posted 12.09.2012 | Women
Read More: Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, Fran Visco, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Survivor, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Nbcc, Breast Cancer Awareness, Women News
Fran Visco

Twenty-five years ago, I sat in my doctor's office and heard these words: You have breast cancer. That was in 1987, when the world's population reached five billion, a gallon of gas was 89 cents, Ronald Reagan was president and the FDA approved AZT for AIDS.

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Can We Win a Gold Medal in Breast Cancer?

Fran Visco | Posted 10.13.2012 | Women
Read More: Center for NBCC Advocacy Training, 2012 Annual Progress Report, Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act, US House of Representatives, Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, Breast Cancer, US Senate, Artemis Project, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Nbcc, Advocacy, Olympics, Blueprint for Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, Breast Cancer Awareness, Women News
Fran Visco

In eight years, when the Summer Olympics are once again drawing the attention of the world, I want to be watching the games with the knowledge that we have figured out how to end breast cancer.

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Why Does Accountability Matter?

Fran Visco | Posted 09.23.2012 | Women
Read More: Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA-33), Sen. Shaheen (D-NH), Capitol Hill, Ending Breast Cancer: A Baseline Report, Sen. Warner (D-VA), Sen. Grassley (R-IA), Congress, 2011 Progress Report, National Breast Cancer Coalition, St. Louis Arch, Sen. Murkowski (R-AK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act, Sen. Brown (D-OH), Sen. Heller (R-NV), Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH-2), Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act (BCERA), S. 3237, Sen. Collins (R-ME), Breast Cancer Deadline 2020®, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), HR 3067, Breast Cancer Awarness, Nbcc, Women News
Fran Visco

While we can assume that every member of Congress, the Administration and state and local governments wants to see an end to breast cancer, what are they willing to do to get there?

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What A Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Won't Change

Fran Visco | Posted 05.23.2012 | Women
Read More: NBCC Annual Advocate Summit, Breast Cancer, Advocacy Training Conference, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Fran Visco, Nbcc, Advocacy, Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, Women News
Fran Visco

In September of 1987 I was a successful lawyer in Philadelphia, advocating for my clients and women's rights. I was also a wife and mother. Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

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National Book Critics Announce Annual Awards

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 03.09.2012 | Books
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NEW YORK -- Short story writer Edith Pearlman has won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction. Pearlman was cited Thursday for "Binocular ...

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Help Breast Cancer Research Take A 'Leap' Forward This Wednesday

Fran Visco | Posted 04.28.2012 | Women
Read More: Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, Leap Year, Fran Visco, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Artemis Project, Nbcc, February 29, Women News
Fran Visco

This Leap Year, on February 29, I encourage you to use those additional hours to become more involved in breast cancer advocacy.

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Breast Cancer: A Women's Issue all Presidential Candidates Should Agree On

Fran Visco | Posted 04.21.2012 | Women
Read More: President of the United States, 2012 Presidential Election, Fran Visco, Gop 2012 Presidential Candidates, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Nbcc, Breast Cancer Caucus, Breast Cancer Awareness, Women News
Fran Visco

We demand a commitment and a plan of action to end breast cancer. We demand leadership that will bring the world of public policy together to save lives.

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Confused About Breast Cancer? I'm Not

Fran Visco | Posted 04.15.2012 | Women
Read More: Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Fran Visco, Susan G. Komen Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Funding, Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Nbcc, Komen, Women News
Fran Visco

Are we talking about the breast cancer issues that really matter?

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Jonathan Franzen: I Keep Pot In My Freezer

Posted 06.21.2011 | Books
Read More: Franzen Weed, National Book Critics' Circle Awards, Elif Bautman, Literary Prizes, Freedom, Guardian Franzen Story, Nbcc, Jonathan Franzen, The Possessed, Franzen Pothead, Books News

Jonathan Franzen keeps marijuana in his freezer, author Elif Batuman writes in The Guardian. Batuman, a National Book Critics Circle finalist and the...

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2011 NBCC Award Winners Announced (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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The 2011 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards Ceremony was held last night at 6:00 PM at The New School in Manhattan. The finalists were announc...

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Looking For Great Books For Your LIbrary? Try 4 Decades Of NBCC Winners (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Bestsellers, Images, Toni Morrison, Ian McEwan, Literary Prizes, Nbcc, National Book Critics Circle, Cormac McCarthy, Slidepollajax, Philip Roth, Books News

The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards have been around since the 1970s and the winners over the decades make an impressive recommended readin...

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It's November: Time to Talk About Elections, Turkey and Breast Cancer?

Fran Visco | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Fran Visco, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Treatment, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Nbcc, Breast Cancer Awareness, Home News
Fran Visco

It's November. Another Breast Cancer Awareness Month has come and gone. But breast cancer hasn't. It's still here. It's still killing more than 1,400 women around the world each day.

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Literary MVPs: Have The Best Books Won The Most Prizes?

The Millions | C. Max Magee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Bestsellers, The Hours, Literary Prizes, National Book Award, Wolf Hall, Nbcc, Pulitzer, Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize, Books News

With the awarding of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the 2009/2010 literary award season is now over, which gives us the opportunity to...

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No More Verdicts From On High: Are Book Reviewers Changing To Keep Up With The Age Of Engagement?

The Cleveland Plain Dealer | Karen Long | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Los Angeles Times, Book Publishing, Digital Reviews, Egalleys, Nbcc, Critics, Readers, Word of Mouth, Bea 2010, Book Review, Books News

This year, the conversation was mellower. Participants in the National Book Critics Circle panel on the future of book reviews chatted about e-galley...

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Poetry Reviews: What's The Point?

Publishers Weekly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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But in almost any conversation on the topic of poetry reviews, one question comes up: what's the point? This question isn't always asked with the flip...

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National Book Critics Circle Awards Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall'

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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NEW YORK — Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," winner last year of the Man Booker Prize in London, was honored Thursday night on this side of the Atlan...

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National Book Critics Circle Reviews 30 books In 30 Days

Los Angeles Times | Carolyn Kellogg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Book Reviews, Books, National Book Critics Circle, 30 Books in 30 Days, Nbcc, Literary Prizes, Books News

The National Book Critics Circle will announce the winners of its book awards on March 11 in New York City. It has begun counting down the days until ...

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