ACS CAN Washington & American Heart Association Cancer Action Day

Registration is now closed for this event. If you have reached this notice by mistake please contact Audrey Miller Garcia at [email protected]

In 2023, we’re continuing to make our cancer-fighting voices heard in Washington State, and we get to gather in person this year! Join us Monday, March 6th!

Register for our 2023 Cancer Action Day event as we proudly partner with the American Heart Association. 

Join me and volunteers from across our state, and the American Heart Association, in the fight for legislative solutions to prevent and treat cancer. This year our focus will return to tobacco control and cancer research funding. We will also be focusing on two new groundbreaking issues, coverage for biomarker testing for cancer patients and access to fertility preservation. These legislative priorities will contribute to reducing health equity gaps exisiting in Washington. 

By meeting with your lawmakers, you will help protect the lives of thousands of families across our state. Never participated in a meeting with your lawmaker? Don’t worry! We will provide you with training and everything you will need to be successful. All you need is passion to make an impact in the fight against cancer.

If you have any questions, please contact Audrey Miller, Washington Grassroots Manager, at [email protected]

Please hold Wednesday March 1st at 6 PM for our virtual pre-event training. Link will be forthcoming for folks who RSVP. 

Are you worried at all about accessibility at the capitol? Please reach out to me with any needs you have and check out this link to the legislature's accessiblity information. This event will be barrier free!

Covid Guidance

The health and safety of all our guests and participants is our number one goal. Please see below for important details which will continue to be updated based on our unique needs and review the  COVID-19 Waiver.

If you are feeling sick or have been recently exposed to someone who recently tested positive for COVID-19, you should stay home. People who have underlying health conditions or taking medications that weaken the immune system, should talk to their healthcare provider before attending large gatherings.

RECOGNIZE COVID-19 SYMPTOMS

The CDC has identified the symptoms of a COVID-19 infection. If you have one or more of these symptoms on the day of the event, please stay home. If you are waiting for COVID-19 test results or have had close contact with a person who has tested positive for or who has COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home unless you get a negative test result before the event.   

YOUR SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY

The COVID-19 virus and its variants are highly contagious. Some people infected with these viruses get severely ill, become hospitalized or die. Event attendees acknowledge the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus, assume all such risk, and the American Cancer Society, Inc., and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network shall not be held liable. 

PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY

Help protect our community. it is strongly encouraged that individual attendees are vaccinated. All attendees are asked to have a negative COVID test within 48 hours of travel to the event. The wearing of face masks at the event may be required. After the event, please report to Audrey Miller Garcia at [email protected]. If you later contract COVID-19 and believe you could have received or spread the virus at the event.