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Volunteer with ACS CAN Alaska

You have the passion to help end suffering and death from cancer. We have the tools and camaraderie to help make you wildly successful.

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Alaska, Alaska

Volunteer with ACS CAN Alaska

You have the passion to help end suffering and death from cancer. We have the tools and camaraderie to help make you wildly successful.

Act Now

Alaska

Take Action Against Cancer with ACS CAN - Anchorage Advocacy Training

You are invited to join staff and other local volunteers for a grassroots tactics training on Wednesday, February 5, from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Loussac Library (3600 Denali Street, in the Learning Commons on the 4th Floor).

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In Uncertain Times, Cancer Prevention Advocates Oppose Weakening City Smoke-free Law and Urge Anchorage Voters to Vote No on Prop 11

March 31, 2020

Alaska

Anchorage, ALASKA – In the midst of these uncertain and challenging times, Anchorage voters have one week left to make their voices heard in the upcoming local election. Cancer doesn’t stop and neither does the work of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), which is why ACS

Cancer Advocates Held Cancer Action Day at Capitol Today, Urging Lawmakers to Protect Kids from Tobacco and Preserve Access to Health Care through Medicaid

February 18, 2020

Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska – Cancer patients, their families and other volunteers from around the state who have been touched by cancer united at the State Capitol in Juneau today to share their personal stories and push for policy change to fight cancer. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS

Senator Lisa Murkowski Receives National Distinguished Advocacy Award for Championing Lifesaving Cancer Public Policy

September 11, 2019

Alaska

Senator Lisa Murkowski received the National Distinguished Advocacy Award on Tuesday, September 10, the most prestigious award presented by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), in recognition of her significant contributions to the fight against cancer.

Advocates Hold Press Conference to Discuss Anchorage’s New Tobacco Sales Age of 21

August 20, 2019

Alaska

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Anchorage’s new age of sale for all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, rises to 21 on the first day of school, Tuesday, August 20. To celebrate, community advocates, public health leaders, and Anchorage Assembly members will host a press conference to discuss this new Tobacco 21 ordinance and

Vote No on Anchorage Prop 11

Prop 11 brings smoking back inside workplaces. This measure weakens Anchorage's smoke-free workplaces law, creating an exemption for smoking inside marijuana shops. Vote No on Prop 11.