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This Is Your House: Head to the Hill 2019 We declared Brain Tumor Awareness Month 2019 as Brain Tumor ACTION Month (BTAM). As part of our effort to not only raise awareness, but to drive action that results in positive change for the brain tumor community, we themed the first week of BTAM as “Public Policy Advocacy Week” as we held our annual Head […] May 10, 2019

Public Policy and Advocacy Updates From May 2018 Below are highlights of news and developments in the brain tumor advocacy and public policy, compiled by NBTS Research & Advocacy Manager, Kacey Troy Ribnik, and Director of Advocacy, Lainey Titus Samant: Brain Tumor Awareness Month (BTAM) 2018 was a very busy, productive, and successful month for the NBTS public policy advocacy program, all our wonderful volunteer advocates […] June 4, 2018

First-of-its-kind Briefing for Congress on Glioblastoma On the heels of our annual advocacy day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Head to the Hill, where we bring volunteers from across the country to speak with members of Congress about the policies and bills that the brain tumor community would like to see policymakers support, National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) held a […] May 22, 2018

Head to the Hill 2018: Brain Tumor Advocates Raising Their Voice The weather report in D.C. threatened rain during this year’s Head to the Hill 2018. And yet, the weather held for over 200 advocates coming from 38 states and Washington, D.C. Many of our advocates joined 457 teams and 350 brain tumor survivors on the May 6, Race for Hope DC. The 21st year of this […] May 14, 2018

Thank you for being on our team – BTAM 2017 Brain Tumor Awareness Month (BTAM) in 2017 was all about taking action together. To many in the brain tumor community, awareness isn’t the sole issue, it’s finding ways to connect raising the profile of this disease with getting people take action. At the National Brain Tumor Society, we wanted to provide you with activities and […] June 1, 2017