How to build and take action in your community in four easy steps:
Diversity + Inclusivity, Empower Your Community
There is a role for each of us to play in making sure healthcare is accessible to everyone regardless of where they live or the color of their skin. Ensuring that healthcare systems, comprised of doctors, nurses, hospitals, researchers, scientists and countless others, are representative of and accessible to everyone is essential to addressing and overcoming health disparities and advancing healthcare for everyone. Diversity in clinical trials is critical to ensuring that new treatments are safer and more effective for everyone.
We invite you to watch, read, and engage with us as we work to advance our mission to empower ALL patients and care partners at every step of their cancer journey.
Participate in an Awareness Event
Cancer Awareness Calendar 2023
January
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Blood Donor Month
February
National Cancer Prevention Month
Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month
World Cancer Day (February 4, 2023)
National Donor Day (February 14, 2023)
Rare Disease Day (February 28, 2023)
March
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Day (March 3, 2023)
International Women’s Day (March 8, 2023)
Anal Cancer Awareness Day (March 21, 2023)
April
National Cancer Control Month
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month
Minority Cancer Awareness Month
Minority Health Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
World Health Day (April 7, 2023)
National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (April 11-17, 2023)
AML Awareness Day (April 21, 2023)
May
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Cancer Research Month
Clinical Trial Awareness Week
Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
Melanoma Monday (May 1, 2023)
World Ovarian Cancer Day (May 8, 2023)
Women’s Health Week (May 14-20, 2023)
June
Cancer Survivors Month
Cancer Survivors Day (June 4, 2023)
Men’s Health Week (June 12-18, 2023)
July
UV Safety Awareness Month
Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month
August
Summer Sun Safety Month
World Lung Cancer Day (August 1, 2023)
September
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Uterine Cancer Awareness Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
MPN Awareness Day (September 14, 2023)
World Lymphoma Day (September 15, 2023)
Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day (September 19, 2023)
October
Liver Cancer Awareness Month
National Mammography Day (October 20, 2023)
November
National Family Caregiver Month
Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Chat with Patients Like You with #patientchat
The Empowered Patient Chats (#patientchat) are bi-weekly tweetchats held on Friday at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern. During the chat, patients, care partners, and advocates come together to learn from each other and discuss topics of interest to empowered patients.
How to join in:
- Check-out the Patient Chat Schedule
- Login to Twitter
- Follow @power4patients and @patientchat
- Include the hashtag “#patientchat” in every tweet (without the quotes)
- Go to https://twitter.com/hashtag/patientchat to participate in the chat (login with your Twitter credentials)
- We will post questions and topics, respond with your answers
Join Our Empowered Patient Chat Facebook Group
Our Facebook group builds on the success of the #patientchat and aims to extend the discussion beyond Twitter and engage a larger population of patients and caregivers on Facebook.
Living with a disease or other chronic condition is challenging for patients, their families and friends. The Empowered #patientchat strives to engage and empower patients and caregivers by connecting them with each other, sharing resources and inspiration across conditions, and exploring important topics of interest to those in healthcare who want to elevate the patient voice in all healthcare matters. The community is guided by a belief in keeping the patient perspective at the forefront of all healthcare interactions, the strength of peer support, and the power of shared decision making in healthcare.
