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BROOKFIELD, WI | March 17, 2021 Local resident Nancy Becker was diagnosed and survived lung cancer and is now taking action for change. Today, March 17, she will meet with members of Congress to raise awareness about the disease and demand action.  Through the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative, Becker will join others personally affected by lung cancer to advocate for $46.1 billion in funding at the National Institutes of Health, $10 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, adequate and ...

DES MOINES, IA | March 17, 2021 Local residents Sara Geiken, Susanne Landgrebe and Steph Langstraat have all been personally affected by lung cancer; Geiken and Langsraat are lung cancer survivors and Landgrebe lost her sister to lung cancer. That’s why they’re taking action for change. Today, March 17, they will meet with members of Congress to raise awareness about the disease and demand action.  Through the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative, all three will join others personally affected by lung cancer to advocate for $46.1 billion in funding at the Na...

CHICAGO, IL | March 17, 2021 Local residents John Anderson III and Paul Shoun have something in common; they have both been diagnosed with and survived lung cancer and now they’re taking action for change. Today, March 17, they will meet with members of Congress to raise awareness about the disease and demand action.  Through the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative, they will join others personally affected by lung cancer to advocate for $46.1 billion in funding at the National Institutes of Health, $10 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...

AUSTIN, TX | March 17, 2021 Local resident Lida Zolno was diagnosed with and survived lung cancer and is now taking action for change. Today, March 17, she will meet with members of Congress to raise awareness about the disease and demand action.  Through the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative, Zolno will join others personally affected by lung cancer to advocate for $46.1 billion in funding at the National Institutes of Health, $10 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, adequate and ac...

HONOLULU, HI | March 16, 2021 Honolulu’s Valerie Davison is heading to Washington, D.C. virtually to fight for the health of all the people of Hawaii against lung cancer, the number one cancer killer in the state. Davison’s sister, Eleanor Grace, died of lung cancer in 2015, prompting Davison to become an advocate for the cause. In 2018, Davison joined the Leadership Board of the American Lung Association in Hawaii.  “Shortly after Eleanor’s death, I learned that less than 4% of high-risk people in Hawaii are actually screened for lung cancer,” said Davison. “This ...