Cancer Awareness is divided into three strategic directions: Advocacy, Cancer Education, and Survivorship. More information about each strategic direction can be found below.
ADVOCACY
Advocacy is working with elected officials and campus administrators to influence policymaking. Students often don’t realize how loud their voices can be when they join together. Advocacy allows them to do this and see change happen as a result. Planning and participating in advocacy events is simple! Here are a few examples of what chapters have done:
CANCER EDUCATION
The purpose of the Colleges Against Cancer Cancer Education Strategic Direction is to recognize, adapt, and promote programs of the American Cancer Society, focusing on those directly pertinent to college-aged adults. By educating others on cancer prevention and early detection, we can increase awareness of what campuses can do to decrease cancer risk.
The CAC Cancer Education program focuses on:
SURVIVORSHIP
Survivorship is a celebration of those who have survived cancer by providing a support network for all who have been affected by it. More importantly, it serves to remind us why fighting cancer is so important.
ADVOCACY
Advocacy is working with elected officials and campus administrators to influence policymaking. Students often don’t realize how loud their voices can be when they join together. Advocacy allows them to do this and see change happen as a result. Planning and participating in advocacy events is simple! Here are a few examples of what chapters have done:
- Hosting a letter-writing party to state senators
- Circulating petitions about cancer-related legislation
- Encouraging people to register to vote
- Meeting with campus officials to discuss the campus going smoke-free
CANCER EDUCATION
The purpose of the Colleges Against Cancer Cancer Education Strategic Direction is to recognize, adapt, and promote programs of the American Cancer Society, focusing on those directly pertinent to college-aged adults. By educating others on cancer prevention and early detection, we can increase awareness of what campuses can do to decrease cancer risk.
The CAC Cancer Education program focuses on:
- Breast cancer
- Tobacco
- Healthy living, which encompasses nutrition, physical activity, and reproductive health
SURVIVORSHIP
Survivorship is a celebration of those who have survived cancer by providing a support network for all who have been affected by it. More importantly, it serves to remind us why fighting cancer is so important.
