Empowering Equity: Tigerlily Foundation’s Fight Against Breast Cancer Disparities
Tigerlily Foundation is committed to advancing public policy to further our mission to educate, advocate for, empower, and support young women before, during, and after cancer. We are striving to make our vision of ending disparities of age, stage, and color in our lifetime a reality through:
We Can HEAL Together:
Legislation & Issues
State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Patient Impacts
Policy History
& Impact
Advocacy Tools
and Training
Policy
Events
Tigerlily Foundation has decades of history in the policy landscape. Our goal has always been to advocate for impact by driving policy making to create equity for patients. Patient advocacy leadership has always been key—here within Tigerlily and in guiding public policy. We water the seeds of inspiration and innovation, and working with advocates, advocacy organizations and stakeholders, have created policies and legislation that have changed the lives of millions of people. We are excited to culminate these years of momentum into our Health Equity Advocacy and Leadership (HEAL) Policy Center for Excellence (COE).
Through Tigerlily’s HEAL Policy COE, we work to educate, empower, and lift patient voices to ensure they are amplified, in order to achieve health equity and end disparities. The HEAL Policy COE will focus on systemic changes through policy at the local, state, and federal level to:
- End barriers to accessing and receiving quality, equitable care for all,
- Lead innovation through patient-leadership, and
- Achieve health equity and eliminate disparities in breast cancer.
Through the HEAL Policy COE, we seek to influence policy for these purposes through bi-directional learning, programs, and training to cultivate a center to exchange ideas, activate voices and create lasting change.
To learn more, email HEAL@tigerlilyfoundation.org
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✨ Meet the voices leading the conversation at the BEACON Symposium! ✨We're proud to introduce the incredible lineup joining us for Tigerlily Foundation's 4th Annual BEACON Symposium. Patient advocates, public health leaders, researchers and policy experts are coming together to move health equity from access to action. 💗This year's panels will tackle two of the biggest issues in cancer care today:🔬 Bridging the Trial Gap: From Equitable Access to Community-Centered Trials💊 The Cost Conundrum: When Drug Pricing Policies Create More Problems Than SolutionsModerated by our President & CEO Maimah Karmo, these conversations will put patients at the center of solutions, because the people living the experience must help lead the change.There's still time to join us! 🎟️📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026⏰ 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM ET📍 Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC🍽️ Lunch providedRegister now 👉 beacon.tigerlilyfoundation.org/ #tigerlilyfoundation #beaconsymposium #HealthEquity #PatientAdvocacy #clinicaltrials #CancerCareSupport #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #breastcancerawareness #BCAM
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Tigerlily Foundation's Second Annual BEACON Symposium - defining what nirvana looks like for patient-centric care in the real world.
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One hour can be the start of something powerful.Join Tigerlily Foundation for a one-hour ANGEL Advocacy Program training designed to help you learn how to use your voice, lived experience, and passion to make an impact in your community.Discover what it means to become an ANGEL Advocate, explore Tigerlily’s mission and advocacy work, and learn ways you can help educate, empower, and support others.Whether you’re a patient, survivor, caregiver, or ally, there’s a place for your voice in this movement.Give us one hour. Leave ready to make an impact.Register today and take your first step toward becoming an ANGEL Advocate.Registration link:forms.monday.com/forms/ca15f2d347f4ea865f56e092b2d84e84?r=use1#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #breasthealthawareness #tflangel
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