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Spring 2025 Advocacy Days

KidneyCAN participates in Advocacy Days in Washington D.C., joining other advocates from around the country to make the voices of the kidney cancer community heard on Capitol Hill. Our first Advocacy Days for 2025 will be March 11-12, with both in-person and virtual meetings. All are welcome! 

These events offer a unique opportunity to meet with members of Congress and their staff to discuss issues that are important to our community and advocate for increased funding for kidney cancer research.

Our goals in participating in Advocacy Days events are simple but critical: we want to advocate for increased funding for kidney cancer research and ensure that the patient voice is heard in matters of healthcare legislation.

Patients, families, caregivers, friends, researchers and medical professionals are always welcome to join us at these events.

OUR FY2024 ASKS

$60 million appropriation for KCRP for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24).
$50.9 billion for the NIH including $9.988 billion appropriation for the NCI.
Long-term telehealth legislation.
Robust, sustainable funding for medical research and incorporate the patient voice on legislative policy matters, particularly those promoting clinical trial development, diversity in enrollment, and accelerating cures.

Making Our Voices Heard

“Advocating with KidneyCAN for research funding gives us a voice. Your representatives want to hear your story, how cancer has affected you and your loved ones. I am not a researcher, but as a patient, I can give my time and vice asking for funding that might lead to new tests, treatments, or even a cure for cancer. Please consider joining the team and make your voice and story heard.“

DEBBIE T., MONTANA

NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY!

All are welcome to register: patients, families, caregivers, friends, researchers and medical professionals. Most advocates will meet virtually with their representatives and Congressional staff in their home districts to ask for research funding.

We provide training with Advocacy 101, a detailed guide to help you know what to expect and how to talk to your representatives about kidney cancer research funding. You will receive a meeting schedule, talking points, scripts you can use if you would like, and leave-behind documents.

If you have any questions, please reach out! We welcome anyone with a passion for accelerating cures for kidney cancer.

Contact our Legislative Patient Advocate, Debra Beyhan, at debra.beyhan@kidneycan.org.

Want to join our advocacy team? Subscribe to our newsletter to get dates, details, and registration information.

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WE NEED YOU

This money isn’t a given. We’ve had to fight for it, year after year. In this video, Dr. Andrew Smith, a kidney cancer researcher from the University of Alabama, explains the impact of this funding on his work and the state of Alabama.

When you meet with Congress, you’ll help them understand the impact of kidney cancer on people’s lives and the urgent need for a cure. Join us and make your voice heard!

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We know that awareness of kidney cancer and its impact on many lives leads to a sense of urgency, a desire for solutions. Awareness leads to advocacy, and advocacy — joining to speak as one voice — leads to funding and research. That’s how we get to cures.

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