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Colleen Broughton: The Launch Of Online Odyssey
Two pilot program are being offered—one national and one in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and British Columbia). The PNW program will keep everyone in the same time zone. It will also ma...
Kenya Fellow Shelia McGlown On Holding Space
When diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2009, my whole life changed. It was what some called my new normal. Why would I want a new normal at the age of 43? New normal meant living with breast ...
AFC Expands to Kenya with Global Emerging Leaders Program
“For me, this program is an incredibly full-circle moment. The cross-cultural learning and the opportunity to celebrate both our similarities and our differences enriched my life beyond measure....
Rose Kariuki: Making Connections, Becoming Sisters
Rose Kariuki went to South Africa in 2018 as a fellow with A Fresh Chapter. She is now part of the team bringing AFC to Kenya in the Global Cancer Advocacy program. Read what she learned from cancer a...
Change Your Perspective. Change Your Life
Changing our perspective opens us up to a world of possibilities and ultimately transforms our lives. I will never forget the words of a speaker at a networking breakfast early in my career, who prope...
Terri Coutee: My ReFresh Experience as a Patient Advocate
I was excited but far too distracted to absorb the prospect of attending this program offered by A Fresh Chapter. I experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows in 2018: the birth of a new gra...