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Yvonne Refreshes At Retreat For Cancer Advocates
Yvonne McLean Florence is the founder and President of Sisters R US Circle of Survivors, Inc., a 501c(3) non-profit organization with a special mission of supporting individuals impacted by a diagnosi...
Networking & The Power Of Connecting the Dots Backwards
When I started in recruitment, I equated networking with a sleazy, underhanded activity reserved for people who wanted to use others to get what they wanted. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Now...
Diana On What Ifs And Gratitude After Cancer
Today I drove from my home to my doctors office in Los Angeles. I have been making this hour and a half drive for the last four years and four months. After my cancer diagnosis this became my norm, se...
Proust Questionnaire: Interview With Melanie
Melanie Vuynovich is a member of the A Fresh Chapter Board of Directors. A communications consultant based in San Francisco, she has been volunteering with AFC for the last four+ years.
ReFresh 2018: A Space For Advocates to Reflect & Connect and… A Special Announcement
Back in 2011, when I had a vision for creating A Fresh Chapter, I was blissfully naive. I didn’t think about building a strategy (or a community) to process the stories of deep suffering or how ...
The Upside of Getting Uncomfortable
For as long as I could remember, I craved routine. I brought my own pillow to sleepovers, wore the same pair of jeans almost every day of the 6th grade, and set my alarm at the same ungodly hour every...