Flipping Cancer @ 2018 THINK Academy: Treating Health Inequities with New Knowledge

Participants + Project Info: Performance Program PDF with links

Spoken word in final movement piece: "the clock speaks" PDF

More Resources: Follow Up Education + Opportunities

• Healthcare Access, Healthcare Professionals Advocacy

  • NC Forward Together Moral Movement, NAACP NC (White Coats for Healthcare), naacpnc.org
  • US Commission on Civil Rights usccr.gov, e.g., Environmental, Racial, Health Justice Panel, Patient Dumping Panel
  • President's Cancer Panel Reports prescancerpanel.cancer.gov 

• Patient Advocacy, Healthcare Quality

  • National Center for Health Research USA Patient Network usapatientnetwork.org
  • Breast Cancer Action Community Leaders for Change + Educational Resources bcaction.org/resources/webinars/ 
  • Cancer + Young Adults stupidcancer.org
  • LGBTQ Cancer cancer-network.org

• Advanced Cancers and Stage IV

  • For Advanced Cancers, ASCO guidelines http://nautil.us/blog/this-cancer-treatment-extends-life-without-pills-radiation-or-surgery  

• Environmental Justice

  • Appalachian Voices, ACT Against Coal Ash actagainstcoalash.org
  • e.g., NC Environmental Justice Network ncejn.org and booklet for healthcare providers on top EJ issues for patients
  • Toxic Isn’t Tasty thinkbeforeyoupink.org/past-campaigns/toxic-isnt-tasty/

• Reducing Toxins

  • Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group ceh.org, ewg.org
  • Skin Deep Database (check cosmetics, toiletries for carcinogens): ewg.org/skindeep    
  • TB4UP thinkbeforeyoupink.org
  • Poison Isn’t Pretty thinkbeforeyoupink.org/past-campaigns/poison-isnt-pretty/

• Support, Stress Management Resources, Palliative Care for All

  • Meditation, creative expression, or other stress management focused cancer support groups
    • Not all CSGs are about "talking in a circle" for those less willing to do this; many are skills and wellness experience-based, e.g., cancersupport4u.org, windriverservices.org, livebyliving.org
    • Or pursue well-regarded programming for persons facing cancer, such as: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Sound Healing Music, Restorative Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, HeartMath, InterPlay, Nature Retreats.
      • For ex: InterPlay interplay.org with healthcare providers, patients, family caregivers itisinyou.org/workshops
      • For ex: Chaplain support + sound healing music for persons isolated by health crisis heartspacespiritualresources.org
  • Pastoral Care or Pastoral Counselors in your hospital or clinic setting--no faith tradition required to receive support in times of crisis, including counsel on important decisions in clinical settings, stress management, continuity or transitions of care
  • Social Workers in your hospital or clinic setting--available to support patients and family caregivers, and support solutions to problems arising across clinical, workplace, and home settings

• Communicating about Cancer, Death + Dying

  • Beautiful, all-ages book, featuring POC family facing illness, grief:  "I Will Love You Everywhere, Always" by Dr. Renée Alexander Craft, illustrations by Cosmo Whyte, lovealwaysbook.com 
  • Destigmatizing death + dying in clinical, cultural settings related to cancer: Nina Riggs' The Bright Hour, Dr. Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, Paul Kalanathi's When Breath Becomes Air, Arthur Frank's At The Will of the Body, Cheryl Mattingly's Healing Dramas + Clinical Plots, Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals