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Creating Real Capability

Nauman and Komen’s advocacy team began weeks in advance to develop a strategy that included education, organization and high-impact tactics.

• Webinars. The team held multiple webinars to level-set and educate advocates who would participate in the virtual fly-in. Now, those webinars are digital assets that can be used to train more supporters.
• Digital Hub. Komen maintained a digital resource where participants could find schedules, talking points and anything else they needed.
• Materials. Komen generated materials for lawmakers and staff on Komen’s policy points, which expedites meetings. “Advocates could have deeper conversations with offices,” Nauman said, “They weren’t having to educate first.”
• Personal Stories. Many of those conversations focused on personal stories from breast cancer patients and survivors. One benefit to the virtual event was that advocates undergoing active treatment, who often have a hard time traveling, could participate in full. “Those are the voices that are most important,” Nauman said.
• A Virtual Day of Action. A virtual call to action to reinforce the messages shared in congressional meetings sent emails to lawmakers from hundreds of additional advocates.

Of course, the fly-in supported Komen’s year-around advocacy work to increase federal funding for programs like the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and secure better care and treatment for the estimated 264,200 woman and men in the US who will be diagnosed with breast cancer and the 44,130 who will die from the disease in 2021 alone. In 2020, Komen drove more than 84,000 supporters to take action. The action center on its website alone drew almost 50,000 visitors. Nauman said they will definitely host another virtual fly-in this year. “We feel like it was a success,” she said. “This was the first time that we did anything like this, on this scale. We definitely want to build on it.”

Results

• 150 virtual congressional meetings
• More than 84,000 Komen supporters were driven to take action
• Almost 50,000 people visited the action center on the Komen's website alone

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Creating Real Capability

Nauman and Komen’s advocacy team began weeks in advance to develop a strategy that included education, organization and high-impact tactics.

• Webinars. The team held multiple webinars to level-set and educate advocates who would participate in the virtual fly-in. Now, those webinars are digital assets that can be used to train more supporters.
• Digital Hub. Komen maintained a digital resource where participants could find schedules, talking points and anything else they needed.
• Materials. Komen generated materials for lawmakers and staff on Komen’s policy points, which expedites meetings. “Advocates could have deeper conversations with offices,” Nauman said, “They weren’t having to educate first.”
• Personal Stories. Many of those conversations focused on personal stories from breast cancer patients and survivors. One benefit to the virtual event was that advocates undergoing active treatment, who often have a hard time traveling, could participate in full. “Those are the voices that are most important,” Nauman said.
• A Virtual Day of Action. A virtual call to action to reinforce the messages shared in congressional meetings sent emails to lawmakers from hundreds of additional advocates.

Of course, the fly-in supported Komen’s year-around advocacy work to increase federal funding for programs like the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and secure better care and treatment for the estimated 264,200 woman and men in the US who will be diagnosed with breast cancer and the 44,130 who will die from the disease in 2021 alone. In 2020, Komen drove more than 84,000 supporters to take action. The action center on its website alone drew almost 50,000 visitors. Nauman said they will definitely host another virtual fly-in this year. “We feel like it was a success,” she said. “This was the first time that we did anything like this, on this scale. We definitely want to build on it.”

Results

• 150 virtual congressional meetings
• More than 84,000 Komen supporters were driven to take action
• Almost 50,000 people visited the action center on the Komen's website alone

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Creating Real Capability

Nauman and Komen’s advocacy team began weeks in advance to develop a strategy that included education, organization and high-impact tactics.

• Webinars. The team held multiple webinars to level-set and educate advocates who would participate in the virtual fly-in. Now, those webinars are digital assets that can be used to train more supporters.
• Digital Hub. Komen maintained a digital resource where participants could find schedules, talking points and anything else they needed.
• Materials. Komen generated materials for lawmakers and staff on Komen’s policy points, which expedites meetings. “Advocates could have deeper conversations with offices,” Nauman said, “They weren’t having to educate first.”
• Personal Stories. Many of those conversations focused on personal stories from breast cancer patients and survivors. One benefit to the virtual event was that advocates undergoing active treatment, who often have a hard time traveling, could participate in full. “Those are the voices that are most important,” Nauman said.
• A Virtual Day of Action. A virtual call to action to reinforce the messages shared in congressional meetings sent emails to lawmakers from hundreds of additional advocates.

Of course, the fly-in supported Komen’s year-around advocacy work to increase federal funding for programs like the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and secure better care and treatment for the estimated 264,200 woman and men in the US who will be diagnosed with breast cancer and the 44,130 who will die from the disease in 2021 alone. In 2020, Komen drove more than 84,000 supporters to take action. The action center on its website alone drew almost 50,000 visitors. Nauman said they will definitely host another virtual fly-in this year. “We feel like it was a success,” she said. “This was the first time that we did anything like this, on this scale. We definitely want to build on it.”

Results

• 150 virtual congressional meetings
• More than 84,000 Komen supporters were driven to take action
• Almost 50,000 people visited the action center on the Komen's website alone

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