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TWO MORE WEEKS TO APPLY! The 2024 Shauna M. Sorrells Program application portal is open! Apply here: https://bit.ly/3ZtzjJo We are so excited for the 5th anniversary of the Shauna M. Sorrells Program! In 2020, we launched the Shauna M. Sorrells Program to provide a $10,000 grant to a nonprofit that dedicates meaningful services and programs to women and children, especially women of color. The 2024 application closes October 14th, 2024 at midnight ET.

ONE MORE WEEK to apply for the Shauna M. Sorrells Grant Program. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3ZtzjJo Why do we honor Shauna? During her short lifetime, Shauna accomplished great things. She was an effective #advocate, a #mom who treasured and nurtured her son (Isaiah), and an active volunteer for #nonprofit organizations, serving on the board of directors for the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), and Homes for America, Inc. She brought a wealth of knowledge, insights, generosity and joy to all these organizations and the people she worked with and loved. The Shauna M. Sorrells Grant Program aims to continue her valuable work.

Ensuring the #lifesciences #biotech community continues to innovate and grow is directly correlated with the health of our nation—better health outcomes, more efficient medical spending, and job creation and business growth that strengthen our economy. We must take strategic steps to unite and implement key changes to ensure we are developing medical solutions and bringing them to patients as fast as possible to save and improve lives. That takes money, coordination and intentional inclusion in strategy development and implementation so ALL benefit. G2G is honored to play a role in this effort over the past 18 years in our advocacy for #healthinnovation policies and funding and securing $531 million in non-dilutive funding. Many like us are eager to advance the National Academy of Medicine recommendations. Let’s make it happen! Virginia Bio MichBio Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) Bio Nebraska Indiana Health Industry Forum BioUtah Iowa Biotechnology Association (IowaBio) South Dakota Biotech North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBiotech) Focused Ultrasound Foundation Ohio Life Sciences

The Columbus Metropolitan Club lunch "Outdated Funding, Lost Lives: Why Ohio’s Babies and Birthing Parents Deserve Better" on Wednesday addressed key gaps in #maternalhealth that must be closed to end health inequities and disparities. One preventable infant death is one too many. We can reverse current trends by entrusting organizations to engage in the communities where they are known and trusted to make a meaningful impact. The speakers shared how we must remove cumbersome applications and reporting requirements that create immense administrative burdens and block the ability to run programming and do the work and save the lives of moms and birthing people. They also spoke about the importance of mental health as a part of their work as both physical and mental health needs must be addressed to reduce maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rates. We look forward to working with the legislature on funding and policy decisions in the next budget cycle to ensure this shift in approach is applied. MATERNAL CHILD HEALTHCARE OF OHIO INC Policy Matters Ohio Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance (MMHLA) Mental Health America of Ohio The Columbus Foundation Center for Community Solutions

In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Find It Early Act, S.5141, was introduced in the Senate by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS)! Awesome to see this critical bill gain a Senate companion, and thank you to Rep. Friends Of Rosa Delauro (D-CT) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) for authoring the #FindItEarlyAct in the House last year. This legislation mandates coverage of comprehensive breast cancer screening for patients with dense breasts - up to 50% of all women have dense breasts and mammograms alone cannot detect cancer in this dense tissue! Supplemental screening essential for early detection in half of all women must be covered to save lives as #breastcancer is 99% survivable when caught early. Advocate, survivor and thriver Katie Couric shared a fantastic interview with fellow survivor, Senator Klobuchar. They discuss their own breast cancer journeys and #advocacy, exciting improvements in breast cancer survivorship, upcoming opportunities for healthcare legislation, and of course, the Find It Early Act! 🎗️ Watch here: https://lnkd.in/e4Qf3vrJ and contact your Member of Congress to share the importance of passing the Find It Early Act! Senate news releases: Klobuchar: https://lnkd.in/e3U_kzKP Marshall: https://lnkd.in/eBQF3jQq #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

It was an inspiring evening last week at the Women's Health PAC event in Boston! Liz Powell, Jodi Neuhauser, Jamie Zahlaway Belsito, Neel Shah, Ramita Tandon, Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch, PhD, JD, Mitzi Krockover, MD and Elizabeth Garner spoke to the amazing community that came together to hear from experts on maternal mental health policy, menopause and midlife health, the impact of bringing clinical trials to community pharmacies, and deepening our thinking on the unacceptable status quo in women's health by imagining how current issues, if left unchanged, will affect today's girls as they grow into women. What a powerful, galvanizing night! This month, there are more informative and engaging events happening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Please join us, tickets below! Pittsburgh, PA - October 16: https://lu.ma/us970u38 #womenshealth #policy #elections2024

I’ve been to all but one of the annual Women's Health Innovation Series summits in Boston, and have been lobbying for more #advocacy and government topics to be woven into the agenda since then. Rebecca Baldwin and Aoife McGrath welcomed and encouraged me year after year and kept including more and more means for attendees to engage in these areas, and now interest in and engagement with government in women’s health is soaring. What we see now is a culmination of many things—many hardworking entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, patient advocates, healthcare providers, and people who just would not stop no matter what walls they hit! The #WHIS2024 team has played an important role in convening and driving progress as well. The team has worked so hard to create a centralized platform for connection, innovation, business growth and elevation of women’s health gaps and opportunities. Thank you! Thank you to all the speakers at WHIS for another packed three days of collaboration and advancement of #womenshealth! And thank you to those who joined us for Tuesday’s reception and Wednesday’s Women's Health PAC event. I feel very lucky that I got to connect with so many fantastic leaders and #changemakers who are making the world a better place! Excited to keep up the momentum! Please remember to vote for women’s health on Nov 5!

Thank you to Senator Kent Smith for visiting Pregnant With Possibilities Resource Center this week to learn more about their work. Their vision focuses on empowering all to excel by encouraging healthy decisions and improving birth outcomes in the communities we serve through research-based programs and services that reflect best practices for youth and perinatal individuals who live in Cuyahoga County. We are so thankful for the work they do in their community, truly changing lives.

We were excited to watch the PAST Foundation speak at the POWERUP Career & Tech Expo. The panel focused on how businesses can best utilize AI in the workplace while recognizing the nuances that often come with AI. Thank you Senator Michele Reynolds for hosting such a great event and panel!

NEXT WEEK! Please register here and join us! https://bit.ly/3Tm8zH2 See you in Cleveland!