By Elridge D. Proctor, MPA, Senior Director, Government Affairs, GO2 for Lung Cancer Current landscape As we enter 2026, we reflect on the impact that government decisions are having on communities across the nation, especially our own, as lung cancer continues to change lives forever. [...]
We are deeply concerned that the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) budget does not reflect the public’s call for sustained and robust investments in cancer research. Instead, it threatens to reverse decades of progress. On Friday, May 30, 2025, [...]
GO2 for Lung Cancer remains at the forefront of leading advocacy efforts to restore funding for the Lung Cancer Research Program. In preparation for today’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, “Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation,” we submitted written [...]
A statement from GO2 President and CEO Laurie Ambrose I remember the day vividly in 2008. I succeeded in organizing a meeting with the Chairman of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Congressman John Murtha, to discuss establishing a dedicated [...]
In March 2024, Oakland-based photographer Genevieve S. joined lung cancer advocates in Washington, D.C., to share her story and urge support for lung cancer research with members of Congress. We spoke with her about her experience as 1 of [...]
GO2 for Lung Cancer’s Voices Summit is the only annual meeting that brings the lung cancer community together for education, training, connection, and advocacy action with our federal government, the largest funder of cancer research. This month, nearly 200 [...]
More than 230,000 Americans will die of lung cancer this year WASHINGTON, March 4, 2024 - On Tuesday, March 5 GO2 for Lung Cancer (GO2) will host more than 200 supporters on Capitol Hill to educate members of Congress on the [...]
Rick Sherlock has spent his life in service to others. The retired army major general has flown Chinooks, Blackhawks, and other aircraft. He has served his country at home and abroad, including tours of duty in South Korea, Iraq, [...]
GO2 for Lung Cancer’s Voices Summit is the only annual meeting that brings the lung cancer community together for education, training, connection and advocacy action with our federal government, the largest funder of cancer research. Nearly one hundred advocates [...]
Author: Elridge D. Proctor, MPA, Senior Director, Government Affairs, GO2 for Lung Cancer Following my graduation from Bethune Cookman College (now Bethune University), a private historical black college founded by educator, humanitarian and civil [...]