Tag: Advocacy

Letter to Senators Calling for Critical Reforms to Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)
OCRA has joined 71 other organizations in signing on to a letter calling for the U.S…

Urgent: Tell Your Senators to Increase Ovarian Cancer Research Funding
Urge your Senators TODAY to co-sponsor a $50 million budget — a $5 million funding increase over current levels — for the federal Ovarian Cancer Research Program! This April, we asked for our community’s help in collecting…

Congress Poised to Increase Ovarian Cancer Programs Funding
Update: On 3/11/22, President Biden SIGNED the FY2022 spending bill into law, implementing key ovarian cancer program increases…

The Overview: December 2021
This time of year always has us reflecting on what we’ve accomplished, what we hope to achieve in the future, and how we — with the support of the entire ovarian cancer community — can lean in even harder to our commitment…

Apply Today for OCRA’s 2022 Advocate Leader Program
The application period has now closed. Apply today to join survivors, caregivers and activists across the country to affect change for those impacted by ovarian cancer…

Action Alert: Urge Your Elected Officials to Co-Sponsor the DIVERSE Trials Act
Clinical trials are fundamental to the discovery of new and better therapies in the fight against ovarian cancer. Yet enrollment and widespread availability remain a challenge…

Join Us: OCRA’s Virtual Fall Advocacy Day
November 15-16, 2021 | Register Today! Are you passionate about issues affecting the ovarian cancer community? Now is your chance to have your voice heard at the highest levels — without ever leaving home! OCRA’s Virtual Advocacy Day is a…

Survey: Medical Care During COVID
OCRA is conducting a survey to gauge patient response to the expansion of telehealth in response to the pandemic. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has been growing in popularity…

OCRA Co-Signs Letter to President Biden Supporting HARPA
On April 9, President Biden released his discretionary funding request for fiscal year 2022…

Urgent: Tell Your U.S. Representative to Support a $10 Million Increase to OCRP
On Friday, March 19, U.S…

Ovarian Cancer Advocates Unite for Spring Advocacy Day
OCRA’s Spring Advocacy Day, held March 8-9, looked a little bit different this year. For starters, we met online rather than in Washington D.C…

Advocacy in Action: A Year in Ovarian Cancer Policy Progress
As we gear up for our first ever virtual Spring Advocacy Day — which will welcome more than 200 participants, double our usual crowd! — we couldn’t help but take a moment and look back…