On December 6, 2012 I testified at a special Takoma Park City Council meeting before the City Council and the District 20 Maryland state legislative delegation about priority legislative goals for the coming Maryland State legislative session that starts in January. In the testimony I highlighted two goals that continue to be among the highest community priorities: “make housing equally available to people of all incomes.” And “improving health and expanding health care access.” Background on How we Arrived at Community Goals CHEER completed a community strategic plan for Takoma Park and Long Branch. In doing so we conducted small group visioning and goal setting sessions for the Takoma
Did you know that for 2017, it is estimated that among U.S. women there will be 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 40,450 breast cancer deaths. Every day, cells in your body divide, grow and die in an orderly manner. Breast cancer is a family of diseases where cells in the breast tissue grow and divide without normal control. This growth of cells forms a mass or lump called a tumor. Tumors are either benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). We all have genes that control the way our cells divide and grow. When a change (called a mutation) occurs, the genes do not work like they should. Mutations may be spontaneous (occur on their own) or inherited (passed on from your mo
