Gilda’s Club to host four free lectures in March for those living with cancer and their families
Gilda’s Club Seattle will host four free lectures in March including a talk on how families can cope with cancer and a talk on the rights people with serious illnesses have to protect them against job discrimination.
The lectures are held Thursday evenings at Gilda’s Club on Broadway in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. A full description of the March lectures is below.
Gilda’s Club is a non-profit group that provides meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer and their families and friends join with others to build emotional, social and educational support as a supplement to medical care.
The club’s services are free and include support and networking groups, lectures, workshops and social events in a nonresidential, homelike setting.
The club is named in honor of Gilda Susan Radner was an American comedienne and actress, best known for her years as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. Radner, who died at 42 of ovarian cancer, helped raise the public’s awareness of the disease and the need for improved detection and treatment.
March Lectures
3/5/09 Free Lecture: Resilience: Strengthening Ourselves and Our Families
When the stress of a cancer diagnosis in the family tugs at family relationships, there are opportunities to heal on many levels. Dr. John Wynn, the PsychoOncology Medical Director at the Swedish Cancer Institute, will discuss how to increase family resilience through this challenging time. A collaboration with the Swedish Cancer Institute. A Sally Brotman Family Lecture. Free and open to the public. At Gilda’s Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway. Please RSVP to attend: 206-709-1400. Light refreshments at 6:45. 7:00-8:30 PM, Thursday.
3/12/09 Free Lecture: The Root Causes of Health Disparities: Just What are the Determinants of Health?
Join Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH, State Health Officer, to discuss the root causes of health disparities. Just what are the determinants of health? The answer to this question may surprise you, as it has little to do with medicine! Until the root causes are understood, disparities will not only continue to exist but widen. Free and open to the public. At Gilda’s Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway. Sign up required to attend: 206-709-1400. Light refreshments at 6:45. 7:00-8:30 PM, Thursday.
3/19/09 Free Lecture: Employment Rights Through Serious Illness
Roderick W. Ustanik, of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, will provide an overview of laws that provide protection to employees who experience medical issues, and to family members who are care givers. Learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, Treatment of Workers with Care Giving Responsibilities, the Genetic Information Anti-discrimination Act, major improvements in coverage brought about by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and much more. Free and open to the public. At Gilda’s Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway. Sign up required to attend: 206-709-1400. Light refreshments at 6:45. 7:00-8:30 PM, Thursday.
3/26/09 Free Discussion: Talk with the Doctor About Colorectal Cancer
Join us for Talk with the Doctor; an opportunity to bring your questions to specialists in Oncology. For colorectal cancer awareness month, Dr. Sam Whiting, an Oncologist from the SCCA, will be here to answer your questions about colorectal cancer. No lecture, just 90 minutes devoted to your questions. Free and open to the public. At Gilda’s Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway. Sign up required to attend: 206-709-1400. Light refreshments at 6:45. 7:00-8:30 PM, Thursday.
To learn more:
- Visit Gilda’s Club Seattle: www.gildasclubseattle.org
Category: Cancer, Health-care Policy
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