The actual link to the information on the walk is at the bottom of the events page, and that information is being updated weekly as Minnie feeds me more data. Yes indeed I am going to The World Health Organization as a Keynote speaker... between that and testifying before congress in the next 6 weeks at the invitation of people in the NIH, and the recent award at the National Press Club for advocacy work from the NIDCR, and in May an award in Madison Square Garden from NYU for the same thing....some one might think that I could be getting a big head. Actually, what I am getting is a BIG HEADACHE from all this, and really tired...

We are though, making progress, and that progress is being noticed by those in power. Those in power can effect the changes that need to take place so that public literacy and awareness, can lead to early detection, which can lead to fewer deaths from the disease. That is my dream to see in my lifetime, an actual reduction in the death rates that haven't moved in 50 years. You have to realize that my perspective on all these accolades is that they are really tools. It isn't about me, legacy, or ego. These events are actually tools that give me the credibility to get into the office of the NIDCR director, credibility that gets someone in power to take my call, credibility that opens doors to opinion makers, that wouldn't budge just 6 months ago. But my hat size is still the same...

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/events/index.htm main page
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/events/current_events.htm current events
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/volunteer/pappou_kids.htm past events

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.