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Susan G. Komen® for the Cure

Since 2002, M+R has helped Susan G. Komen for the Cure® successfully:

• Build a powerful base of 300,000+ supporters;
• Mobilize these supporters to take action online and offline, writing LTEs, calling their representatives and making donations to support Komen's work; and
• Advance lifesaving breast cancer legislation at the state and federal levels!

During the 2008 presidential campaign, M+R partnered with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance to create and launch IVoteForTheCure.org, a campaign to get presidential candidates to share their plans for addressing breast cancer.

Through a coordinated series of emails, advocacy activities including letters-to-the-editor, online petitions, and more, Komen and M+R worked to make breast cancer policy a priority for both parties during the campaign. Putting a personal face on the campaign, thousands of people downloaded "I Vote for the Cure" posters and submitted photos of themselves with the posters for display on the site!

More than 100,000 individuals signed the campaign petition, and all of the major candidates responded to the campaign's questionnaire!

Since President Obama's inauguration, M+R has helped Komen keep the pressure on Congress and the President to support policies that will bring us closer to a world without breast cancer, sending 50,000 letters to senators, collecting tens of thousands of petition signatures, and much more!

To read more about our current work helping Komen "close the gap" in access to breast cancer care around the country, click here!