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SUMMARY:Sharsheret Book Club: Film Edition
DESCRIPTION:An exploration of how film helped process the cancer experience for survivors and previvors\, caregivers and their families. \nREGISTER NOW. \nPANELISTS and BIOS: \nAmy Byer Shainman\, Executive Producer\, Love\, Danielle  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Byer Shainman\, known as the BRCA Responder\, is a passionate advocate\, author\, and film producer focused on educating people about BRCA and other hereditary cancer syndromes. Shainman is a BRCA1 gene mutation carrier and a previvor. Shainman has shared her BRCA story through various media outlets\, using her voice to raise awareness about hereditary cancer. Her memoir\, Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene\, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew\, won 14 independent book awards and was a 2020 National Library of Medicine book club selection. \nMost recently\, she produced Love\, Danielle\, the first-ever scripted feature film to explore the decisions and issues faced by individuals with a BRCA gene mutation who have not been diagnosed with cancer. The film features an all-star\, including Devin Sidell\, Jaime King\, Barry Bostwick\, and Lesley Ann Warren. Love\, Danielle is currently screening at film festivals worldwide. \n\n\n\n\nJustin Johnson\, Director\, Mom & Dad’s Nipple Factory  \nRandi Johnson\, Justin’s mom and inspiration for the film \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJustin Johnson\, also known as Justinsuperstar\, is an Emmy-winning filmmaker who has been creating popular online content for over 25 years. His documentaries aim to engage audiences with down-to-earth tales that authentically explore the lives of extraordinary people. His most personal film to date\, Mom & Dad’s Nipple Factory\, premiered at the Milwaukee Film Festival and went on to play DocLands\, Port Townsend Film Festival\, and other notable festivals. The documentary tells the unexpectedly funny and deeply human story of his father’s secret mission to help his wife—Justin’s mother—feel whole again after a unilateral mastectomy\, by quietly building a nipple prosthetic factory in their small-town basement.\n\n\n\nKailee McGee\, Filmmaker\, CAN \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKailee McGee is a filmmaker and writer who blurs the line between reality and fiction. Her work explores the intersections of life\, art\, connection\, and identity. Kailee’s body of work includes commercials\, music videos\, short films\, and long films. In 2024\, Kailee’s film CAN premiered at SXSW and won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short Film.\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact Deborah Litwak. \nSponsors:
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SUMMARY:From Diagnosis to Dignity: LGBTQ+ Lives and Cancer Care
DESCRIPTION:Join Sharsheret for a conversation that will explore the LGBTQ+ cancer experience. Alexandr Trifonov\, BCS\, Program Coordinator – LGBTQ+ Cancer Care and Research Program for NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center\, will share lifesaving information about LGBTQ+ cancer screening health disparities and tools for navigating the cancer journey for LGBTQ+ folks before\, during\, or after diagnosis. The program will also feature stories from Gabriel Glissmeyer and Sandra Chefitz who will share their own experiences with self-advocacy. This program is open to all including members of the LGBTQ+ community\, family\, friends\, healthcare professionals and allies. \nRegister here. \nQuestions? Contact Symone Sass. \nSponsors: Cooperative Agreement 24-0061 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, \n    \,   \nCommunity Partners: \n     \n \n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios\n\nAlexandr (Alex) Trifonov\, MBS\, (He/Him) is the Program Coordinator for the LGBTQ+ Cancer Care and Research Program at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center. In this role\, he actively navigates and advocates for patients across the cancer care continuum — from screening to diagnosis\, treatment\, and survivorship — within an LGBTQ+-proficient framework. He coordinates research and quality improvement projects and contributes to institutional efforts to advance equity and inclusion. Alex chairs the center’s LGBTQ+ Staff and Faculty Task Force and serves on multiple advisory councils across the NYU Langone Health system. His work spans patient advocacy\, staff education\, community engagement (outreach and education)\, and health equity research\, with a focus on social drivers of health in LGBTQ+ communities\, including LGBTQ+ immigrants. He has presented at national and international conferences on LGBTQ+ cancer navigation and health disparities and contributes to several peer-reviewed publications and interdisciplinary studies. Alex holds a Master of Biomedical Sciences from Rutgers University and is dedicated to advancing LGBTQ+ health through research\, education\, and clinical care.\n\nGabriel Glissmeyer\, MPH (He/Him) is a long-time LGBTQ+ health professional with a background in tobacco prevention\, oncology\, and HIV. As a transgender adoptee\, Gabriel has had to navigate a family history of cancer while being confronted with a healthcare system not built for transgender people or adoptees. Fueled by his own adverse experiences with healthcare and public health systems\, he has used this as a springboard to create national programming\, educate healthcare providers and public health workers\, and bring awareness to equity issues.\n\nSandra Chefitz (She/Her) is a VP at Munich Re North America Life. She and her wife\, Marian\, split their time between Brooklyn and Upstate NY.
URL:https://sharsheret.andrewhickman.me/event/from-diagnosis-to-dignity-lgbtq-lives-and-cancer-care/
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