The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) defines grassroots advocacy as building and maintaining a permanent network that unites people affected by cancer as voices for change to develop grassroots skills, cultivate local leadership around cancer issues and empower individuals for collective action. You can get involved with our grassroots efforts by doing one or more of the following:

Get Informed

Learn about what we and our advocates are at the local, national and global level:

• Local - Utilize our leader search feature to find what our LIVESTRONG leaders are doing in your area.
• National - Find out more about what we have done and are currently doing at the national level.
• Global - Learn more about our Global Cancer Campaign and how you can help make cancer a global priority.

Get Connected

Stay connected with the LAF by:

• Signing up for the LIVESTRONG e-Newsletter
• Reading the LIVESTRONG Blog
• Adding us as a friend on Facebook and/or MySpace.
• Following our CEO Doug Ulman, Lance Armstrong and/or the LAF on Twitter.

• Action alerts — send an email to your elected official in support of important legislation.
• Understanding and influencing policies — find information and worksheets

Get Active

It is through the active participation of hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of well-organized cancer advocates that, together, we will be able to make cancer a global priority. Below are ways you can get active today.

• Become a leader in your community - Local LIVESTRONG Leaders engage friends, families and community members in collective action to make cancer a priority. Led by cancer survivors and supporters, leaders work within their local communities to raise awareness, reduce stigma and generate funding for the cancer fight.
  Sign up today to become a leader or find one in your community to support.
• LIVESTRONG Day 2009 - LIVESTRONG Day is the LAF's one-day initiative to unite people affected by cancer in raising awareness of cancer issues on a global level and in communities across the country.