Local Advocacy Teams
LBCA launched the Local Advocacy Team (LAT) initiative to provide opportunities for individuals with lobular breast cancer living in the same geographic area in the US to connect with one another and engage in in-person ILC awareness raising activities.
LBCA LAT Coordinators Kathleen Moss and Melissa Smicker host monthly Zoom meetings. Anyone interested in local advocacy-whether you have an official team, want to start one or want to conduct local advocacy individually-all are welcome to join our monthly meetings to share tips, successes and challenges. Three LATs (below) have launched since 2024.
Lobular Awareness Network of South Carolina
Launched in April of 2024, this LAT serves South Carolina and is led by organizers and advocates Minnie Campolong and Melanie Trimble. LBCA Executive Director, Laurie Hutcheson and Local Advocacy Team Coordinator Kathleen Moss interviewed Minnie and Melanie to learn about the goals of their new LAT. Click on the video to watch the interview.
To contact the Lobular Awareness Network of South Carolina, email SCLAT@lbca.org
LAT DMV: DC, Maryland & Virginia
Launched in June 2024, this LAT serves Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia and is led by organizers and advocates Brenda Sulick and Jeanette Brown. LBCA’s Local Advocacy Team Coordinator Kathleen Moss interviewed Brenda and Jeanette to learn about their goals. Click on the video to watch their interview.
To contact LAT DMV, email DMVLAT@lbca.org
LAT of Cascadia: Washington, Oregon and Idaho
LBCA’s third Local Advocacy Team (LAT) launched in April of 2025 in the region of the US known as Cascadia, including Washington, Oregon and Idaho and is led by Kathleen Moss and Leslie Pifer-Pien.  LBCA COO Mason Mitchell-Daniels interviewed LBCA’s newest LAT ambassadors to learn more about what inspired them to work together and what their plans are to raise awareness and advocate for more lobular breast cancer research in the Cascadia region of the US.
To contact LAT of Cascadia, email CascadiaLAT@lbca.org
Join or Form a Local Advocacy Team
Join an Existing LATÂ
You can join an existing LAT if you reside in the South Carolina, DC, Maryland or Virginia area. To join, email the LBCA LAT Coordinator at LATadmin@lbca.org.
Form a New LAT in Your Area
Each Local Advocacy Team consists of a minimum of two individual LBCA volunteers who share a primary common purpose to further LBCA’s mission within the Local Advocacy Team’s geographic area through advocacy, developing social connections, planning educational events and helping LBCA to identify fundraising opportunities. LATs are intended to provide individuals with lobular breast cancer the opportunity to find others nearby with ILC for a sense of community and, as volunteers, to conduct in-person activities to advocate at a local level in support of LBCA”s mission:
- raise awareness about ILC
- share information about ILC
- promote ILC research
- assist LBCA in identifying potential donors, sponsors, and fundraising opportunities and garner support for LBCA.
LAT Ambassadors and others interested in conducting local advocacy attend monthly meetings, virtually, with the LBCA LAT Coordinator. For more information on how to form a new LAT or conduct local advocacy with others near you, email the LAT Coordinator at LATadmin@lbca.org.
