On Friday, May 13, Cancer Legal Resource Center Director Joanna Morales, gave a seminar on "Employment and Health Insurance Issues for Children, Young Adults, and Caregivers" at the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers Annual Conference. Held in Atlanta, Georgia, the conference was attended by several hundred pediatric oncology social workers, clinicians, program managers, advocates and researchers. The conference aims to create and strengthen connections between individuals, groups, and organizations addressing the needs of those affected by childhood cancer. For more information about the services the CLRC provides to health care professionals, visit: http://bit.ly/CLRCHCP

On Wednesday, May 18, Cancer Legal Resource Center Midwest Regional Director, Monica Fawzy Bryant, attended the Chicagoland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Funding Awards Celebration in recognition of the CLRC's first community grant award. As a grantee, the CLRC will conduct seminars and an awareness campaign in the greater Chicago area to educate the breast cancer community about cancer-related legal issues. The CLRC will also create a legal resource guide for people with cancer in Illinois to help navigate individuals through the many legal issues that may arise from a cancer diagnosis through survivorship as well as provide local resources that may help resolve these issues.

On Monday, May 23, the Disability Rights Legal Center welcomed 36 law clerks and externs from across the country into our 2011 Summer Student Program. After a week of comprehensive training on the organization and the substantive areas of our work, students began program-specific training in the Civil Rights Litigation Program, Education Advocacy Program, and the Cancer Legal Resource Center. We are thrilled to have such bright and talented additions to the DRLC team!

The Meeting of the Minds Conference was held on May 11, 2011 in Garden Grove by the Mental Health Association. Maggie Hui, Community Outreach Program Coordinator, attended the event where she passed out information on DRLC's services to the mental health community. The conference brought together the full spectrum of the mental health community of Orange County, to raise awareness, increase cultural sensitivity, share information and resources, strengthen and build relationships, and improve patient care and quality of life for persons impacted by mental illness.