Advocacy Education Hub Jump To Jump To PSA Screening PCRP Appropriations CDC Funding Example Meeting A well-prepared advocate is an effective advocate. The Advocate Education Hub is your one-stop show for all your prostate cancer advocacy needs.On this page you can find the 2025 Advocate Guide, videos to help you better understand the issues we are advocating about, and even an example of what a meeting will look like.Note: While many of these videos are from previous years, and each year the specific budget requests we're making change, the core information is still applicable. Advocate Guide The 2025 ZERO Summit advocacy guide has everything you need to understand the policy priorities we'll be discussing during our meetings in D.C. Download the PDF Post-Meeting Forms Completed your meetings on Capitol Hill? Please fill out this form after you have completed each of your meetings, using a fresh form for each meeting. Letting us know how all of your meetings went is crucial for us to understand the current political landscape and if there are offices we need to follow up with. Fill out your form here While many of the videos on this page are from previous years, and our specific requests vary based on what is most urgent currently in the healthcare landscape, the core information is still applicable.In this education hub, you'll learn all about the logistics of research funding, key programs and stakeholders, and what the most urgently needs are for empowering the early detection and new treatments that can save lives. Policy Priority 1: The PSA Screening for HIM ActAbout the PSA Screening for HIM Act Request: H.R.1300/S.297, the PSA Screening for HIM Act, is our top priority for the 2025 Summit and the current 119th Congress. Learn what the bill does and what your elected officials can do to help. Please note, this video was recorded in 2022, during the 117th Congress, so the bill numbers are different, but the core information is the same. PSA Testing – Controversy, Clarity, and Counsel: The PSA test is the old reliable for prostate cancer screening, so you might wonder why we have to fight so hard to ensure men have access to it. This video offers background information you might find useful in understanding the need for the PSA Screening for HIM Act and our ZERO Cost to Prostate Cancer Screening Initiative. Infographic PSA for HIM Act Most instances of prostate cancer are initially detected with the PSA blood test. We advocate for common-sense legislation to eliminate barriers to early detection by removing co-pays for testing in the highest-risk populations. Infographic Download Policy Priority 2: Funding for the Prostate Cancer Research ProgramRequesting PCRP Funding: Learn what the Prostate Cancer Research Program is, why we support funding for it, and how to use your story to advocate in support of this important research investment. Infographics: Explaining the Prostate Cancer Research Program What is the PCRP? The PCRP is dedicated to supporting high-risk, high-reward research with near-term clinical application to eradicate prostate cancer deaths and promote groundbreaking development of new tests and treatments. PCRP Discovery of 8 New Treatments The Prostate Cancer Research Program is one of the most effective programs in the world designed to produce treatments, contributing the eight treatments discovered by 2023 Play Video Close Key Background Appropriations 101 Much of the conversation around prostate cancer research comes down to dollars and cents. But how does the federal government funding process work?Susan Sweat explains the Federal appropriations process — both how it’s supposed to work and how it works in the real world — breaking down what you need to understand when asking elected officials about funding research. See it on YouTube Policy Priority 3: Funding for Prostate Cancer Activities at the CDCAbout the CDC Funding Request: What, exactly, does the CDC do for prostate cancer? Learn how their efforts help to increase prostate cancer knowledge in high-risk populations and to decrease health disparities in prostate cancer outcomes. Policy Background The CDC & Prostate Cancer The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports state health departments' prostate cancer activities including educational outreach about early detection, as well as research, surveillance, and outreach initiatives. Infographic Download Policy Priority 4: Support the VA’s Precision Oncology Prostate Cancer Program (POPCaP)Our newest request for the 2025 Summit is in support of one of the most innovative programs for prostate cancer patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs, known as POPCaP. Policy Background VA’s Precision Oncology Prostate Cancer Program (POPCaP) Since its inception in 2016 and launch in 2018, the VA has operated 21 Centers of Excellence in the POPCaP program. These Centers of Excellence give Veterans access to genetic testing and counseling, prostate cancer clinical trials, and FDA-approved drugs targeted to specific cancer mutations. The VA is currently planning to discontinue the POPCaP program, which would threaten the quality of care our Veterans receive, and we are asking Congress to prevent that from happening. This is especially important because prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis among U.S. Veterans. Infographic Download Play Video Close See it in Action Example Meeting Nervous about your Capitol Hill meetings? Here’s your chance to see one in action. During the 2021 Summit, ZERO staff recorded an actual virtual meeting so advocates can have the chance to know what to expect, mute button failures and all. See it on YouTube Take Action 2025 ZERO Advocacy Summit The 2025 ZERO Prostate Cancer Advocacy Summit is a multi-day experience taking place February 23-25, 2025 that includes community-building, education, training, and advocacy meetings with elected officials in Washington, D.C. Sign up today to take part in this inspiring event. Join Us in Washington, D.C.
A well-prepared advocate is an effective advocate. The Advocate Education Hub is your one-stop show for all your prostate cancer advocacy needs.On this page you can find the 2025 Advocate Guide, videos to help you better understand the issues we are advocating about, and even an example of what a meeting will look like.Note: While many of these videos are from previous years, and each year the specific budget requests we're making change, the core information is still applicable.
Advocate Guide The 2025 ZERO Summit advocacy guide has everything you need to understand the policy priorities we'll be discussing during our meetings in D.C. Download the PDF
Post-Meeting Forms Completed your meetings on Capitol Hill? Please fill out this form after you have completed each of your meetings, using a fresh form for each meeting. Letting us know how all of your meetings went is crucial for us to understand the current political landscape and if there are offices we need to follow up with. Fill out your form here
While many of the videos on this page are from previous years, and our specific requests vary based on what is most urgent currently in the healthcare landscape, the core information is still applicable.In this education hub, you'll learn all about the logistics of research funding, key programs and stakeholders, and what the most urgently needs are for empowering the early detection and new treatments that can save lives.
Policy Priority 1: The PSA Screening for HIM ActAbout the PSA Screening for HIM Act Request: H.R.1300/S.297, the PSA Screening for HIM Act, is our top priority for the 2025 Summit and the current 119th Congress. Learn what the bill does and what your elected officials can do to help. Please note, this video was recorded in 2022, during the 117th Congress, so the bill numbers are different, but the core information is the same. PSA Testing – Controversy, Clarity, and Counsel: The PSA test is the old reliable for prostate cancer screening, so you might wonder why we have to fight so hard to ensure men have access to it. This video offers background information you might find useful in understanding the need for the PSA Screening for HIM Act and our ZERO Cost to Prostate Cancer Screening Initiative.
Infographic PSA for HIM Act Most instances of prostate cancer are initially detected with the PSA blood test. We advocate for common-sense legislation to eliminate barriers to early detection by removing co-pays for testing in the highest-risk populations. Infographic Download
Policy Priority 2: Funding for the Prostate Cancer Research ProgramRequesting PCRP Funding: Learn what the Prostate Cancer Research Program is, why we support funding for it, and how to use your story to advocate in support of this important research investment.
Infographics: Explaining the Prostate Cancer Research Program What is the PCRP? The PCRP is dedicated to supporting high-risk, high-reward research with near-term clinical application to eradicate prostate cancer deaths and promote groundbreaking development of new tests and treatments. PCRP Discovery of 8 New Treatments The Prostate Cancer Research Program is one of the most effective programs in the world designed to produce treatments, contributing the eight treatments discovered by 2023
Play Video Close Key Background Appropriations 101 Much of the conversation around prostate cancer research comes down to dollars and cents. But how does the federal government funding process work?Susan Sweat explains the Federal appropriations process — both how it’s supposed to work and how it works in the real world — breaking down what you need to understand when asking elected officials about funding research. See it on YouTube
Policy Priority 3: Funding for Prostate Cancer Activities at the CDCAbout the CDC Funding Request: What, exactly, does the CDC do for prostate cancer? Learn how their efforts help to increase prostate cancer knowledge in high-risk populations and to decrease health disparities in prostate cancer outcomes.
Policy Background The CDC & Prostate Cancer The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports state health departments' prostate cancer activities including educational outreach about early detection, as well as research, surveillance, and outreach initiatives. Infographic Download
Policy Priority 4: Support the VA’s Precision Oncology Prostate Cancer Program (POPCaP)Our newest request for the 2025 Summit is in support of one of the most innovative programs for prostate cancer patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs, known as POPCaP.
Policy Background VA’s Precision Oncology Prostate Cancer Program (POPCaP) Since its inception in 2016 and launch in 2018, the VA has operated 21 Centers of Excellence in the POPCaP program. These Centers of Excellence give Veterans access to genetic testing and counseling, prostate cancer clinical trials, and FDA-approved drugs targeted to specific cancer mutations. The VA is currently planning to discontinue the POPCaP program, which would threaten the quality of care our Veterans receive, and we are asking Congress to prevent that from happening. This is especially important because prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis among U.S. Veterans. Infographic Download
Play Video Close See it in Action Example Meeting Nervous about your Capitol Hill meetings? Here’s your chance to see one in action. During the 2021 Summit, ZERO staff recorded an actual virtual meeting so advocates can have the chance to know what to expect, mute button failures and all. See it on YouTube
Take Action 2025 ZERO Advocacy Summit The 2025 ZERO Prostate Cancer Advocacy Summit is a multi-day experience taking place February 23-25, 2025 that includes community-building, education, training, and advocacy meetings with elected officials in Washington, D.C. Sign up today to take part in this inspiring event. Join Us in Washington, D.C.
