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3rd Annual Women In Pain Conference: Gender Matters - Sing. Laugh. Dance. Heal.
Spiced with celebrities, laughter and live performance, For Grace will be hosting its 3rd Annual Women In Pain Conference on September 17th, 2010 at the California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities. This year’s theme is “Raising the Curtain on Pain” and will focus on Integrative Medicine and Creative Art Therapies. The conference is FREE for all women in pain and their caregivers!  5 CEUs for RNs are available for full-day attendance. Please link here for more information and to register (registration is REQUIRED for all attendees.) Also for those who can’t attend in person, please join us via our LIVE worldwide webcast that will be streamed at forgrace.org!

For Grace in the News!

Link here to listen to For Grace leadership and emcee Geri Jewell talk about our upcoming 3rd Annual Women In Pain Conference on KPFK-fm’s August 31st archive of Access Unlimited.

For Grace interviews with Good Morning America about Cymbalta’s pending FDA approval for chronic pain (August 19.)  If approved, this will be the first antidepressant indicated for this condition. Check it out.

Thrilled to announce a FOX Los Angeles news segment that For Grace championed earned an Emmy nomination in the Medical catagory. Please link to view this in-depth piece titled “Misdiagnosing Pain.”  The ceremony was held on July 31st at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood, California.   

Please read about ‘fail first” and AB 1826 in The Sacramento Bee (July 1st) and the summer issue of PainPathways magazine.  Additional comprehensive media coverage about this closely watched legislation appears as an op-ed in the July issue of Southern California Physician magazine and an article in the Bureau of National Affairs (July 20th.)  On August 16th, an op-ed about fail first and our campaign ran on AOL.com. 

Our founder, Cynthia Toussaint, penned a piece that is published on California First Lady Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference website. Highlighted is Toussaint’s partial CRPS remission (her first in 25 years!) and how she brought herself to this place of better wellness. “How My Illness Brought Me Grace” is featured in the popular “Our Kitchen Table” section. Touted as “The Nation’s Premier Forum for Women”, the website’s blog is bringing Toussaint’s inspiring message of finding one’s own healing power to the world of women in pain.

View Our WIP Public Service Announcement!
“Unsung Heroes” features actor Jack Coleman, star of the former NBC hit series “Heroes”

Founder’s Memoir in the Works
Cynthia Toussaint is writing her memoir, Battle for Grace, with national best-selling author, Linden Gross.  The book, scheduled for release in early 2011, chronicles her 28-year battle against pain and the healthcare system. At its core, it’s a beautiful love story that celebrates the triumph of the human spirit.

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Advocacy Tool Kit—Women In Pain Be Heard!
Check out this great resource for ideas to get the word out about the pain gender divide

Exciting Wellness Resource
101 Ideas to Empower Women In Pain to Survive & Thrive!