
Advocacy, Awareness & Your Voice
In 2018, Breakthrough T1D advocates secured legislation to make the Monday before Thanksgiving A Day in the Life – Type…

Promise to Remember Me: Local NJ Metro constituents meet with Representatives
Every other year, Breakthrough T1D Advocates meet with their U.S. Senators and Representative in their home states and Districts, to…

Everyday Hero Award: Meet Assembly Members Houghtaling & Downey
In 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed a resolution designating the Monday before Thanksgiving as “A Day in the Life –…

Everyday Hero Award: Meet Children’s Congress Delegates From New Jersey
Young New Jersey advocates John Gallagher, Arianna Gehan, Keyonna Murray, and Danny Zinn traveled to the United States Capitol from…

Breakthrough T1D Volunteers Take On Capitol Hill
Last week I joined hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country in Washington, D.C. for Breakthrough T1D’s Government Day.…

Local New Jersey Kids Return from Breakthrough T1D 2017 Children’s Congress
— Local residents joined more than 160 children and celebrity advocates on Capitol Hill to advocate for type 1 diabetes…

2017 Government Day
From Sunday, February 26 – Wednesday, March 1, Breakthrough T1D Advocacy staff and volunteers traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate…