Smith Center was featured on NBC News in a powerful 4-minute segment highlighting how our programs, particularly the Black Wome…
Art has always been much more than mere decoration or leisurely pursuit. For centuries, cultures around the world have recogniz…
Integrative Oncology Patient Navigation at Smith Center In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the importance of persona…
Walking into Smith Center for each class has been like coming to a family that understands exactly where you are at. We’ve expl…
In January 2017, I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. Three months later, my wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As a w…
Cancer is no laughing matter. I certainly didn’t laugh when I was diagnosed at age 27 with inflammatory breast cancer. I didn’t…
Welcome to our new Executive Director, Lisa Simms Booth! Lisa Simms Booth’s Bio
I Was Always Falling by Stacie Marinelli I was always falling that year, tumbling into sunken living rooms, cascading clumsily …
by Yael Flusberg You take away my breath.I’m used to being five feet above ground, if you don’t count the layer between concret…
by Anonymous A solid thick wood door Red chipped paint Peeling and blistering White cracks of light Where you seep in You are u…
by T. Bullock Diagnosed five years ago; two recurrences. Who said this cancer would grow slow?A wake up call to be more aware,T…
by Yael Flusberg Barely a life, it might take months to form curves large enough to detect with sonar or magnetic resonanceunti…
by Thu-Mai Hoang The first scary word came out from my oncologist Angel of deathWanted to take me away to a beautiful placeto j…
by Nina Murray 2012, Washington, D.C., Arts of War IV On the bus, he is thinking of god.The seat is hard, it is of a piece with…
by Nina Murray 2012, Washington, D.C., Arts of Peace V The hour he cannot never recall is the onein which he began to believe w…
by Calista Ogburn i was 9 years old when i found out what cancer was. my mama explained it to me after my aunt got diagnosed wi…
by Yael Flusberg Doctor, you say the mercury has seeped into my brain like water through cracks in a prison wall. That most peo…
Breathing in Wellness: A 4-part Mindfulness & Meditation Educational Series developed by Matthew Grossman Developing mindfu…
On June 3rd, 2018 Smith Center hosted our first retreat reunion, “Reconnect and Reaching Out”, welcoming back over 60 alumni an…
A donation to Smith Center provides programs like Cancer Support Group & Retreats for people facing cancer in our community…
Executive Director, Jennifer Bires, spends the afternoon talking with Mary Billington about her journey and the Smith Center fo…
Chu Chu Sanders, a patient navigator, sits with Integrative Navigation and Cancer Retreats Director, Carole O'Toole to talk abo…
Bob joined Smith Center’s Cancer Support Group two years ago and has been a regular participant ever since. He sat down with Ex…
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