We build communities and social networks where there are none. We organize and mobilize millions toward a national movement for change. We serve as a bullhorn for a voiceless generation of cancer survivors.
Our innovative and award-winning programs and services have been directly crowdsourced straight from our constituency from the ground up to patch cracks and fill in gaps, just like spackle. In the end, we help young adults fight cancer and empower them to get busy living every single day.
Too often, when some of the life's unavoidable crapness takes over and things get out of control, we turn to music and the arts to help make sense of the madness. In dealing with cancer, this is no exception. It is our goal to harness the power of music and the arts to embody what it means to be a young adult affected by cancer – and innovate advocacy through various exciting arts-in-healthcare special projects.
We want to inspire and empower you to create, connect, unite and get busy living. So, if you're an artist, painter, musician, photographer, author, poet, dancer, champion blogger, writer, essayist, public speaker, chef, architect or anything like that, tell us about yourself.
Cancerpalooza artist showcases feature independent musicians and bands from all across the country whose music has been directly impacted by a diagnosis of cancer, either their own or that of a loved one. These benefit events raise awareness that young adults can and do get cancer and that the power of music is a universal language we can allget behind during our darkest hours.
The i[2]y compilation benefit CDs feature 41 young adult musician survivors who comprise an organic, grass-roots arts community of like-minded cultural creatives from around the world who got busy living when faced with the challenges of cancer, either through their own diagnosis or that of a loved one. Reflecting diversity in creativity, method and influence, each album embodies human factor of the cancer experience. Each track shows that everyone has the power get busy living by staying connected to the things that have meaning in their lives and by choosing to express themselves, share their stories and celebrate the art of their survivorship.
The Stupid Cancer Show won "Most Innovative Use Of Social Media" at the 2011 Stay Classy Awards in San Diego on Saturday, September 17th. This prestigious honor only further solidifies our broadcast as a paradigm shifting media platform in healthcare. Thank you to Stay Classy and the thousands of fans out there who voted for us and made this possible![Website]
After attending an advanced screening, and with permission from Summit Entertainment, Matthew Zachary is proud to share his official "he's not a film critic" review of the game-changing cancer comedy flick, 50/50[StupidCancerBlog]
Writer Edward Winstead of the prestigious NCI Bulletin (a publication of the National Cancer Institute) recently sat down with i[2]y CEO Matthew Zachary to get the low down on what he's got up his sleeve for the growing young adult cancer movement [NationalCancerInstitute]
The Stupid Cancer Road Trip—sponsored by Volkswagen—came to a fantastic end to kickoff the OMG! Cancer Summit. Check out the finale video! 
After attending an advanced screening, and with permission from Summit Entertainment, Matthew Zachary is proud to share his official "he's not a film critic" review of the game-changing cancer comedy flick, 50/50 
