{"id":2231,"date":"2023-11-15T16:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:54:15","slug":"ritchie-johnson-turning-pain-into-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/ritchie-johnson-turning-pain-into-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Ritchie Johnson: Turning Pain Into Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2235 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ritchie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On November 10th, Ritchie Johnson, the President and Founder of the Chris &#8220;CJ&#8221; Johnson Foundation Inc., had the privilege of addressing physicians, researchers, scientist, patients and advocates at the International Kidney Cancer Symposium 2023. She passionately recounted her poignant journey alongside her youngest son, Chris, as he confronted renal medullary carcinoma over a challenging 15-month-period.<\/p>\n<p>Ritchie shared the intricacies of her personal odyssey, a narrative that underscores the resilience of the human spirit, the potency of advocacy, and the enduring flame of hope. Her words resonated with the audience, offering a profound glimpse into the human experience amid the trials of kidney cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The Chris &#8220;CJ&#8221; Johnson Foundation has surpassed geographical boundaries, extending its reach to individuals worldwide grappling with a diagnosis of RMC. Through its unwavering commitment, the foundation provides support, raises awareness, and nurtures a community characterized by resilence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ritchie Johnson IKCS2023  &quot;Turning Pain Into Purpose&quot;\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a95fsODdQfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 10th, Ritchie Johnson, the President and Founder of the Chris &#8220;CJ&#8221; Johnson Foundation Inc., had the privilege of addressing physicians, researchers, scientist, patients and advocates at the International Kidney Cancer Symposium 2023. She passionately recounted her poignant journey alongside her youngest son, Chris, as he confronted renal medullary carcinoma over a challenging 15-month-period. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2236,"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions\/2236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisjohnsonfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}