Posts Tagged ‘Advocacy and Activism’
Sickle Cell Advocacy & Activism
This week, I got a chance to speak with Phyllis Thomas, the founder of the SCD Soldiers Network which is an Advocacy Group for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (AGASCA). The SCD Soldier Network enables the sickle cell community to be advocates for each other. The beautiful part of this organization is that it’s driven…
Read MoreSickle Cell Advocates & Activism
Hello fabulous warriors! Okay, everyone here has gotten something from the sickle cell online community in one way or another. Now here is your chance to participate and help others with knowledge the same way you have been helped. Remember, we are the only ones that can change the way the world views sickle cell…
Read MoreSickle Cell Documentary Photo Collage
Project Hemoglobin S December 17 at 1:13am Report Our Documentary needs faces! We have a collage we’re featuring in our film of Sickle Cell Survivors! If you would like to have your picture featured in our film during our collage of Sickle Cell Survivors Contact Us! We’d Love to have you! Let the world know…
Read MoreAmerican Society of Hematology Conference
I know it’s probably late for anyone to travel there, but if anyone is in New Orleans…this conference just might be for you ~ by the American Society of Hematology. I thought you and Sickle Cell Can Kiss My A** readers might be interested in learning about some of the cutting-edge medical research directly impacting…
Read MoreTrue Life —I Have Sickle Cell
Hey guys, MTV’s True Life is doing a story on ” I have a life altering ailment or illness.” If you are interested getting our story out there then you need to send an e-mail to seriousillness@mtvn.com. You should include your name, location, phone…etc. Let’s make sickle cell known to the folks at MTV~!
Read MoreI’m a Top 100 Health Blogger
Hi Vixen, CONGRATULATIONS on your success in the People’s Health Blogger Awards Competition. Your readers have spoken, and you’ve been chosen as one of the People’s Best 100 Health Bloggers! The competition was a huge success, with hundreds of the best health bloggers competing and thousands of votes cast. The competition during the last few…
Read MoreThe Girl Effect
People with the Trait Have Pain Too!
This is a comment from one of my readers that is 46 that has the sickle cell trait but not the disease. Some times I have unexplained pain in one of my feet, but it’s usually only when it’s cold, and after reading some of your blogs, I see that cold weather seems to trigger…
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