NANA Talk: Leroy Jones & Albert Campbell Discuss Sickle Cell Awareness and Community Advocacy

NANA Talk: Leroy Jones & Albert Campbell Discuss Sickle Cell Awareness and Community Advocacy

________________________________________________________________________ On this episode of NANA Talk, Leroy Jones, Executive Director of Neighbors And Neighbors Association, Inc., welcomes special guest Albert Campbell, Founder of Shakevia's Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, for a powerful conversation on advocacy, resilience, and community-driven change. For more shows, go to: www.communitynewspapers.com/cnewstv ABOUT US: Miami Community Newspape…

Celebrating ourselves is a way to promote sickle cell awareness

World Sickle Cell Day took place on June 19, and one of my experiences that day prompted me to write about what it means to me. That day, I saw an ongoing debate by sickle cell warriors regarding the significance of the day and wanted to weigh in. On one side of the debate, some patients thought that celebrating themselves doesn’t align with the day’s overall theme. Frankly, I find that position weird. Yes, World Sickle Cell Day is undeniably ab…