Black Blood Heals
The Black Blood Heals Podcast explores the stories of heroic Black donors who have saved lives and Black patients in need of life-saving stem cell and bone marrow transplants. Hear from Black doctors about disparities in healthcare affecting the Black community and learn how you can take action to save a life and change outcomes for patients battling blood cancer, sickle cell disease and other life-threatening diseases.
Black Blood Heals
Saving Lives with Community Outreach & Stem Cell Donation
This week Tamara Weston is joined by Xavier Brandon, Supervisor of HBCU Programs at Be The Match. Learn how both Xavier and Tamara got involved with Be The Match and the work that’s being done on the ground, in our communities to help the registry for Be The Match grow.
Community involvement looks like being outside, having those difficult conversations with people and busting those myths around bone marrow and stem cell transplants. There’s a deep distrust between Black and African American communities and the healthcare industry. The most important work that Be The Match can do is rebuild that trust, and that’s simply work that cannot be done with digital campaigns and social media.
Today, Xavier is training the next generation of interns and change makers with Be The Match. Throughout this episode you’ll feel his passion for Be The Match, his reminders that this has to be a community movement, and that we all have to work together to save each other.
If you only take away one piece of advice from this episode, it’s a reminder to be bold. You weren’t put on this earth to be mediocre, you were put on this earth to make an impact and change a life.
Get involved with Be The Match today, because it will take all of us to save one of us.
Get Involved
- Join the Donor Registry: https://bit.ly/3UGiU1S
- Visit NMDP for resources: https://bit.ly/48moDxd
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