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
Here to Listen: How Be The Match is Showing up for African American Communities
Welcome back to Black Blood Heals. This week, your host Tamara Weston is joined by Chelsy Shoger, marketing research manager at Be The Match. Learn how Chelsy and her team work specifically to engage the community and encourage them to open up to sincerely share with us why they will or why they will not join the registry.
Chelsy has heard countless, first hand stories about the mistreatment of patients within Black and African American communities that have continued to spread distrust and fear towards the healthcare industry. In this episode you’ll hear the real world hurdles that the community faces from a fear of seeing their own doctor for a physical to a mother still being mistreated simply because of the color of her skin.
Tune in to learn more about what Be The Match does with the community feedback that Chelsy’s team gather, and how Be The Match is working to show up 365 days a year, as opposed to 28 days for Black History Month. Subscribe to Black Blood Heals and share this episode to help raise awareness for the work that Be The Match is doing to help grow the donor registry within ethnic and African American communities. Remember, 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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