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As Blood Supply Dwindles, Humanists Call on FDA to Reevaluate Further its Discriminatory Blood Donation Policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Mon., May 4, 2020) Barker, TX. — Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB), an international secular humanist charity whose work includes recovery efforts following disasters and humanitarian crises, is partnering with the American Humanist Association (AHA) to ask for further reforms to the U.S. FDA’s anti-gay blood donation policy.
Read MoreOn Blood Equality
Today is the WHO's World Blood Donor Day. This day also coincides with Pride Month and follows some compelling concerns raised from our BBN community recently about blood law, which we feel compelled to address. For over three decades, HIV/AIDS fears fueled a U.S. ban on all donated blood from gay and bisexual men. While…
Read MoreBeyond Belief Network Guides: Blood Drive
Did you know that January is National Blood Donor Month? Blood drives are a great option for large teams, student groups, or any organization that can draw on a large community to fill donation appointments. Smaller groups can have members go to a Red Cross blood donation site during a specific time period after setting…
Read MoreLight the Night funds a new blood cancer research partnership
By Kate Donovan
This October, a wonderful pairing began. In a partnership quite possibly better than wine and cheese, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is working with Celgene Corporation to find and fund blood cancer research.
This is the first foray for LLS’s new program to partner philanthropy with the pharmaceutical industry to encourage projects that can lead to research breakthroughs. The Targets, Leads & Candidates Program aims to increase the turnaround between the discovery of new scientific information and its development into cancer therapy. Said LLS Chief Mission Officer Louis J. DeGennaro, PhD, “As always, our goal is getting new therapies to patients more quickly.”
Though this collaboration won’t have a sizeable impact on those currently suffering from blood cancers, it holds the potential to radically change the experience of future patients.
Click here to read the full press release. Click here to learn more about the Foundation Beyond Belief Light the Night team.
Read MoreJuly Volunteer Network Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 52 events in July, serving 13,579 individual beneficiaries and giving out 13,579 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams held 12 service events. Year to date, that makes 106,305 individual known beneficiaries served at 481 events, and 124,711 meals/kits distributed!
Read MoreMay Volunteer Network Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 54 events in May, serving 14,722 individual beneficiaries and giving out 21,224 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams held 10 more service events. Year, to date, that makes: 344 total team events 78,170 individual known beneficiaries served 79,293 meals/kits distributed New Food Security Project Team GO Team…
Read MoreApril Volunteer Network Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 48 events in April, serving 16,169 individual beneficiaries and giving out 20,263 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams held 17 more service events.
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