The Empowered Caregivers Forum

Providing Unity, Education & Empowerment

Join Us At The Empowered Caregivers Forum

Join a forum created to support & educate parents/caregivers of a child/children or young adult with sickle cell or thalassemia.

Join Carla Lewis, CEO of Kids Conquering Sickle Cell Disease Foundation and Rae Blaylark, CEO of Sickle Cell Foundation of Minnesota for the Empowered Caregivers Forum.

Host Carla Lewis and Rae Blaylark are mother’s of children born with sickle cell disease. We welcome you to join a forum created to support, educate and share resources with parents/caregivers of a child/children or young adult with sickle cell disease/ trait or thalassemia. The forum will provide a safe place for parents to share & ask questions bridging the gap to important conversations.

Sessions are scheduled 7:30am PT/ 9:30 am CT/ 10:30 am ET – There are three scheduled dates:

Session I April 20: Transformative Therapy: Understanding Gene Therapy & Stem Cell Transplant to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

Session II July 20: Sickle Cell: The Focal Segmental Glomerularscelerosis (FSGS)-Kidney Disease

Session III Oct 5: Let’s Talk About It: SCD Management: Moya Moya & Stroke

Each session will offer guest speakers and a Q & A discussion session.

Register Today for April 20th Session 1 : Empowered Caregivers Forum 2024 – Session I Tickets, Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM | Eventbrite

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