Eight moments from the Dr. Charles Drew screening at The Loft Cinema — every quote verbatim, every one a tap away from the second it was said.
What I took home from the night, before, during and after the show, with every clip and quote in the order it happened.
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How The Force for Health® Network turned the night into a Reality Health Games challenge, honoring our community partners.
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Courtney Slanacker and Samuel Ross open the night — why Dr. Drew, why now, and why every donation matters for sickle cell.
The film showed WWII plasma being frozen and dried. Is that still how we store blood today?
A young mother's promise to teach her son about Black leaders — and a clear answer on sickle cell trait and donation.
“I knew of sickle cell… but I didn't really know.” A call to educate — and a surprising fact about malaria.
Akilah Gilbert on what it means to know the story behind every unit of blood she receives.
A surprise honor from the American Red Cross and the Arizona Achievers Foundation — and a line about Dr. Drew no one will forget.
Trust, culture and supply: two Red Cross leaders close the night with a clear ask for every church, school and family.
Red Cross staff, a church leader, the NAACP health chair and more on what the film changed for them.
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Inspired by and dedicated to our partners — American Red Cross Southern Arizona, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Arizona, and the Arizona Achievers Foundation.