Sickle Cell Podcast Season 2: Ice Dean

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.  

This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey. 

We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.