Pathways to Progress series 4
In Person Event
CostFree
Description
Community Conversations is a quarterly series designed to bring patients, families, caregivers, and healthcare teammates together for open, engaging discussions about important topics affecting individuals living with sickle cell disease. Each session features expert perspectives and opportunities for meaningful dialogue, helping participants better understand complex healthcare decisions while empowering them with knowledge and resources.
Join SC RED Co-Founder and CEO, Teonna Woolford, and fellow sickle cell warrior DeMitrious Wyant for an engaging and informative discussion on reproductive health and sickle cell disease. Through personal experiences, expert insights, and patient-centered advocacy, presenters will explore the unique reproductive health challenges faced by individuals living with sickle cell disease. Attendees will gain valuable knowledge about family planning, fertility preservation, healthcare decision-making, and available resources to support informed choices and improved quality of life.
What You'll Learn
- The impact of sickle cell disease and its treatments on reproductive health and fertility
- Key considerations for family planning and pregnancy
- Fertility preservation options and available resources
- How to advocate for your reproductive health needs within the healthcare system
- Personal perspectives and lessons learned from individuals living with sickle cell disease
- Resources and support available through the sickle cell community
Locations
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- Meeting point
All Participants please meet in the LCI Bldg I Conference Room 3035A-3035B
- Parking information
Parking
Park in the Yellow Parking Deck (Levine Cancer Institute & Morehead Medical Plaza Patient & Visitor Parking) at the corner of East Morehead Street and Kenilworth Avenue. Levels one through four are dedicated for visitors.
Directions to LCI Administration
Take the parking deck elevator to the third floor. After exiting the elevator turn right. Cross the breezeway/sky bridge to enter Morehead Medical Plaza/LCI building. Take a left at the end of the skybridge into the LCI building. At Caribou Coffee take a right and go to the end of the long hallway. Turn left for Administration and Conference rooms will be on the right.
If you enter the LCI building from the ground floor, stop at the information desk directly inside main entrance and ask for directions to Administration.
Agenda
- Welcome/Introduction of Speaker
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Welcome all participants and introduce the speaker
- Main Presentation
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Teonna Woolford
- Breakout Sessions
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DeMitrious Wyant
- Guided Discussion
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We will open the floor for questions and discussions on the presented information.
Instructors
Teonna Woolford, CEO, SCRED
is a sickle cell warrior, advocate, and co-founder of SC RED (Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Education Directive).
DeMitrious Wyant, Sickle Cell Warrior
Coordinators
- Stephanie Hart, MPH
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stephanie.hart4@advocatehealth.org