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Blood cancers and other life-threatening blood disorders can be CURED by stem cell transplants and bone marrow donor transplants. Surviving these deadly diseases should not be a matter of ethnicity and luck. The racial disparities in the national Be the Match donor registry and donor registries worldwide are staggering and must finally end.
The Asian American Donor Program (AADP) and Team SuperMarrow (TSM) have just launched the "No Donor, No Justice" Wheels of Justice Campaign to raise public awareness of this core issue and to secure support for a national response to this health inequity crisis.
I founded a national nonprofit organization after bring diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer and given two to three years to live at best in 1992. The day I was diagnosed, I dedicated my life to working on behalf of medically indigent and underserved patients, to improving the standard of care for cancer patients, to ensure equal access to quality care in keeping with evidence-based medicine/best practices and to eradicating cancer and relegating it to the history books https://www.c-span.org/person/?betsymullen
My personal physician Lam Do, M.D.'s son Luke was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukemia at 18-months of age. Because Luke is of mixed ethnicity, Dr. Do and his wife, also a physician, were told that the odds of finding a bone marrow donor match to save Luke's life were slim to none. That is when the Asian American Donor Program came in to recruit a donor for Luke. One person -- one person out of the entire donor registry was Luke's match. That was 18 years ago and Luke is a healthy college student. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5_PwKAOyo
Dr. Do has dedicated his life to working with the Asian American Donor Program to diversify the national stem cell /bone marrow donor registry in the United States and registries worldwide. He is an endurance cyclist and founded Team SuperMarrow two years ago to partner with AADP to accomplish the collective mission of bringing awareness and saving lives by ending health disparities for those diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers and other diseases. Dr. Do is also known as "Captain A'marrow'ca" and successfully led TSM across the finish line of "The World's Toughest Bicycle Race" -- the Race Across America (RAAM) one year ago next week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tOdrLnBglk
If you needed a stem cell donor to treat your child for a life-threatening illness and couldn't find a donor because of your skin color, how could you have peace? Where is the justice & equality in that?
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic organized cycling events were cancelled this year. Dr. Do and another member of Team SuperMarrow were set to compete in the Race Across the West (RAW) this week. But, that didn't stop Captain A'marrow'ca and Team SuperMarrow! The ORCA Summer Tour of Justice began over the weekend. Dr. Do and three other endurance cyclists are currently riding from Eugene, Oregon to San Jose, California with a clarion call to action: "No Justice, No Peace. No Donor, No Justice. No Donor, No Peace!"
You are now an integral part of this new initiative and we are very grateful! We must be the change we wish to see in the world and change begins with each one of us. Individually and collectively, we shall emerge form these turbulent times stronger, more united and more impactful.
If you have not yet registered to be a donor, please text 2CURE to 61474 or visit:
All registration costs are covered by a grant for those between the ages of 18 to 44.
Please take good care, stay safe and be well.
~ Betsy Mullen