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Shah co-founded The Parasol Cooperative to help domestic violence victims find help. (Shutterstock)
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ Hearing the horrifying stories of physical, mental and sexual abuse during the pandemic prompted Hillsborough single mother, Megs Shah, to jump into action.
Shah co-founded The Parasol Cooperative to help domestic violence victims find help. Most recently her Hillsborough-based nonprofit was awarded a grant by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation which will help with the creation of an app where victims can go to find help.
It was last year during the height of the coronavirus pandemic when Shah and Fairuz Ahmed of Bronx, NY were part of a Facebook single moms group. They both would constantly hear stories of abuse.
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LOS ANGELES, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) today launched a multiyear
, multidisciplinary initiative called M-Power Charlotte, designed to empower people to change the course of myeloma by removing barriers to early diagnosis and treatment in the African-American community. To that end, the IMF is working with Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute s Disparities & Outreach program in Charlotte, NC, to enlist local leaders and healthcare professionals in promoting increased knowledge about this treatable but little-known disease.
Launched by the International Myeloma Foundation, the M-Power Charlotte initiative is designed to empower people to change the course of myeloma by removing barriers to early diagnosis and treatment in the African-American community.
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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society was among 56 nonprofit organizations chosen by Bristol Myers Squibb to share an $11 million award supporting projects that promote health equity and access to better care across ethnically and racially diverse and underserved communities in the U.S.
Other awarded projects aim to promote diversity in clinical trials, and disease awareness and education among minority and other often overlooked groups, including those in the multiple sclerosis (MS) community.
The National MS Society will use its grant, whose amount was not specified, for the project“Addressing Health Equity Within the MS Movement.”
A separate grant, given to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, will support its effort titled “MSAA Hispanic/Latinx Advisory Board and Integrative Resources.”
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