Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative Continues to Support the Community
Science has proven that sickle cell arises from the body’s attempt to fight malaria. Although sickle cell disease is a global disorder affecting people of all races—as a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade—most individuals with sickle cell in the United States are Black. While health issues are a direct challenge of the disease, additional challenges to family stabilization and upward economic mobility arise as secondary side effects. These are two community leadership initia…Read More.
Support Hurricane Relief Efforts

Support Hurricane Relief Efforts

As our community faces the looming threat of another major hurricane, many Central Indiana residents have reached out to us asking how they can help.

We've assembled a list of vetted community foundation and not-for-profits disaster relief funds.