On the 5/7/9 the Black Students Association (BSA) of St Catherines College Minnesota hosted the 2009 BSA/SCDAM Sickle Cell Awareness Symposium at the St Paul Campus of the college. The speaker was Dr M Osita Nwaneri, MD. He is the Chairman of SCDAM. The event was well attended and the talk was an overview of Sickle Cell Disease, its current management and challenges for a cure. Many of the participants were very pleasd that they were able to attend the event. The event will be held every year in the second week of May. To view the powerpoint slides of this event, follow this link.The list of attendees can be found here.