Monday, June 27, 2016

SUNY SA Conducting Blood Drive to Show Solidarity with Orlando


In coordination with the Red Cross, SUNY Student Assembly will be hosting a blood drive to honor the 50 victims who died in Orlando earlier this month. The blood drive will be a display of dedication and solidarity with the LGBT+/MOGII community.

The drive will be held on June 29, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the University at Albany Campus Center Assembly Hall.

SUNY Student Assembly passed a resolution calling for blood donation equality. Members of the LGBT+/MOGII communities were not permitted to donate blood in the aftermath of the shooting due to current FDA regulations. SUNY Student Assembly, among other organizations, currently advocates changing this policy.

Stewart’s Shops, which recently teamed up with SUNY Student Assembly to sponsor the event, will hand out free coupons for ice cream to donors.

Free parking will be available in the Indian Quad Visitors Lot. Posters will be available to direct attendees to the blood drive area.

Contact Tyler McNeil, SUNY Student Assembly Press Secretary at tyler.mcneil@sunysa.org or via cell phone at 1-518-527-7659 for more information.

Source: SUNY Student Assembly

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