Building Beyond Black History Month

As Black History Month comes to a close, the work does not end. Reflection must lead to action. The conversations started this month help guide how HealthTree continues showing up for the Black community through education, engagement, and connection across blood cancers throughout the year.
Looking forward together
The Black Health Program remains committed to creating spaces where patients feel informed, supported, and seen at every stage of their journey. What we build together is not limited to one month. It is ongoing, rooted in trust, and shaped by the voices of the community.
This commitment continues through gatherings like the 4th Annual Future of Black Myeloma Health webinar on February 26, where patients, advocates, and experts come together to share progress, name challenges, and strengthen outcomes for Black patients living with multiple myeloma. While the program now reaches across all blood cancers, Black Myeloma Health remains foundational to this work and a reminder of how far we have come together.
Black History Month is not the finish line
Black History Month is a starting point. What is honored, learned, and shared during this time helps shape the work ahead. Through continued education, connection, and community, we remain focused on strengthening trust and supporting Black patients across blood cancers in every season of care.
Together, we honor our history and continue building toward a stronger future.
Register Now: Future of Black Myeloma Health webinar
There is still time to register for our 4th Annual Future of Black Myeloma Health webinar! This webinar is called Looking Forward: Progress and the Patient Experience in Black Care. This webinar will feature three myeloma experts:
- Dr. Brandon Blue, Moffitt Cancer Center
- Dr. Eden Biltibo, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Dr. Monique Hartley-Brown, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The webinar will feature experts who will discuss how advances in multiple myeloma care are affecting Black patients and their families. Participants in the webinar will have the opportunity to ask the experts questions.
As Black History Month comes to a close, the work does not end. Reflection must lead to action. The conversations started this month help guide how HealthTree continues showing up for the Black community through education, engagement, and connection across blood cancers throughout the year.
Looking forward together
The Black Health Program remains committed to creating spaces where patients feel informed, supported, and seen at every stage of their journey. What we build together is not limited to one month. It is ongoing, rooted in trust, and shaped by the voices of the community.
This commitment continues through gatherings like the 4th Annual Future of Black Myeloma Health webinar on February 26, where patients, advocates, and experts come together to share progress, name challenges, and strengthen outcomes for Black patients living with multiple myeloma. While the program now reaches across all blood cancers, Black Myeloma Health remains foundational to this work and a reminder of how far we have come together.
Black History Month is not the finish line
Black History Month is a starting point. What is honored, learned, and shared during this time helps shape the work ahead. Through continued education, connection, and community, we remain focused on strengthening trust and supporting Black patients across blood cancers in every season of care.
Together, we honor our history and continue building toward a stronger future.
Register Now: Future of Black Myeloma Health webinar
There is still time to register for our 4th Annual Future of Black Myeloma Health webinar! This webinar is called Looking Forward: Progress and the Patient Experience in Black Care. This webinar will feature three myeloma experts:
- Dr. Brandon Blue, Moffitt Cancer Center
- Dr. Eden Biltibo, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Dr. Monique Hartley-Brown, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The webinar will feature experts who will discuss how advances in multiple myeloma care are affecting Black patients and their families. Participants in the webinar will have the opportunity to ask the experts questions.

about the author
Valarie Traynham
Valarie Traynham has been a myeloma survivor since 2015. Wanting to be a source of support, provide patient education and encouragement to help others along their myeloma journey, she is a volunteer myeloma coach, myeloma support group leader and patient advocate. She enjoys being outdoors, reading, and trying new recipes.
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