@ Athaba...

VERY TRUE...I hear what you are saying and i think that will go for most people reading this. If someone feels it has nothing to do with them, then it's cool- life goes on, i cannot force anyone to do anything they do not want to do. But i feel especially as a black person, you should know certain things that may affect you as an ethnic minority. i mean it doesn't just effect black people, there are other forms of sickle cell disorder, traits of which can be found mainly in african, carribean, eastern meditteranean, middle eastern and asian people.
I do not have any relatives that suffer from dementia, multiple serosis, breast cancer, leukaemia, aids, parkinsons or the like for example...... but at least i am AWARE of them to a certain degree.
i said i'm not expecting any miracles and being the kind of person i am, if you were willing i would listen and learn about some of the conditions that are around you, as that means i am willing to educate MYSELF about them, as regardless of tense- present or future- that infomation could be beneficial somehow personally or to someone else....

At the end of the day, i'm just fulfilling something my bro always wanted to do although he did his own presentations and the like at student unions and stuff and spoke from a more personal level. So i buzz the word is really AWARENESS.