The BBC makes a documentary about Henrietta and her family. Roland Pattillo organizes the HeLa Cancer Control Symposium in Atlanta. The city of Atlanta declares October 11 as Henrietta Lacks Day. Sir […]
Stitching for Literacy Update
The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. […]
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
What do you think the implications were when the world discovered in 1976 that one of the most important tools in medicine came from a black woman? What would be a similar […]
DNA Bookmarks
Reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks inspired me to dig out the DNA bookmark I created some time ago. I love this design. Two-dimensional photos don’t do it justice, if you […]
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Michael Rogers, a writer for Rolling Stone magazine, publishes a story about Henrietta and her family. This is the first time the mainstream media reports about Henrietta and her family, and that […]
Stitching on Things Other Than Fabric!
When I think of stitching, I normally think about stitching on fabric, or paper, or canvas, or maybe plastic. I’ve never, ever thought about stitching on bread! Have you? Em, who does […]
