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Happy Soul Revival Inc. The Soul Revival Art Festival and Fundraiser

5 things we learned from our Day 1 panel that everyone in St. Pete should know:Sickle cell disease is not rare — it pred...
05/02/2026

5 things we learned from our Day 1 panel that everyone in St. Pete should know:

Sickle cell disease is not rare — it predominantly affects Black Americans, and Florida has one of the highest rates in the country.

ER staff are often not trained to recognize or treat sickle cell crisis appropriately — patients are frequently undertreated for pain.

The pediatric-to-adult care transition is one of the most dangerous periods for sickle cell patients — and most don't have a specialist lined up when they "age out."

Mental and emotional health is deeply tied to sickle cell outcomes — and almost nobody is addressing that gap.

You can get tested. Ask your doctor about hemoglobin electrophoresis. Knowing your status matters.

Save this. Share it with someone who needs it. 💙

Something that came out of our Day 1 panel that stopped the whole room:There is NO published research on sickle cell dis...
04/30/2026

Something that came out of our Day 1 panel that stopped the whole room:

There is NO published research on sickle cell disease and pregnancy.

Zero.

A disease that predominantly affects Black women. A pregnancy that changes everything about how the disease behaves. And the medical community has not studied it.

Brandi found this out the hard way. She was removed from an all-children's hospital — mid-crisis — because she was pregnant.

This is why we do this. This is why the panel matters. This is why the room needs to keep happening every year.

When Brandi spoke, you could feel the room shift.Not because what she said was new to her — she lives it. But because fo...
04/30/2026

When Brandi spoke, you could feel the room shift.

Not because what she said was new to her — she lives it. But because for many people in that room, it was the first time they had heard someone name it that clearly.

Pain that isn't believed. Bodies that aren't trusted. Systems that weren't built for us.

And she showed up anyway. Nursing school. Law school. Three kids. A disease that fights her every single day.

We are honored she shared her story with us.

Brandi — thank you for your courage. 🙏

"It's like glass just constantly blowing through your body. Head to toe on 10."Brandi Abernathy said this at our Day 1 p...
04/29/2026

"It's like glass just constantly blowing through your body. Head to toe on 10."

Brandi Abernathy said this at our Day 1 panel. In front of a room full of people. Out loud. Without flinching.

She is a registered nurse, a law student, and a mother of three. She lives with sickle cell disease.

She also said: "And imagine it's been going on two, three days. And you go to the hospital, and they don't believe you."

That last part. That's the one.

We have to do better for people like Brandi. 💙

04/28/2026

Brandi compared sickle cell crisis pain to giving birth with no epidural.

And then she said she would choose childbirth. Every single time.

Let that land.

This is not a metaphor. This is a registered nurse and law student describing her lived reality. A reality she manages while raising three kids, studying law, and advocating for patients who are told their pain isn't real.

Sickle cell crisis is not "just pain." It is a full-body emergency that can last days — and most people in the ER have never been trained to treat it properly.

We are changing that. One conversation at a time.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more about sickle cell disease.



We have to do better for people like Brandi. 💙

Four years ago, this was a vision.A table conversation. A "what if." A mission that started with grief and somehow becam...
04/27/2026

Four years ago, this was a vision.

A table conversation. A "what if." A mission that started with grief and somehow became this.

We're still processing. We're still grateful. We're still a little tired. 😅

But mostly, we're just in awe of what God does when you say yes and keep saying yes.

Soul Revival 2026 was the most Spirit-led ex*****on we've ever had. And we are not done.

Thank you for being part of this with us. More coming this week. 🌱

— Jhi'Aire & Myiah

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The healing stations were everyone's idea of what a festival could be.Ten stations. One punch card. Art therapy. Music t...
04/26/2026

The healing stations were everyone's idea of what a festival could be.

Ten stations. One punch card. Art therapy. Music therapy. Breathwork. Movement. Reflection. OneBlood on site taking blood for the cause.

When you fill that card, you're not just doing activities. You're learning what your body already knows — that healing isn't one thing. It's many things. It's accessible. And it belongs to you.

Thank you to every facilitator, volunteer, and vendor who made Saturday what it was.

| | — you showed up. 🙏

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To every artist and performer who brought their gifts day 1 and 3 - PT 2 | | | | | | You didn't just perform. You m...
04/26/2026

To every artist and performer who brought their gifts day 1 and 3 - PT 2

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You didn't just perform. You ministered. You witnessed. You made people feel something they came in hoping to feel.

This is what it looks like when artists show up for community. Thank you. 🎶

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To every artist and performer who brought their gift to this weekend — PT 1 | | mazi | .vibes | | | | | You didn't ...
04/25/2026

To every artist and performer who brought their gift to this weekend — PT 1

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You didn't just perform. You ministered. You witnessed. You made people feel something they came in hoping to feel.

This is what it looks like when artists show up for community. Thank you. 🎶

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The Deuces on Sunday. hosting. on the ones and twos. 8 healing stations with punch cards. Art therapy running at the s...
04/24/2026

The Deuces on Sunday.

hosting. on the ones and twos. 8 healing stations with punch cards. Art therapy running at the same time as music therapy. drawing in chalk. Live painters. ACT students performing.

And real people from this community — families, elders, kids, patients, neighbors — just being present with each other.

That's it. That's the whole point.

Thank you, 22nd Street. We'll be back. 🌳

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