🖤🙏🏽 Donate to Help Charles D. Neblett Access Life-Saving Promacta™ for Stage 4 Prost
Cancer

📢 Charles D. Neblett, civil rights icon and SNCC Freedom Singer, is in critical need of Promacta™ to survive stage 4 prostate cancer—but insurance delays, prior authorization barriers, and out-of-pocket drug costs are blocking access. At age 83, he’s facing life-threatening platelet loss without this essential medication. Like so many Black elders, he’s caught in a deadly cycle of cancer, copays, and care denied.

💬 What His Family Says

Marvinia Benton Neblett, wife and caregiver:

“My husband has already had one stroke. If he has another because we can’t afford this medication, what will that say about how we care for our elders?”

Khary Neblett, son and full-time caregiver:

“This medicine doesn’t cure the cancer—but it keeps him stable.”

“We’ve done everything right. We called. We applied. We followed up.

But when Medicaid delays the drug that keeps your daddy from stroking out in his sleep, and your backup plan is an online fundraiser?

That’s not a policy gap—that’s a systemic failure.

It’s not just about Charles Neblett’s civil rights history—it’s about every Black father who won’t survive this kind of red tape.”

🎯 Where Your Support Goes

• Emergency funding for Promacta™ and follow-up labs

• Immediate stabilization of Charles’s platelet levels

• National awareness through Black Prostate Check Challenge™ 2.0, advocating for health equity in the Black community

💊 About the Medication

Eltrombopag is the active ingredient in Promacta™ and is also produced by:

• Novartis

• Teva Pharmaceuticals

• Camber Pharmaceuticals

• GlaxoSmithKline

We are not asking for one brand—we are asking for a solution.

This campaign accepts grassroots donations or direct pharmaceutical support in any form that can help Charles now.

📊 Estimated Out-of-Pocket Costs (Without Full Insurance)

For patients like Charles—who require urgent re-stabilization after a 1.5-month lapse due to preauthorization delays and stalled insurance approvals—the most medically reasonable need is a 30-day supply of 50mg tablets, taken once daily.

Estimated monthly cost: ~$15,130

This is not a one-time crisis—it’s the result of a broken system. Charles’s life is now in danger because coverage delays pushed him off treatment. While patient assistance programs exist, they move too slowly for cases like this. Charles doesn’t have time to wait.

🕊️ About the Legacy

Charles D. Neblett is a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, known for transforming spirituals into civil rights anthems during the 1960s. His voice was a weapon of hope—singing in jails, at marches, and alongside Dr. King. He is also the founder of Community Projects, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has supported civil rights, cultural education, and community justice for more than 50 years.

Charles and his wife Marvinia have been married for over five decades, raising six children and grandchildren while continuing their work in racial justice, rural healthcare access, and public education.

The Black Prostate Check Challenge™—inspired by Charles’s diagnosis—has already reached over 67 million people nationwide, and is currently featured in People Magazine, US News & World Report, NewsNation Now, WebMD, Black Enterprise, NewsOne, Black Information Network, Authority Magazine, Associated Press, SiriusXM Radio, Washington Informer TV, NPR (National Public Radio), DC News Now, Scripps News TV, NBC, ABC, CBS, Africa Newsroom, AllAfrica.com, Africa.com, Black Star News, Healthline, Medindia.net, News-Medical.net, BioSpace, and Medical Xpress.

This national spotlight makes Charles’ story one of the most visible examples of what happens when urgent care is delayed by red tape. He and his wife are available to speak with healthcare journalists, Medicare watchdogs, and policy think tanks.

📬 Donate Online or Send Direct Aid

Community Projects, Inc.

571 E 7th Street

Russellville, KY 42276

📞 Contact: Marvinia Benton Neblett – (270) 957-2836

✊🏾 If You’ve Ever…

…sung a freedom song

…believed in health equity

…loved your father

Then this moment is yours.

#BlackProstateCheckChallenge™

#CharlesNeblettCancerFund

Ain’t Gon’ Let Nobody Turn Me Around.

(Freedom Singers, 1962 — and still singing.)