Night of Inspiration

New Yorkers, there’s a special bone marrow event coming to Brooklyn.

Danielle Lewis, a devotional artist, will release a worship EP and complimentary devotional book called “Today I Will” on October 22 at an event called “A Night of Inspiration.” A portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit leukemia research in honor of Lewis’s cousin, Shannon Tavarez, who passed away from leukemia last fall. At only 11-years-old, Tavarez starred as Nala in the Broadway production of The Lion King.

Shannon Tavarez

Tavarez’s story inspired DKMS Americas, a number of celebrities and thousands of people to push for bone marrow donor registration. Tavarez’s mixed-race background prevented her from finding a perfect match due to a lack of minority donors within international bone marrow registries.

The event opens at 6 p.m. with a bone marrow drive at Long Island University’s Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts in Brooklyn. The bone marrow drive is sponsored by Shannon’s S.H.A.R.E. Foundation,  an organization dedicated to the recruitment and registration of bone marrow donors in communities where the need for awareness is great.

Tickets start at $15.