On Tuesday writers, agents, and celebrities joined ten-year old Cassidy Megan to raise awareness about epilepsy at Dylan’s Candy Bar in Manhattan. The New York-based Anita Kaufmann Foundation helped the young epilepsy sufferer educate Americans about the disease.
GalleyCat joined the festivities, chatting with novelist and blogger Robin Slick. The list of supporting writers included Litpark’s Susan Henderson, novelist Caroline Leavitt, author MJ Rose, and Writers House agents Dan Conaway and Kenneth Wright.
Here’s more from the release: “Motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy, Cassidy created Purple Day last year in Canada to let kids know they are not alone and to educate the public. She designated March 26th as Purple Day–named after the internationally recognized color for epilepsy: lavender. Now her grassroots effort is going global and coming to the US.”