Mission
Mission Statement
On The Air Sickled (OTAS) exists to amplify the voices of individuals and families impacted by sickle cell disease by providing a professional broadcast platform that highlights their stories, challenges, and victories. Our mission is to air the good by celebrating the resilience, achievements, and lived experiences of Sickle Cell Warriors; to air the bad by confronting the struggles of stigma, pain, and systemic gaps in care; and to air the ugly by exposing the overlooked truths of medical neglect, underfunding, and silenced stories. Through authentic conversations, structured broadcasts, and community outreach, OTAS seeks to transform public understanding of sickle cell disease while advocating for improved healthcare, greater visibility, and meaningful support. By telling the whole story — the good, the bad, and the ugly — OTAS serves as both a media voice and a movement for awareness, advocacy, and empowerment.
About
Otmar Donald
Executive Director, Host
Otmar "OD" Donald is a Sickle Cell Warrior, Motivational Speaker, Activities Professional and Minister who has a heart for people. As a medical professional in Geriatric care, he has seen similarities in the treatment of residents and those with sickle cell. Feeling unheard, undervalued, a burden, and sometimes downright disrespected. Otmar's passion is to give a voice to the underserved and mistreated. Otmar is a certified Life Coach and Activities Consultant in Geriatric Care utilizes his training by adapting his approach to encouraging others in hard seasons. He not only wants to share his own testimony with the world but get other stories out there to help change some of the myths, distasteful perceptions, and stigmas the World may place on the Sickle Cell Warrior and their families. He goes beyond himself to bring awareness things that people may feel embarrassed to speak on or frustrated by the medical community. Otmar is a world changer by nature and wants to make sustainable change in a community he knows best.
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