{"id":7886,"date":"2011-11-25T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T19:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/?p=7886"},"modified":"2011-11-25T14:47:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T19:47:44","slug":"aziz-wants-you-to-give-a-spit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/25\/aziz-wants-you-to-give-a-spit\/","title":{"rendered":"Aziz wants you to give a spit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Give a S--- about Cancer\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1PAWtJimk5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p>Aziz Ansari and his <em>Parks and Recreation<\/em> co-star Chris Pratt just released this PSA encouraging young people to get their cheeks swabbed for the bone marrow registry.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dosomething.org\/spit\">DoSomething.org&#8217;s Give a Spit campaign<\/a> is specifically targeting young people between the ages of 18-24. The campaign and its partners <a href=\"http:\/\/marrow.org\/Home.aspx\">Be The Match<\/a> and <a title=\"DKMS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dkmsamericas.org\/\">DKMS<\/a> &#8220;need inspired young people like you to take the lead and register more <strong> committed <\/strong>college-age donors, especially minority donors. You can save lives by running a \u201cGive a Spit\u201d drive on your campus. Just sign up and we\u2019ll get you everything you need to run a drive.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>Plus, there are prizes: The drive that gets the most donors signed up wins $2,000 for a celebratory party and everyone who enters the registry through a Give a Spit drive is eligible for a $500 college scholarship.<\/p>\n\n<p>Readers who are <a title=\"What's it like to give?\" href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/07\/what-is-it-like-to-give\/\">curious about what donating entails<\/a> should check out Taz&#8217;s recent interview with two donors. You should also check <a href=\"http:\/\/amitguptaneedsyou.com\/\">Amit Gupta Needs You<\/a> for a list of drives across the country.<\/p>\n\n<p>(Via <a title=\"Aziz Ansari wants your spit\" href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5862536\/aziz-ansari-wants-your-spit\">Gawker<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aziz Ansari and his Parks and Recreation co-star Chris Pratt just released this PSA encouraging young people to get their cheeks swabbed for the bone marrow registry. DoSomething.org&#8217;s Give a Spit campaign is specifically targeting young people between the ages &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/25\/aziz-wants-you-to-give-a-spit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7886"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7906,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions\/7906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}