VITFriends Vitiligo Support Group

06/06/2026

Thank you Dora Arany for sending us a copy of your book!

We encourage that parents with young children adjusting to their Vitiligo, to get a copy of this book.

We highly RECOMMEND this book and have given it our top-rating - 5

https://youtube.com/shorts/yQAkQ7vbZJE?si=Q4F5boXdFnYVCXq-

06/03/2026

As we celebrate VITILIGO Awareness Month, we celebrate Vitiligo music by our own VIT brother, Viti Xotcskn Handsafiya

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06/01/2026

Happy VITILIGO Awareness Month!

JOIN our Purple Patch Teens and Young Adults at their next community meeting on: This Saturday - Jun 6, 2026 - 5:00 PM Eastern Time .

Our special GUEST will share her journey with Lupus and how she and her sister, who has Vitiligo, compares their journey.

Please share this information with a young person with either LUPUS or VITILIGO... Everyone is welcome!

You MUST Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/R547aVFRSmKb8Nyk2oyxng

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Teen & Young Adult Meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

06/01/2026

JUNE is a time for our Vitiligo Community to celebrate ourselves—our struggles, our journey, and most importantly, this connection of our amazing FAMILY!

As we reflect on 10 years together, it has been a beautiful ride filled with friendship, support, strength, and hope.

So wear your PURPLE and celebrate! You are ROYAL.

You are RARE.
You are RESILIENT.
You are WISE.
And together, in UNITY, we are #1 - FAMILY!

Happy Vitiligo Awareness Month!

06/01/2026

05/16/2026

Our 2026 Summit was simply outstanding, thanks to our sponsor Incyte

Make plans now, as we begin to think ahead at 2028, you will want to be with us.

Education is KEY - KNOWLEDGE is power!

Our goal is to supply you with the TOOLS to be able to stand up for, share knowledge and to SPEAK-UP for your cause - Vitiligo.

Special THANKS to our M C. Rev Dr Wallace R III Henry...To our State Host Millicent Meadows To our Event Assistant Patricia Rossy....To our amazing Event Planner Mary-dith Tuitt... To ALL of our Speakers and to all those who attended in-house and via Zoom...Thank YOU!

Here's just a sample:

05/12/2026

Today, we want to shine the SPOTLIGHT on one of our amazing Purple Patch Teen and Young Adult Peer Leaders.

Please meet Author and Leader - Priyanka Francis. She is a college Student who, with her mom Vimala Francis, came to us five years, when Priyanka was a high school freshman.

Today we want to encourage that you or your child with Vitiligo would get a copy of her book.

We were grateful to receive a promise from this family, that the first $1,000 would be donated to our Teen Scholarship and it was. The scholarship we subsequently named "the Priyanka Francis Scholarship Fund." This goes to ACTIVE students attending and contributing to our National Vitiligo PPT group meetings. Here Priyanka;s Book:

Priyanka Francis, a teenager from California, describes her experiences living with vitiligo, an autoimmune disease that causes white patches of depigmented skin to appear. She delves into the psychological and physical effects vitiligo has had on her life, creating an informative, heart-warming ...

05/09/2026

Please join us as we extend our sincere CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing Lead Medical Student Intern.

Kristin Tissera NOW our own Doctor Kristin, has completed the journey and she graduated yesterday.

Dr Kristin Tissera has been a support and an inspiration to VITFriends, willing to lend a hand in every area of our work. Watching her READ to the children at the YMCA, hosting her Medical PODCAST, asking nothing of us, but ALWAYS giving of herself, she is truly a CHAMPION for our cause and we HONOR her.

7years ago, when she sought us out, in her interview she shared about why a heart for Vitiligo. It was when you talked about her grandmother having Vitiligo, I was moved.

Today, I know grandma and her dad, as they R.I.P. they are smiling as their beautiful daughter crosses the finish line. Your mom and our entire community celebrates YOU -today and always- for your genuine heart of Gold!

We are so PROUD of you and wish for you a bright future as you move into this new chapter of your life. We would be so honored to have you as VITFriends New Medical Advisor if you would agree. We bless you!