THE BURTON WIRE — In September 2020, McRipley worked with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan to bring her story about the high cost of MS medication to Congress, raising awareness about MS’s impact on African Americans, the need for more research and the need for affordable treatments including prescriptions. The co-organizer of the National MS Society Black MS Experience Summit and recipient of a 2020 MS Inspiration Award from the National Sclerosis Society for her work in this area recently announced M² S² – the Inaugural Mighty Multiple Sclerosis Slide: A Hustle-a-thon to Help End MS at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Detroit Downtown – Fort Shelby on April 22, 2022, 8 – 11 PM