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We know, this is late notice for a walk - however, we felt compelled to get the word out, as it's come to our attention that a walk to raise money to cure a chronic disease or at least find new treatment in the fourth largest city in our nation has raised less than half of it's fund-raising goal. How much is that goal? A million dollars? Half a million dollars? Nope, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), in a city of how many? There's a good reason for that, you see, lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythemetosis, SLE) is not championed by a celebrity, or a gaggle of product companies, to raise awareness. The local media won't be mentioning the importance of improving and extending the lives of the people (ninety percent of which are women) who suffer from this disease. There will only be a few hundred walkers at Houston Baptist University tomorrow morning to participate and support researching a cure, if that. SLE, which is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder, affects approximately 1.4 million women (additional specifics after the jump, below). Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. and we walk at 10:00 (bonus, you can still sleep in, a little) more ›