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Insight - Gift of Life Town Hall: National Minority Donor Awareness Month

Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 4:22 p.m.

b'August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. The goal is to raise awareness about the importance of registering as an organ donor in multicultural communities. 60% of the 110,000 men, women and children waiting for a life-saving transplant are from communities of color. I speak with Leslie Jean-Mary, Multicultural Outreach Coordinator for Gift of Life, Kim Phillips, R.N., BSN, CCTC, Education & Community Outreach Coordinator at Jefferson Transplant Institute. I also speak with Gift of Life Ambassadors Reginal Alexander (heart recipient, Dr. Brian Morrison (living donor liver recipient, Akil Parker (Living donor), Ifran Patel (two children with organ transplants) and Donor Mom Yolanda Toole who all share their compelling stories of the vital need for organ donation.

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