August Is National Minority Donor Awareness Month
This month, we observe National Minority Donor Awareness Month, highlighting the critical need for donations among minority populations. Gift of Life Michigan has been a national leader in organ and tissue donation since 1971, committed to saving and enhancing lives.
Established in 1996, the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program focuses on educating about organ donation and encouraging donor registration. Additionally, it advocates for healthy lifestyles and disease prevention to reduce the necessity for transplants.
Today, I had a conversation with Remonia Chapman, who is the Director of Public Education and Community Outreach for Gift of Life Michigan. We’ve worked together for years, motivating various communities to sign up for the donor registry. Our talk went further than just registry sign-ups; we also promoted healthy living and disease prevention at our churches, workplaces, and family gatherings.
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August Is National Minority Donor Awareness Month
Remonia A. Chapman, program director of Gift of Life Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) and Executive Director of the Detroit MOTTEP Foundation, is the past president of the Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation (AMAT).
Under Chapman’s leadership, Gift of Life MOTTEP and the Detroit MOTTEP Foundation have received many national awards for increasing organ awareness and donation rates in Michigan. During Chapman’s tenure with the organization, National MOTTEP has honored Gift of Life MOTTEP as a model program because of its community collaborations, partnerships, and community empowerment. (detroitmottepfoundation.org)
Find out more about Gift of Life Michigan, and how you can register to become a doner go to giftoflifemichigan.org.
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