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Disclosure

I have no relevant financial relationships with any companies related to the content of this course. University of California, San Francisco

Jack D. Lynch Director, Community Affairs

Lasting Legacy of Black Lives in Organ Donation

That every opportunity for

• rgan and tissue donation

is successful.

Our Vision

To save and enhance the lives

• f as many people as possible

through organ and tissue donation.

Our Mission

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Our Values

We work to achieve

• ur mission and vision

through a commitment to

• rganizational values:
• Honor the Gifts
• Strive for Excellence
• Build a Dedicated Team
• Inspire Our Communities

Donation is Critical

• More than 121,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a

lifesaving organ transplant.

• More than 5,400 people are waiting for an organ transplant

in our donation service area.

• Last year, nearly 300 people in Illinois died while waiting for

a lifesaving organ transplant.

• Of those waiting for a lifesaving kidney transplant, more

than 39,000 are African American

Cultural Issues that lead to Organ Donation

• Due to high rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart

disease, African‐Americans have increased risk of developing kidney failure

• African‐Americans are largest group of minorities in need of organ

transplants at 30.1%

• Low income is linked to higher levels of kidney disease in African

Americans

• Kidney disease in African Americans goes undetected until the latest

stages

Challenges to Donation Participation by AA’s

• Mistrust of healthcare professionals
• Belief in myths and misconceptions:
• Healthcare professionals won’t save my life to save a rich white person’s life
• God wants me to take my organs with me
• Lack of access to healthcare before it’s too late
• Identity crisis: Registration vs. Gift of Hope.
• Community needs to understand what comes next: Process of Donation
• Lack of understanding of the awesome responsibility of being an organ, tissue, and eye

donor

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• The organ donation conversation still centers around talking with and not at families.
• The conversation still centers around that fact that there will always be chaos in
• communities. There are still going to be victims and there is no way around it.
• The tenor should still remain with treating families with respect while having very real

honest dialogue with minorities, whether 16 or 60, you don’t pull punches.

• The conversation must become the social norm whether at church, play, home or school
• Organ donation offers those minority families the opportunity to turn senseless tragedies

into triumphs. GOH assists in creating lasting legacies out of Black Lives, in life and death!

Organ Donation – Creating a Social Norm for Helping Black Lives Matter

Our Approach: What You Can Do

• We find people where they congregate whether

at Work, Play, Church, or School:

• Micro approach
• Ambassadors for Hope (volunteers) aligned with Gift of

Hope’s strategic goals to educate community

• Campaigns aligned to incorporate HIP (Hospitals, Influences

and Partners), i.e., Mayors for Hope, Churches for Hope, Beauty/Barbershop for Hope, Legislators, Community Leaders

• Macro approach
• Recommitted to minority communities
• Developed community events in unlikely places
• Established Tragedy to Triumph Award

Available Resources

• Jack Lynch, Director Community Affairs
• 630‐758‐2600, jlynch@giftofhope.org
• Gift of Hope website (GiftofHope.org)
• In‐services, workshops, conferences
• Newsletters, e‐mail alerts, fact sheets

Last, But Not Least . . .

Help us carry out our mission:

• Encourage friends, family to

become organ and tissue donors

• Register to be a donor yourself at

GiftofHope.org

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