Milwaukee native Sara Miller was just 12 years old when she had to experience one of the worst tragedies in life the sudden loss of her sister Laura. But the life her sister saved through organ donation motivated Miller to advocate for donation throughout her education and beyond. At just 26-years-old, Miller is the
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WUWM A Gift Eternal by artist Kierston Ghaznavi is one piece included in the new exhibit at America s Black Holocaust Museum.
African Americans in the United States are the largest ethnic group in need of organ transplants at 35%. In Wisconsin, more than 2,000 people are currently on the transplant list, and 400 of them are Black.
This according to Colleen McCarthy, vice president of Versiti Organ & Tissue Donation, a federally designated organ procurement organization.
“Organ donation is a rare opportunity. Every 10 minutes, another name is added to the national transplant waiting list, and every day 22 people die waiting for their second chance for an organ transplant,” she said.
African-American organ donor need profiled in Milwaukee art exhibit
Milwaukee art exhibit highlights African-American organ donor need
An art exhibit at America s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee is shining a lot on the need for African-American organ donors in the city.
MILWAUKEE - The need for organ and tissue donors in Milwaukee is great, and it s even greater among African-American residents.
A local art exhibit, which opens April 30, hopes to get more people registered as potential donors. Sign your driver’s license, become a donor, said Richard Lewis, a two-time kidney transplant recipient.
That is the message of a new, innovative art exhibition LifeLine: The Ultimate Bond that hopes to spread across the community.