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AMAT’s Past Presidents
92-94 Oscar Salvatierra 03-04 Clifton McClenney 94-95 Karen L. Smith 04-05 Salvador Guerrero 95-96 Tereasa Parks-Thomas 06-07 Tina Caines 96-97 Rudolph C. Morgan 07-08 Tommy Frieson 7-98 Alfred Bolden, Jr. 08-09 Victoria Dent 98-99 Baxter Harrington 09-10 Kelvin Satcher 99-00 Brenda Butler-Hamlett 10-12 Sandy Andrada 00-01 Marilyn Campbell 12-14 Bobby Howard 01-02 Ivy Vincent 14-present Remonia Chapman 02-03 Janice F. Whaley
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American Society of Minority Health and Transplant Professional - Founding Members
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ASMHTP Purpose By Laws 1992 “… is to promote on national scale, an organization devoted and committed to educationally promoting transplantation and other health related issues that would enhance the health care and health professions for minorities”.
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Mission Statement “…is to promote organ/tissue donation among minorities as well as to serve in a nation advisory capacity for research and education on these and other health related issues”.
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Strategic Planning
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Mission Statement Adopted
The American Society of Minority Health and Transplant Professionals (ASMHTP) - is a multicultural organization who serves health and transplant professional by providing leadership in a national capacity on matters of diversity facing the transplant industry.
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Mission Today AMAT “…is a multicultural organization who serves health and transplant professionals by providing leadership in a national capacity on matters of diversity facing the transplant industry”.
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AMAT Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation ASMHTP American Society of Multicultural Health and Transplant Professional American Society of Minority Health and Transplant Professional
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Past Activities Developed strong Relationships with OPO’s staff & Executive Directors Travel Grant from AOPO Drafted various position papers in support of improvements to donation and transplantation Received HRSA Grant ”Recruitment and Retention of Minorities” HRSA/AMAT Webinars Assurance of Minorities on UNOS Committees Changes of Classification of Hispanics/Latinos in the UNOS system for donor and recipients Collaboration with other industry related donation and transplant entity MOTTEP Donate Life America NKF Participation in the National Donor Family Recognition Ceremony
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Black Violence creates donors for whites, Farrakhan says
Toledo Blade : May 4, 1994 “…whites are just waiting for strong young black men to die so they can take their healthy organs”. “When a rich white needs a kidney or a heart, they say go get me a nigger” “When you’re killing each other they can’t wait for you to die” he said “You have become good for parts”
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Results Dinner at Minister Farrakhan home Five (5)ASMHTP Members
DC Medical Examiner Parents of “Baby Quinn” Donor family Clinical Transplant Coordinator Minister of Health Nation of Islam Agreed to work very closely with ASMHTP Speakers / Workshops Minister of Health invited speaker at our Annual meeting
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“Inclusion is the Solution Be Part of the Equation”
P² + DF + R = L (D) uM Public & Professional Education + Donor Families + Recipients = Life (Diversity) Unified Message
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Hugh B. Price Former Executive Director National Urban League
“If our multi-ethnic society is to work and our economy is to hum at peak productivity, inclusion must become standard operating procedure in America’s opportunity structure” Hugh B. Price Former Executive Director National Urban League
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