In the first video, Dinee C. Simpson, MD, of Northwestern Medicine, joins Pastor Chris Harris and Harry E. Wilkins III, MD, of Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network to talk about organ transplantation and donation.

In the second video, Bright Star Community Church members ask key questions about mental health, and Northwestern Medicine Psychiatrist John Franklin, MD, MSc, MA, shares answers and information about resources in Chicago.

Northwestern Medicine’s African American Transplant Access Program addresses the needs of organ transplant candidates who suffer from liver and kidney diseases in underserved Chicago communities.

The number of barriers Black patients face when trying to become eligible for a transplant can seem insurmountable. Dinee C. Simpson, MD, is breaking down those barriers, one patient at a time.

Only 26% of Black patients waiting for an organ receive one; that number is nearly double for white patients. NBC News visits the trailblazing Northwestern Medicine clinic tackling this inequity head-on.

Linda Humphrey-Morgan received a kidney donated by her daughter, who desperately wanted to see her mother survive diabetes.

Northwestern Medicine AATAP founder Dr. Dinee Simpson strives to create access to equal care for liver, kidney disease, which disproportionately affect Black Americans.

Bi-racial couple discovers they are a match after search for a kidney for husband.

In recognition of Donate Life month, chief of Cardiology Dr. Clyde Yancy moderated a discussion with transplant surgeon Dr. Dinee Simpson and Director of the Hispanic Transplant Program, Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo, about how our health system is making strides towards diversity in transplant care.

Jacquelyn Charleston has been waiting for a transplant for weeks. A liver from a living or deceased donor could save her life.