Waitlist Zero
Waitlist Zero is an advocacy group dedicated to promoting living kidney transplantation. Waitlist Zero launched in September 2014, when it obtained its 501(c), with Josh Morrison and Thomas Kelly as co-founders and current executive directors, along with Stephen Rice as its project director. Programs Policy and donor advocacy Waitlist Zero's primary goal is the support of policies which expand kidney donation with both federal and state campaigns. At a federal level, Waitlist Zero coalition with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in 2015 aims to allow and allocate grants directed to rise living kidney donation, and to implement system-level changes at hospitals regarding donation practices. State-level (mainly in New York) proposed legislations include covering the financial costs of the operation and guaranteeing donor health insurance. Public awareness and transplant education Non-directed donor education initiatives have also been set in motion, in order to raise awareness about kidney donation, increase the attractiveness of non-directed donations, debunk common misconceptions about living organ transplantation and mobilize donors as constituency group for the organisation. In January 2015, a social media strategy has also been implemented via Facebook posts, Twitter hashtags and a petition on Change.org asking support from the HRSA. To increase the